Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
...gh School in Florida who continues to excel despite her entire household coming down with COVID-19 over the summer and losing her father to the virus just four days after Father’s Day. “It was then that I felt like my world was falling apart. And in a way, it did,” said Calderon. Calderon’s fa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...for the students. The students who require more assistance can obtain it easily and repeatedly, if they need it. At the same time, those students who just need a quick review are not bored by watching topics they already know and understand. All students can learn at their own individual pace. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...hout CODE! I have tons of projects I like to use, and I’m ready to share some of those ideas with you. Do I share projects that are content specific, math intensive, light on coding or coding intensive? How many lines of code are too many? Should it focus on Python to teach math, Python to enhanc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
...d sequence document to allow for more focused instruction around fewer topics, flexibility for students to make meaning of new content, and space for just-in-time support with prerequisite topics that may be unfinished learning for students. Rushing through content for the sake of coverage is tem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
...fe for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their own ideas. Take a look at some of the best physics activities below. These are just a few of the many activities available for free with your TI-Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Software or TI-Nspire™ CX or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
... Admin1: Tuesday May 4, 8AM local time (Paper, in-person only) Admin2: Monday May 24, 8 AM local time (Paper, in-person only) Admin3: Wednesday June 9, 11 AM local time (Digital, in-person and at home) AP Statistics Admin1: Monday May 17, 12 PM local time (Paper, in-person only) Ad...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...s by enabling them to test variables and challenge their own ideas. Take a look at some of the best middle grades science activities below. These are just a few of the many activities available for free with your TI-Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Software or TI-Nspire™ CX or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
..." argument. Note that the total perimeter of the green squares never increases, but is 40 if the entire grid is filled. Problem 3 Solution: Sadly, we just can’t make this equation work. Because U + E has E in the ones place, we know U is zero. Y, L and O have to be nine, one, and zero, otherwise ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...l you ask. 2. Get to know the financial literacy standards There is a set of unified “National Standards for Personal Financial Education” from the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and the Council for Economic Education. These standards create benchmarks for financial concept...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
Python + Math = true love! This Valentine’s Day activity had a simple beginning. My good friend, Julie Riggins, and I were asked the question, “Will you do a Valentine's Day themed webinar?” Did we have a large bank of activities to draw from? Did we have a single idea? Nope. So, of course we s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
...el of mathematics. But, how do we help our students grasp this concept early on so that it connects from one level to the next? Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula Curtis Brown, math specialist, Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula website ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
.... With the time crunch, the focus for teaching probability tends to fall on calculation instead of helping students to develop a sense of randomness. Just about any mathematics topic can have a degree of randomness inserted without sacrificing content. Furthermore, it’s that randomness that catch...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Hit a high note exploring the math behind music
...concepts are easy to explain, while others are probably better suited for someone professionally trained in music (or math for that matter). So let’s just cover a few of the basics of music by the numbers. It was Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras who discovered that you can make diff...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/math-behind-music
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
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...asure soil humidity, detect ambient light, and trigger a water pump was included in the “Smart Water with TI-Innovator™” activity documentation. This jump-start on the code permitted students to “plug and play,” gain immediate access to the required sensors, and manipulate variables within the co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
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
...ing the most valuable resources to the teachers I supported, saving them from the hours I spent digging through the mediocre or irrelevant ideas, and just deliver the golden nuggets. Curtis and I hope that “Room To Grow” serves that same purpose for teachers who don’t have enough hours in the day...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...tware. The code that generates one star polygon is: n is an odd number between 5 and 11. The is the number of vertices on the polygon. To make a regular polygon we use 360/n for the turtle’s turning angle since the sum of the exterior angles of a polygon is 360 degrees. But ... r is...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Decorate Your Classroom With TI | Texas Instruments
...a sticker prize wall — your students won’t get enough of these coveted decals. All of these sticker templates work with Avery Labels, so it’s easy to just download, print and stick. “Shoutouts” pack with TI-84 Plus CE stickers. “Spread Math Love” stickers pack with TI-Nspi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/classroom-decorations
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
...sicle stick. Grab a lab coat while your there – you never know! Tip 2: Folding paper is hard. This is definitely a skill; some kids have it and some just don’t. Your students’ goal: build the strongest bridge using only paper. I know you can already hear the whining and the list of questions. Th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
...e of personalized education.” — Yong Zhao, Ph.D. “The Impact of Identity in K–8 Mathematics: Rethinking Equity-Based Practices” by Julia Aguirre, Karen Mayfield-Ingram and Danny Martin Filled with insightful descriptions and recommendations on impactful, high-quality and equi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...will need to perform the calculation. It is easiest to define a variable called slope. Then, perform the calculation. slope:=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1) Finally, just as stated in the pseudocode, you need to display the result. To do this, use the “Disp” command. Disp slope Below is a screenshot that shows t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...ulus review immediately. I decided to focus on these six tasks: Factual Recall Carry out a Procedure Classify a Mathematical Object Prove, Show, Justify Extend a Concept Critique a Fallacy I revised it numerous times over the weekend and then contacted my friend Tony Record. By the way,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
...all steps to understand exactly what she is doing,” said Kachur. “Her first exposure to coding was on the TI-Nspire and she's really getting it. It’s just great to watch.” Junior Jahnai Harley said, “I joined the Coding Club because I wanted to learn more about computer science and thought it'd b...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
Celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month
Math has an impact on just about every aspect of our lives including some that we don’t often think about. Math helped change the outcome of WWII, it also shows up in the way we drive our cars and the way we manage our finances. In celebration of Math Awareness Month, here are four TI-Nspire act...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/mathawarenessmonth