Innovation in Biology
...w I could take this charismatic and innovative machine and use it to engage my students in solving a real-world problem of single-use plastics while building skills in engineering design. The Process The task was to build a working model of Mr. Trash Wheel while bringing awareness to the effe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Learning With Your Students
... TI-Innovator™ Hub and made traffic lights, using different frequencies to make different sounds. The students thought it was fun, so we moved on to building a conductivity probe using resources from Path to STEM’s “How Clean is the Water?” We had been learning about watersheds and performing our...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Which Texas Instruments (TI) Calculator for the ACT® and Why?
I have found that there is some confusion about which calculators are allowed for use on the ACT® exam. First, let’s look at which TI calculators are prohibited according to the ACT® calculator policy. TI Calculators Prohibited on the ACT® Calculators with built-in or downloaded computer algeb...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/which-ti-calculator-for-the-act-and-why
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
...RPRISE: HERE. It’s not too late to nominate your math hero. Help spread the love of math by recognizing and giving back to the person who helped you build a relationship with numbers. Honor them by sharing your math story for a chance to help them win a math wish at https://education.ti.com/mathl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
...hese 5 lessons are some of our favorites for helping students to make connections in calculus. 1. Riemann Sums In this activity, your students can quickly learn that for a continuous nonnegative function f, there is one interpretation of the definite integral f(x)dx from a to b, the area of the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
... person may show signs can be between two to 14 days. COVID-19 also seems to be more transmissible than past viruses and has spread across the globe quickly as a result. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control have recommended social distancing to “flatten the curve” — ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
How Else Can We Show This?
.... We use the “tracer ball” graphing style on the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator family to connect each of these equations, confirm whether they are equivalent, and to be sure that we factored or expanded or completed the square correctly. This video shows the process for Y = x2 – 5x + 4. ; Onc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
...roject When Ms. Herr gave out the birdhouse project directions, the students were pumped. No final exam — woo-hoo! To top it off, they thought that building a birdhouse would be pretty easy. I think it ended up being much more challenging than they first expected. It’s miter saw time! Fir...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
BestofChemistry
...rks and the patterns it reveals. Screenshots from the Periodicity of Properties activity. 3. Atomic Structure and Periodic Table: Build an Atom (HS) This is a great way to introduce students to the structure of the atom. They will construct atoms with neutrons, protons and ele...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...alculator is an amazing tool that can be used in partnership with a Vernier sensor or probe. The Vernier DataQuest™ App for TI-Nspire™ technology is built right into the calculator’s home screen. Students can collect real-world data, analyze that data and apply mathematical models to fit the data...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Science Activities for Heart Health Month | Texas Instruments
... a software license from your local Educational Technology Consultant to demonstrate these activities for use in your classroom. Any additional equipment or materials that may be needed for data collection and analysis are highlighted as well. The activities include: Effects on Heart ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/science-heart-activities
Web Elements
Web Elements global website Writing Style Guidelines for Education Technologyhttps://education.ti.com/en/branding/web-elements
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...lay it safe and cheer for the “field goal” or always want your team to go for the touchdown? No matter how you like to celebrate, the big game is quickly approaching, and it can be a great opportunity to get your students talking math and sports. And even food, if that’s more your thing. TI ha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
...rs last fall through participation in the GEAR UP grant program at Eastern Oklahoma State College. “I literally gave the students the Rover and the guide book and said you guys figure it out,” said Honeycutt. “It took them 3 or 4 days to figure out how to draw a line, but when they did, they wer...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Robotics for the 21st Century | Texas Instruments
...et to work with partners to increase student participation in STEM and robotics competitions. Through this work, I am often in awe of educators’ ingenuity and creativity in the ways in which they use robots in their classrooms. My hope with this blog is to share how robots can increase understand...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/roboticsweek2022
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...essary skills as they relate to analog and digital input and output, feedback and control systems, and how to calibrate sensors. Project titles are “Build a Speaker,” “Make a Switch From a Banana,” “Make a Mood Light,” “How Clean is the Water?,” “That’s Cool!,” and the culminating project, “How t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
...e surface area for the air above it to push down on the paper – and by extension, onto the stick. A 3’ x 3’ piece of paper across the stick is equivalent to roughly 19,000 pounds of pressure. Below, see a video of this experiment and others in action: Use this STEM experiment to take you...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
...this method to assign values (usually passed as arguments) to the object’s attributes. __init__ can perform other functions as well. self is a required first argument in all class methods, including __init__(). self is used to refer to each specific object (instance) of the class. I can have ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
Every student encounters algebraic concepts in their mathematics career. As teachers, it can sometimes be hard to help students grasp concepts they find abstract in nature. Technology can help by demonstrating those concepts in a new and intriguing way. By involving dynamic visualization and int...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra
Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
How can you get a hard-boiled egg inside of a milk bottle without pushing it? What you’ll need: Milk bottle or equivalent with an opening diameter of about 2.5” to 3” Small to medium hard-boiled egg Cooking oil Matches or a lighter 3” x 3” piece of paper What to do: Co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
As you take the AP® Statistics exam, some questions will require the use of a calculator to perform a statistical test, compute a probability, or display a graph. In this post, I have compiled a list of 6 of the most important statistics features to know for the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats
Insider Tips for Winning the TI Codes Contest
Now that you’ve made it past the first round, it’s time to take a deep dive into your idea. What do you want to build? How will you incorporate TI Technology to get to the next round? Get Familiar with the TI-Innovator Hub If selected to move on to next round, your team will receive a calcul...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/ticodescontest
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Daniel Wilkie
...and the TI-Nspire CX Navigator System in all of my classes. Our class starts with students taking attendance by logging in and then they do a little quick poll question to start the class. We then go into either an activity or lesson. Now, every Friday has been dedicated to “Coding Friday.” We st...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/teacherofthemonth
Introducing the TI-Nspire CX II
...ed, new look and added math and coding features that will help bring STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects to life for students. Building on the popular TI-Nspire CX line of graphing calculators, the new TI-Nspire CX II and TI-Nspire CX II CAS give students more opportunities ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/nspire
A first-of-its-kind STEM strategy charts path to help educators
...rnational Technology and Engineering Educators (ITEE) have collaborated in order to lay out a framework that can help educators across disciplines equip all students for a world that’s increasingly demanding STEM competencies. "A project of this nature has never been done before – assembling d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/a-first-of-its-kind-stem-strategy-charts-path-to-help-educators