Dilations with Matrices
In this activity, students will use matrices to perform dilations centered at the origin of triangles. Students will explore the effect of the scale factor on the size relationship between the preimage and image of a polygon.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dilations-with-matrices_1
Exploring Power Functions 2
Investigate power functions by clicking on a slider.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-power-functions-2
Exploring Power Functions 1
Examine the graphs of power functions with even and odd positive integer exponents.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-power-functions-1
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
Exponential vs. Power
Compare rates of growth between an exponential function and a power function for positive x-values.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exponential-vs--power
When Is Tangent, tangent?
This activity combines the ideas of unit circle, and a line tangent to the unit circle to explain how Tangent (the trig. ratio) is related to the concept of tangent to a figure (from geometry). The intent is to briefly explore the mathematical history of the trigonometric ratio "tangent" through ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/when-is-tangent-tangent
Given the Graph of a Parabola, State its Equation in Vertex Form
This activity is designed for students to study on their own. It is designed in a 'StudyCard' format. A graph of a parabola will be shown. The student is asked to find the equation of the parabola in vertex form: y = a*(x - h)^(2) + v. Press enter on the double up arrow in the Ans... section t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/given-the-graph-of-a-parabola-state-its-equation-in-vertex-form
The Painted Cube
This lesson involves having the students hypothesize about the different relationships that exist between the size of the cube and the number of cubes that have paint on one, two, three, and zero faces. In order to help students visualize the problem, interlocking cubes could be made available.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-painted-cube
Solving Systems of Linear Equations from Four Perspectives
Using the on-screen directions and the more detailed directions here, students will investigate four ways to solve systems of linear equations: graphically, numerically, with a data table and by matrices. Some prior familiarity with the basic functions of the TI-nspire CAS is needed. Students sho...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-systems-of-linear-equations-from-four-perspectives
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
Complex Number Multiplication
This lesson involves the product of complex numbers, powers of i and complex conjugates.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/complex-number-multiplication
End Behavior of Polynomial Functions
Students will use a slider to scroll through the graphs of power functions with a coefficient of positive and negative 1 and determine similarities and differences among the functions. Students will generalize the end-behavior properties of various power functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/end-behavior-of-polynomial-functions
Expanding Binomials
In this activity, students will explore the link between Pascal's Triangle and the expansion of binomials in the development of the Binomial Theorem.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/expanding-binomials_1
Equations of Parabolas
Students draw and measure lines and segments to discover properties of parabolas, specifically that the distance from any point on the parabola is equidistant to the focus and the directrix. They work with parabolas whose vertex is on the origin as well as off the origin and they also with parabo...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/equations-of-parabolas
Day at the Beach
In this lesson, students will explore temperature differences in two sets of sand, one dry and one wet.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/day-at-the-beach
Martinsville Chase
In this activity, students will analyze attaching a wing to a Sprint Cup car.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/martinsville-chase
Watch the Birdie Breathe
In this lesson, students will analyze a graph of data representing the relationship between the environmental temperature and the resulting metabolism of an endothermic animal.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/watch-the-birdie-breathe
Altitude to the Hypotenuse
Explore the relationship between the length of the altitude to the hypotenuse in a right triangle and the lengths of the two segments formed when this altitude intersects the hypotenuse.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/altitude-to-the-hypotenuse
Arctic Wars - Lynx vs. Snowshoe Hare
In this lesson, students will investigate a population with cycling patterns that exist between a predator and its prey.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/arctic-wars--lynx-vs--snowshoe-hare
Waves and Spectrum Exploration
In this lesson, students will study the relationship between wavelength, frequency, and color through an interactive simulation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/waves-and-spectrum-exploration
Swimming with Acids and Bases
In this lesson, students will use a simulation to observe at the molecular level the difference between strong and weak acids and bases.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/swimming-with-acids-and-bases
Beer's Law Data Collection Lab
In this lesson, students will use a Colorimeter to discover the relationship between absorbance and concentration of a solution to ultimately determine an unknown solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/beers-law-data-collection-lab
How Does It Stack?
In this lesson, students will visualize the relationship between density of solutions and the relative position of an object in the solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-does-it-stack
Interactive pH Titration
In this lesson, students will explore an interactive titration curve for a weak acid-strong base titration. Students will learn how acid concentration, acid ionization constant, and base concentration affect the titration.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/interactive-ph-titration
Watersheds
In this lesson, students will recognize the relationship between deforestations of a watershed and its effect on the biosphere.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/watersheds