Using Vases to Help Understand What Graphs Mean
Students will predict what the graph will look like for different vases as they are filled with water. Then students will use the vases of different shapes and fill them with a set amount of water before each measurement. Students then measure the height of the water in the vase (their y-interc...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/using-vases-to-help-understand-what-graphs-mean
Making Triangles
In this activity, students will investigate properties of triangles, classify the various types of triangles, and determine if specific side lengths will make a triangle or not.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/making-triangles
Geometry: Parallel and Perpendicular Slopes
This activity will help students understand the relationship between the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/geometry--parallel-and-perpendicular-slopes
Investigating Angle Bisectors
Students will determine that any poin on the angle bisector is equidistant from the sides of the angle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-angle-bisectors
The Golden Ratio
The students will engage in a hands on activity to determine how they fit into the golden ratio which is considered the mathematically perfect ratio. Is it necessary or important to relate to this number?https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-golden-ratio
Investigate Perpendicular Bisector
Student activity: Discover that any point on the perpendicular bisector of a segment is equidistant from the endpoints of the segmenthttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigate-perpendicular-bisector
Polynomial Addition, Subtraction
This StudyCards™ stack teaches that, when linear functions are added, the slope of the sum is equal to the sum of the slopes, likewise for y-intercepts. Includes quadratic and up polynomials. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, Ch. 3.2.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polynomial-addition-subtraction
Polynomial Function and Fitting a Curve
Students are asked to fit a polynomial function for the four given points. One y-intercept and three x-intercepts. All intercepts are given as integers. This is document that can be used as a class opener or for checking understanding.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polynomial-function-and-fitting-a-curve
Scientific Operations
This StudyCards™ set is a guided discovery of the four operations with numbers in scientific notation. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, Ch. 1-4.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/scientific-operations
Slope
This StudyCards™ set promotes understanding of the meaning of slope and evaluation of slope using delta y/delta x definition. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, Ch. 4-1.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slope
Scientific Notation
This StudyCards™ set demonstrates need for scientific notation, using real-world examples. Includes guided activity promoting proper form. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, ch. 1-4.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/scientific-notation
Scatter plots and Linear Regression
This activity is designed to introduce students to using the STAT function of the calculator to determine the equation for a line of best fit.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/scatter-plots-and-linear-regression
REAL LIFE REAL WORLD Activity: Archeologist Frieze Patterns
Archeologists, when classifying artifacts, often take note of the physical properties or attributes of artifacts, such as the materials from which the artifacts are made, and their size, shape, function, and decoration. Friezes are often seen as ornaments in architecture. Frieze patterns can be f...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/real-life-real-world-activity-archeologist-frieze-patterns
Coordinate System
Students demonstrate understanding of coordinate system and ordered pairs using Activity Center.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/coordinate-system
Measuring Polygons - An Introduction to Cabri Jr.
This activity is designed as an intoduction to using the Carbr Jr. application on the TI-83+/84+ calculators. Students are guided through the menu system and are shown how to draw triangles, quadrilaterals and and a pentagon. Perimeter and angle measurements are also explained. The activity leads...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/measuring-polygons--an-introduction-to-cabri-jr
Midpoint Formula Discovery
Step by step instructions are given for the students to draw a segment, find the midpoint, and label the coordinates of the two endpoints and the midpoint. The students then record the data in a table for various segments. Based on the table students will discover how to find the midpoint of a se...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/midpoint-formula-discovery
Distance - Time Graphs
CBR™ and Graphing Calculators allow a conceptual understanding of distance-time graphs.Created in conjunction with California State University Bakersfield Professor Dr. P. Michael Lutz through funds provided by the California Mathematics Project.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/distance--time-graphs
Measurement and Linear Regression
In this activity, students will collect data by measuring line segments in both inches and centimeters. Students will plot the data, find the equation of the regression line and interpret the slope and y-intercept within the context of the exploration. Slope as a rate of change will be emphasi...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/measurement-and-linear-regression
Matrix Addition, Subtraction, and Scalar Multiplication
Students take quiz from Word .doc and answer the questions in the LearningCheck&trade .edc file.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/matrix-addition-subtraction-and-scalar-multiplication
Maximizing the Area of a Rectangle
This activity is adapted from one of the TI books. Students measure lengths and widths of rectangles and record for the class to see. Each group's rectangle has the same perimeter, but different areas. After a discussion, students make predictions, a scatterplot, and quadratic regression. An exte...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/maximizing-the-area-of-a-rectangle
Introduction to SimCalc APP
The philosophy behind this APP is that all students can use the "Math of Motion and Simulations" to learn the traditional core material of algebra and the underlying calculus concepts of change simultaneously.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/introduction-to-simcalc-app
Writing Linear Functions with Traffic Tickets
Students will use traffic tickets to demonstrate their understanding of writing linear functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/writing-linear-functions-with-traffic-tickets
Function Notation
This StudyCards™ stack teaches the meaning of the notation f(x). Cards also address finding, for example, f(2) given f(x), and the connection to the point on the graph of f(x). Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, Ch. 3.1.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/function-notation
What's in a Name? Explorations in the Coordinate Plane from Manipulative to Graphing Calculator
Students will plot points in a coordinate plane and reflect those points across the axes using a MIRA and then using the graphing calculator STAT, STAT PLOT, and GRAPH menus graph the image on the graphing calculator screen.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-in-a-name--explorations-in-the-coordinate-plane-from-manipulative-to-graphing-calculator
Playing with the Transformation Application
Students try to fit a quadratic function to the 200 m world record data using the transformation graphing application.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/playing-with-the-transformation-application