One- and Two-Variable Statistics--Review
Students review one-variable topics such as graphing quantitative variables, calculating measures of central tendency and spread, and making comparisons.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/one-and-twovariable-statisticsreview
It's a Two-Way Street
Students will be introduced to two-way tables by calculating marginal and conditional distributions using formulas in a spreadsheet.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/its-a-twoway-street
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Waste Not" - Sharpshooter
It is believed that an unusually high occurrence of cancer in a small area may represent a "cancer cluster." Because this is rare, it is more likely to be a case of "Texas Sharpshooting." For example, suppose a person randomly shoots a gun several times at the side of a barn and draws a circle ar...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--waste-not--sharpshooter
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Waste Not" - Different or Not?
In the episode, the FBI discovers that children in the area of a sinkhole seem to have an unusually high occurrence of cancer. FBI agent Megan Reeves believes that this might represent a "cancer cluster," but Charlie warns her not to jump to this conclusion too quickly. Students will use a statis...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--waste-not--different-or-not
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Traffic" - What is Random
In "Traffic", Charlie lectures about randomness, explaining that 'our brains misperceive evenness as random and wrongly assume that groupings are deliberate'. In mathematics, we expect to see some clustering, or an occasional appearance of a pattern, when examining truly random events. In this ac...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--traffic--what-is-random
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "The Art of Reckoning" - Spies Like Us
In "The Art of Reckoning," Charlie discusses the security of a prison. "It's a hyper-secure system, but prisoners have nothing to do except think about how to crack it. Like two opposing armies." Charlie explains that analyzing such a situation involves determining the 'probabilities of penetrati...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--the-art-of-reckoning--spies-like-us
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Take Out" - Outliers
In "Take Out," Amita and Charlie help the FBI track financial transfers from the US to Mexico . There are so many transfers that it is difficult to find the specific transfer. Charlie explains that it is 'a matter of using a target-specific optimization model. Something called Outlier Detection.'...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--take-out--outliers
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Spree" - A Pursuit Curve Problem
In "Spree", two lovers have committed a series of crimes at various locations. Agents Eppes and Edgerton have plotted a map of their movements and have enlisted Charlie's help in trying to detect a pattern. Charlie says that the map shows only half of the story, and this pattern 'is a variation o...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--spree--a-pursuit-curve-problem
Financial Mathematics
We at COMAP have a free download course in financial mathematics, with emphisis on personal finance, for upper high school and undergraduate college. The course includes extensive code for the TI83/84. To see the course, go to COMAP.com, register, and COMAP will e-mail your a password. An art...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/financial-mathematics
Does a Correlation Exist?
Students determine, by examining a graph, if a data set has a positive or negative correlation coefficient.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/does-a-correlation-exist_1
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Longshot" - Not So Great Expectations
In "Longshot," Charlie explains that the racetrack uses a pari-mutual betting system - the odds of winning vary with the amount bet on each horse. This system not only calculates proportional payoffs for the bettors, but also guarantees a profit for the racetrack owners by removing a percentage o...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--longshot--not-so-great-expectations
Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem using Transformations
In this activity, students will explore visual proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem using area and transformations. They will use the Cabri™ Jr. app to perform translations on the squares constructed on the two legs and the hypotenuse of a right triangle to consolidate their understanding of the Pyt...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/proof-of-the-pythagorean-theorem-using-transformations
Which Trapezoids Are Special?
Cabri Jr. allows students to look at several kinds of trapezoids in order to see which ones are special. With this activity students can see that an isosceles trapezoid is a special one. In a parallel manner, students can see why a parallelogram can be considered a special trapezoid. This acti...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/which-trapezoids-are-special
Working with Point Rotations in the Coordinate Plane
Using Cabri Jr. and the properties of rotations to get a true understanding of how a figure is rotated about a point.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/working-with-point-rotations-in-the-coordinate-plane
The Euler Line and Its Ratios
In this activity, students will explore the Euler Line of a triangle. Students will discover that the centroid, circumcenter, and orthocenter are collinear. Students will also find that if the triangle is isosceles, then the centroid, circumcenter, incenter, and orthocenter are all collinear. Stu...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-euler-line-and-its-ratios
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Hardball" - Less it More
In "Hardball", an amateur mathematician named Oswald Kettner creates a mathematical process that uses baseball statistics to identify players who are abusing steroids. The FBI, with Charlie's assistance, is called in to protect Oswald from being a murder target for his findings. In this activity,...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--hardball--less-it-more
Tangents from the same exterior point with CABRI JR.
Use Cabri™ Jr. to discover what happens when we have two tangents from the same exterior point. After students investigate with Cabri Jr. they have a questions and a flow-proof to complete.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tangents-from-the-same-exterior-point-with-cabri-jr
Triangle Congruence with Activity Center
When the activity is started in Navigator, students receive a diagram on their calculators with 6 regions representing the possible answers to a triangle congruence problem. The teacher displays a pair of triangles on the overhead projector or whiteboard and students move their cursor to the regi...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangle-congruence-with-activity-center
Triangle Inequalities
In this activity, students will discover the Triangle Inequality Theorem and explore the possible lengths of the third side of a triangle given the other two side lengths. Students will also classify the type of triangle as acute, obtuse, or right using the Pythagorean inequalities.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangle-inequalities_1
Reflections
Reviewing reflections of figures on a coordinate planehttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/reflections_1
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Hardball" - Is It for Real
In "Hardball," an amateur mathematician uncovers an equation that uses baseball statistics to identify which players are using performance enhancing substances. By analyzing player performance, he is able to determine when an athlete began using a performance enhancing substance. Students will us...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--hardball--is-it-for-real
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Finders Keepers" - The Leaf Drops
In "Finders Keepers," a world-class racing yacht sinks in the ocean. The NSA has the exact location where its homing beacon shut down and assumes that is where the ship sank. The NSA is stumped when they cannot find the yacht at this location because they assumed the boat sank directly to the bot...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--finders-keepers--the-leaf-drops
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Killer Chat" - Stylometry
In "Killer Chat," the FBI has obtained a collection of online chat dialogues from a suspected killer. Charlie proposes he use Statistical Linguistic Analysis to identify the author. The style and language can essentially fingerprint the writing. Stylometry, the practice of applying statistical an...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--killer-chat--stylometry
Too Many Choices!
Students investigate the fundamental counting principle, permutations, and combinations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/too-many-choices
Scrabble Math
Use the U.S. Constitution, Scrabble, and your graphing calculator to examine a number of statistical concepts with your Algebra 1 students.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/scrabble-math