Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
...eve in calculus. I believe these resources are a valuable asset as you navigate an ever-changing landscape in the math classroom. AP® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, TI products. Policies subject to change. Visit www.collegeb...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
To STEM and Beyond!
As a chemistry teacher, I have always been intrigued on how to do what the engineering design and computer science teachers do in their classes. “Why,” do you ask? We are educating the future workforce. Our students are being trained and taught for jobs that haven’t even been created yet. The ev...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...ills 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 foster collaboration, creativity and critical thinking with my students. Incorporating STEM projects int...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...shots from the Photosynthesis in Plants activity. Physical science topics 8. Forces and Motion: Kinetic and Potential — Energy Skate Park (MG) Students will experiment with kinetic and potential energy of a virtual skateboarder on an adjustable half-pipe. They can then see how thi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
... All of these lingering questions came into focus when the teachers in my school began work with Oklahoma Excel, a statewide networked improvement community dedicated to using the principles of improvement science to study that very goal. Can our students increase their mathematical reasoning ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
...art the year off with a bang, or should I say lights and SOUND! It was a huge success. The activities in this topic were built so my students could work through them with partners and without any direct instruction from me. While they were busy learning how to use RGB values to change light color...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
... your students. STEP 2: Identify what you want to program You’ve had a chance to write your first program and become familiar with how the commands work within TI-Basic. Now it’s time to identity a math process you want to automate. In this post, we’re going to write a program that calculates the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
... How many vocabulary words are there in the AP® Computer Science Principles curriculum? The list for computer systems and networks is rather lengthy. Think about all the review students could accomplish if each student in your class created a flash card stack with a differe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
...e countdown begins! The new theme for the 2025 TI Codes Contest will be announced in October 2024. The contest officially launches in January 2025. Mark your calendar Don’t miss a thing. Subscribe to our email list and be among the first to receive the latest contest updates. Sign ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2025/p0-save-the-date
BestofChemistry
...ntroducing the concepts of periodicity and the periodic table. The lesson provides some history about the development of the periodic table, how it works and the patterns it reveals. Screenshots from the Periodicity of Properties activity. 3. Atomic Structure and Periodic Table...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...hnology have opened the eyes of so many of my students to the possibility of future STEM careers. Vernier DataQuest and Vernier EasyTemp are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vernier Software & Technology. About the author: Stacy Thibodeaux is a T³™ National science instructor. She hold...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Solution 11546: Compatibility Between Programs for the Calculator-Based Laboratory™ (CBL) and CBL 2™.
... Home | Data Collection Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search Will programs written for the CBL also work with the CBL 2? Most current CBL programs will also run on the CBL 2. This means the more than 25 current activity and EXPLORATIONS™ Series Boo...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/data-collection-accessories/general-information/11546
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...e end of class, we hope we have engaged and motivated our students, connected their learning to their interests, hope it sticks, and may even just spark a new curiosity. Happy game day celebrations! And don’t forget to save me a seat on the couch. About the author: Cara Kugler currently w...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...tudents will build, code and test a working speaker. The speaker is built with a plastic or foam cup , a magnet, iron nail, soda straw and breadboard components. TI can loan you this project to try with your students if you’d like. Contact the TI STEM Team at STEM-Team@ti.com if you’d like to bor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
...perhaps teach you a thing or two about your class. But with many schools across the country starting virtually, getting to know your students, with a computer screen between you and them, has its challenges. For starters, a virtual setup makes it harder to read students’ facial expressions, and i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers
...hese resources are a valuable asset as you navigate an ever-changing landscape in the math classroom. About the author: Curtis Brown currently works as the Math Segment manager at Texas Instruments. He taught mathematics and AP® Statistics for several years. Since starting at TI in 2015, he ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mondaynightcalculus
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...oom. In this follow-up post (part 2), I intend to present ideas for how CAS can be utilized to benefit the algebra II classroom. Finding a lowest common denominator In my algebra I post, the Factor tool was employed as an approach to motivate students to recognize patterns between the prime ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
Best of Biology
... identify the possible genotypes. Screenshots from the Punnett Pea Predictor activity. About the author: Erick Archer is a Market Strategy Manager at Texas Instruments and works with science and STEM teachers in the implementation of TI technology. He is also a former hig...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofbiology
Solution 11175: Installing the TI Connectivity USB Cable on a Windows® Computer When the TI Resource CD Does Not Function.
... Knowledge Base Search How do I install my TI Connectivity USB Cable on my Windows® computer when my TI Resource CD does not work? Please refer to the instructions outlined below in order to correctly install the TI Connectivity USB Cable on a Windows® computer when the TI ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/data-collection-accessories/computer-software-installation-activation/11175
This is for the Birds!
This activity enables students to practice various skills such entering lists, comparing data, and utilizing statistical terms on the graphing calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/this-is-for-the-birds
Motion Graphs
Students will be able to explore distance/time graphs and velocity/time graphs. The graphs will be presented to the entire class through TI-Navigator™. Students will then take CBL 2™'s and calculators and create their own graphs (which are assigned to them). Students will then come back and pr...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/motion-graphs
Subnivean Comfort
Students measure and compare air temperatures inside and outside a snow shelter. If students choose to sleep in the shelter overnight they use the temperature measurements to confirm what they discover experientially- that snow is a great insulator!https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/subnivean-comfort
Number Cube Sums
Students explore experimental probability and patterns in fractions, decimals, and percents by rolling two number cubes and recording and analyzing the sums that come up.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/number-cube-sums
Skip Counting by 5
Students will compare counting sequences on their calculator with the patterns they generate on their own hundreds chart.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/skip-counting-by-5
Amazing Appetites
Students learn to count and solve original word problems. They learn to add by combining sets and subtract when removing the set. They use manipulatives to reflect the reasoning used in problem solving.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/amazing-appetites