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...TI-Nspire™ Technology Implementing STEM Practices with TI-Nspire™ Technology Exploring TASC Topics in Mathematics with the TI-30XS MultiView™ Scientific Calculator Exploring TEKS Topics in High School Mathematics with the TI-84 Plus Family Connectin...https://education.ti.com/en/educators/district-school-leader-resources/onsite-workshops/listing
You Asked – TI Answered: Enabling Student Career Success Through Products Developed With and for Teachers
The Education Technology industry has changed over the years. Despite the changes, TI calculators have become standard tools for teaching math and science – and with good reason. This also didn’t happen overnight. For the past 30 years, we have worked with teachers to ensure that every product...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/products-with-a-purpose
Dallas Students Program Texas Instruments' First Educational Robot to Dance
... and uses coding, math and science logic to do things like draw, crash or even dance. At Travis Vanguard, students were divided into pairs and given 30 minutes to program Rover to dance. Given the simple programming language on TI graphing calculators, the students were able to get started with ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/october/rocking-with-rover
Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
...eloper. The TI-Nspire™ CX II and TI-84 Plus CE Python platforms mirror very closely the Python API (Application Program Interface). After over 30 years of graphing calculator experience (do the mathematics), I am eagerly anticipating the next generation of handheld classroom devices, and I...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
Build It With TI: Science Olympiad
...l reach out to determine if you’ll also need to borrow any TI equipment. TI graphing calculators and TI-Innovator™ Hubs are available for loans up to 30 days at no charge.* Detector Building kits are free to keep but are limited in number, so order yours as soon as possible. Good luck! Abo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/scienceolympiadresource
Score Big on the ACT® With These Tried-and-True Tips for the Math Section
...ce and English teachers that prep students for the ACT® and SAT®. Since becoming the coordinator, our school’s average score has risen from a 28 to a 30 on the ACT®. In fact, we even had two students with perfect scores (36) last year. (Humble test-prep coordinator brag.) I say this because I hop...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-19-2021-act-tips
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
... my pleasing factor tree? That's the power of CAS! On a TI-Nspire™ CX II CAS handheld, access the Factor tool from the algebra menu and type factor(300) like in figure 4, then press enter. There's my factor tree (and it’s better organized to simplify a radical at that). Now, on the next line ty...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...t they won’t quickly look it up, and have them make predictions based upon what they see. What do they predict will be the world record in the year 2030? Use this scatterplot to prompt the following student questions: What do you notice about the men’s and women’s data? What do you th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...learning this year. We will get through this, and will be better educators for it on the other end. About the author: Joanie Funderburk has over 30 years of experience as a math educator, including nearly 20 years as a high school math teacher and ten years in math leadership and professiona...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
...mplicit Differentiation Problem Set // Solution Set Nov. 9: Function Analysis With Graphical Stems Problem Set // Solution Set Nov. 30: FTC (Fundamental Theorem of Calculus) Problem Set // Solution Set --> Nov. 30: FTC (Fundamental Theorem of Calculus) Problem Set // ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...to engage with STEM. We’re fresh off a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center where we went to chat with astronaut Joe Acaba, who has logged a total of 306 days in space on three missions. Check it out: Meet a NASA Astronaut. Next month we’ll be visiting the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas’ brand-ne...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
On the first day of school, I will interact with five classes of 30-35 students each. It is important to greet students at the door and set a tone that facilitates learning and establishes classroom routines. In my world, the first day of class is only 25 minutes―not much time to take roll and g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
... Here is the code for the two quadratic functions: Notes about the quadratic code: It may seem strange at first for the range to run from 30 to 50 in the “for loop,” but Python does not allow steps that are not integers. So, if you want to take a small step, you have to be creative. W...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... 4. The number play People are always looking for number patterns and finding them in other numbers. So, if the following ratio 100/9899 = .01010203050813210000 … it is converted into a decimal and the result contains the first eight digits in the Fibonacci sequence. Yep, “Finding Fibo!” again...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
TI-84 Plus | Top 10 Features for ACT® | Texas Instruments
...portion of the math section of the ACT.* The questions get more difficult as the problem number increases, so you should aim to do questions #1-20 in 30 seconds each, #20-40 in 60 seconds each, and #40- 60 in 90 seconds each, on average. You can use your TI graphing calculator to work through pr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/actips
It's the Most Math-Magical Time of the Year!
...nly receive a holiday gift package but will also receive a TI-84 calculator and our famously festive holiday sweater! The sweepstakes begin on Nov. 30 at 9am CT and end on Dec. 16 at 11:59pm CT. Don’t delay — enter the sweepstakes today! Holiday Social Media Contest About the author: Ka...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiholidaysweepstakes
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
.... Hallway “races” are a fun way to practice iteration and selection Give students a list of 20–30 questions and answers for a test bank. For example: questions about your school, simple math problems, states and capitals … something that make...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
...n extend this model to illustrate Le Chatelier’s Principle. Students establish a system in equilibrium using case #1 and then stress it by adding 20, 30 or 40 more pennies to the system. The results are beautiful. In all three cases, we reach a new equilibrium with different amounts of products c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...ct, “Build a Speaker.” TI will ship enough equipment/supplies for a class to learn how to build and code a working speaker. The loan is usually about 30 days long, and TI will cover shipping expenses to you and back to TI. If you are interested, contact the TI STEM Team at STEM-Team@ti.com for mo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Introducing the TI-Nspire CX II
...shpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from North Carolina to New Mexico. She most recently worked for N...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/nspire
Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers
... 11: Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers — Session 11 Presentation Fall ’21 sessions to watch on demand Nov. 30: FTC (Fundamental Theorem of Calculus) Problem Set // Solution Set --> Sept. 13: Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers —...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mondaynightcalculus
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
... 6, and 2 and 5 are factors of 10, the least common denominator can be determined by multiplying the unique factors that make up each number, 2*3*5 = 30. More examples should be explored for students to confirm the observed pattern. Now, let’s observe the power of CAS to help build on previous...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
Ingenuity-takes-flight
...ve already been significantly expanded. A fifth successful flight was its first one-way journey from Wright Brothers Field to a new “airfield” about 130 meters to the south. This demonstration phase will focus on the capabilities a rotorcraft operating from Mars can provide, including scouting, a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ingenuity-takes-flight
Survey Says: Kids Like Math!
... temper this wonderful stat with some of the challenges we still face. The same survey found that 24 percent of kids hate or dislike math and another 30 percent were indifferent to math. I don’t dwell on the negative, instead focusing on what we can do to grow math love. As a parent, longtime e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/studentsurvey
The Long Road to My STEM Career
... we keep their interest and extend it into a career in STEM? In the same Microsoft® study, when asked to describe a typical person in a STEM career, 30% of girls said they envision a man in these roles. These girls are telling us that they don’t think they belong, and STEM isn’t for them. We ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo