Modeling Daylight Hours
Students are provided with data on the daylight hours for two Canadian cities measured three times per month in 2007. The student's task is to create graphical and algebraic models of the data and to interpret the meaning of each of the parameters in the algebraic models. The student will also ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-daylight-hours
Inverse Trig Functions
This activity works backwards by giving students the inverse functions and having them discover how they relate to the original functions. By tracing along the inverse function, data is collected and then plotted on a statplot. The variables are then switched on the statplot. The new plot and ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inverse-trig-functions
Application of Maximum-Minimum Problems
Students will use a graphing approach to find the minimum costs of running a new line from a power station to a point on an island. Students will begin with a scaled drawing and follow the prompts. They will also manually collect data and find a curve of best fit.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/application-of-maximumminimum-problems
Law of Sines
Students will investigate all the cases in which the Law of Sines can be used to solve a triangle. An animation is provided in the lesson which will help students to gain a better understanding of the ambiguous case SSA.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/law-of-sines_1
Law of Sines: The Ambiguous Case
A simple model is used to illustrate the various possibilities of the ambiguous case of the Law of Sines. Students manipulate the model to create each of the possible cases and then make conjectures about the relationship between the various given measurements and the number of possible triangle...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/law-of-sines-the-ambiguous-case
Verifying Trigonometric Identities
The student will look at the different tools needed to verify trigonometric identitites including reciprocals, cofunctions, quotient, and Pythagorean identities. Students will also be introduced to the "Hexagon".https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/verifying-trigonometric-identities
Law of Cosines
Students are introduced to the concept of the Law of Cosines. They will explore the concept graphically, numerically, and algebraically. They will discover the Law of Cosines at the conclusion of the activity using TI-Nspire CAS.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/law-of-cosines
What's My Absolute Value
Students will discover what taking the absolute value of a domain will do and what taking the absolute value of a range will do.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-my-absolute-value
From 0 to 180 - Rethinking the Cosine Law with Data
The goal of this activity is for students to experience a data-driven, inductive investigation leading to the cosine law. This could be used in addition to or instead of the traditional proof to deepen the understanding of the behavior of triangles and make the concepts more accessible to more s...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/from-0-to-180--rethinking-the-cosine-law-with-data
How Much Does Bubble Gum Stretch a Rubber Band?
Students will conduct an experiment where they determine how much various quantities of bubble gum affect the length of a rubber band.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-much-does-bubble-gum-stretch-a-rubber-band
Zeros of a Cubic
This activity introduces students to a relationship between the zeros of a cubic function with 3 distinct zeros.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/zeros-of-a-cubic
Hitting Homeruns
It is a study of the way a hit baseball moves through the air in the sense of using a quadratic function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hitting-homeruns
Parameters in Secondary School: Logistics Functions
Designed for prospective secondary mathematics teachers, this activity has students predict, test and justify the effects of changing parameters d and b for the logistic function family given by f(x) = a/(1+b(e)^(cx)) + d. Reflection questions draw attention to the role of claims and evidence, in...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parameters-in-secondary-school-logistics-functions
Polar Point Plotting
The student will be given a brief overview of the Polar Coordinate system. Students will be able to manipulate the radius of a polar point while graphing it on the plane or manipulate the angle and see the polar coordinate graphed on the plane. This activity is meant as an introduction to polar p...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polar-point-plotting
Properties of Matrices
Students will learn three properties of matrices by following this activity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-matrices
Modeling Engine Power
In this activity, students use the TI-Nspire handheld to determine if a linear model or a quadratic model best fits a set of given data involving engine power. Students look at the pattern of data points and the sum of squares of the deviations to determine which model fits the data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-engine-power
Have You Lost Your Marbles?
In this activity, students will create a bridge between two chairs and use a slinky to attach a bucket to the bridge. Students will add objects to the bucket and determine the relationship between the number of items added and the distance from the floor.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/have-you-lost-your-marbles
Graphic Designing with Transformed Functions
Create an image using transformed functions with restricted domains.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphic-designing-with-transformed-functions
Linear Programming
This activity adds a twist to a traditional linear programming problem by using the features of the TI-Nspire handheld.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-programming
Linear Inequalities
Linear programming is a technique used to solve problems that are encountered in business and industry. These problems usually involve maximizing or minimizing profit or expenses. The solution will consist of graphing the region that satisfies all the inequalities. The solution will produce a fea...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-inequalities
Duckweed: Exponential Growth
Students will count the fronds of duckweed for nine days to observe the growth phase. Students will need one class period to start the experiment and one day for the final work and 15 minutes per day between start and finish.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/duckweed--exponential-growth
Getting Ready for Quadratics
This activity is intended as a skill-building exercise to familiarize students with TI-Nspire skills they will need to work through a unit studying the properties of quadratic functions. The activity includes exercises on Creating a Scatter Plot, Finding a Curve of Best Fit, and Tracing a Function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/getting-ready-for-quadratics
Solving Systems using Elimination
Solve systems of three equations using the elimination method.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-systems-using-elimination
The Factor Connection
In this activity, students will explore the connection between linear factors and quadratic functions. Transformations of quadratic functions will be used to develop and enhance the connection between factors, zeros, and graphs. It will make full use of the dynamic ability to manipulate graphs...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-factor-connection
Solving Exponential Equations
Numeric, graphical and algebraic solutions to an exponential equation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-exponential-equations