Mission Impossible: A Perfect March Madness® Bracket
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Picking the perfect bracket! Each year, millions of people across the world gather to watch an incredible display of basketball skill and passion. During this annual tradition, many will attempt to predict the outcome of each game in the tournamen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/basketball
DIY TI Codes Contest
Have you heard about our TI Codes Contest? Each spring, Texas Instruments challenges teams of students from around the U.S. to come up with creative solutions to a proposed theme and submit their ideas. As the groups advance, they ultimately build a functioning model of their concept, which they ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
roboticsweek2021
Did you know that the best way to understand how something works is to take it apart and examine the insides? That’s why “teardown” videos are so popular — they show us what’s on the inside of everyday products without having to worry about reassembling them. In celebration of National Roboti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
mathyoga
...an use math yoga with your students. Perry High School math teachers Ashley Meinke and David Olszewski have developed a variety of math yoga poses to bring movement into math class. So, what are their top tips for getting started? First thing’s first: Find some yoga mats. They recom...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
ICYMI: TI’s Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2020
It’s been a year like no other — one many of us would like to forget! To try and help, we’ve been hard at work developing new video resources to save you time and energy in the classroom, whether you are teaching in person, remotely or in a blended environment. All of our videos are posted on ou...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-5-2021-top-videos
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
...s that you can do once the calculator is connected: Take screenshots Download and transfer files Update the calculator operating system (OS) Following are some detailed ideas on how to get the most from a Chromebook™ notebook computer plus calculator mix in your classroom. Usi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...ack computers and internet connectivity and are now falling even further behind. In this era of accountability, long-standing inequities are being exposed, and they demand our attention — now. Arbitrary circumstances into which kids are born — such as their race, ethnicity, ZIP code and socioeco...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...y is a sure bet to be a class favorite. With just a little planning, teachers can even take the ideas provided in this activity and expand on them across multiple lessons if they want. It’s a fun way to create a continuous learning experience for students. Armed with their graphing calculators...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
This Valentine’s Day, we want to celebrate a straight-A student whose love of learning is inspiring everyone around her. Jasmine Calderon, 17, is an exceptional senior at Pahokee High School in Florida who continues to excel despite her entire household coming down with COVID-19 over the summer...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
Are your students struggling with graphing the parent functions or how to graph transformations of them? Texas Instruments is here to help teachers — and students — with a video resource that contains over 250 short colorful animated videos with over 460 examples that illustrate and explain these...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
The start of a new school year has always been my favorite time of year. The freshness, anticipation and possibilities energize and excite me as I reconnect with colleagues and build relationships with new students and families. This year, though, educators are also facing the impact of a global ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Best_Of_Science
...p bring important science concepts to life for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their own ideas. Take a look at some of the most popular science activities below. These are just a few of the many activities available for free with your TI‑Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Softwa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/best_of_science
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
Calculus connoisseurs Tom Dick and Steve Kokoska are ready to call the Monday night action! This school year, Texas Instruments (TI) has teamed up with former AP® Calculus Chief Reader Steve Kokoska and former Test Development committee member Tom Dick to provide live, content sess...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
... This allows me to go back and listen to learn their names and a little more about them. 2. Build skills for the future One of the things I missed most was hands-on learning when I was virtual and hybrid last year. I am hopeful that this year we can complete STEM Projects together. I want to fo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...ew. Screenshot from the Building and Interpreting Graphs activity. Earth and space science topics 2. Earth’s Surface: Earth’s Lithosphere — Ring of Fire This activity takes students on a journey around the Pacific Rim and the infamous “Ring of Fire.” Students will plot locat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
As a chemistry teacher, I have grown to love the inclusion of real-world data collection and analysis in my classroom instruction. Chemistry is a difficult subject for most students to grasp because of the invisible nature of atoms and molecules. Having students collect data on the chemical phen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
The Heartbeat of STEM
...don’t always have the time to do as much STEM integration as I like. However, when the AP® exams are over, I utilize as many of the STEM projects as possible. “The Heart Project” is a favorite of mine to go more in depth about the circulatory system, transport and homeostasis, but it also allows ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... Nemo.” Then, 16 years after that, we went “Finding Dory.” Now, I am not one to question things too critically, but why is it that animated fish get lost so easily? We can save that for another blog post. Because I am a math guy, and with all of this “looking,” I thought that perhaps we shoul...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
There’s no need to fret when you’re away from class. We have hundreds of free math lessons and activities, including this huge collection of video resources, to give your substitute teacher while you’re gone. Whether you’ll be out for just a day or a bit longer, these math videos will keep stude...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
The summer of 2020 was filled with uncertainty. Schools had just wrapped up a year disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and summer programming was not a high priority for most school districts. Crystal R. Bishop, a STEM education coordinator at West Virginia State University, wanted to make sur...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...we don’t consider ourselves to be experts in teaching math, Curtis and I have learned a lot from our classroom days, our time supporting educators across the country with professional learning, and the work we do with educators who use or want to use TI technology. In our experience, a faculty or...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Decorate Your Classroom With TI | Texas Instruments
...ovy designs are all thanks to @misscraftymathteacher, a high school math teacher devoted to making learning fun and engaging. Students will love the positive math vibes, and you’ll love the color variety of this downloadable pack! Classroom door as styled by @misscraftymathteacher. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/classroom-decorations
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
It’s that chilling time of the year again — no, not testing season — Halloween! Lift spirits in the classroom with these three spooky, fun math activities. Students will never know you tricked them into learning math concepts. Plus, we’ve included a costume template that will make you look boo-...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
It’s prom season, and it can be hard to keep your students from daydreaming about prom night. How about an activity that will grab their attention while you sneak in some programming skills? Plus, be sure to encourage your students to participate in our TI Promposal Contest. It will provide extra...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
If you are a teacher like me, you probably always have lots of ideas. I certainly do! Thank goodness I also have a circle of friends that share my passion and help me bring those ideas full circle. Many of my ideas seem to have a common theme: Provide fun, learning, engaging, real-world experien...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps