Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
...We’ve known for a while that gender diversity in STEM careers is lacking (women comprise half of the workforce, yet hold fewer than 25% of U.S. STEM jobs), and beyond a readiness deficit by gender, as evidenced in ACT’s 2017 STEM report, there is also a confidence gap for girls that starts early ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
..., teachers can assign these videos to be done outside of class. This is more efficient 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 th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...tarted with Unit 1 during the Hour of Code challenge the next school year and continued throughout the year. My students loved it. They enjoyed the problem-solving aspect as well as seeing their hard work displayed on the handheld screen. I then started a STEM club. This club met once a week, a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
StatisticsOfficeHours
... and questions that are directly related to the Big Ideas in the “AP® Statistics Course and Exam Description.” The content will be original, unique problems and data sets that Starnes has written for our Office Hours series to deepen student and teacher content knowledge. Starnes, a former reader...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/statisticsofficehours
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...ce throughout the year? Try one or try all five! The abridged versions of the featured activities are as follows: Rolling Along (theoretical probability) — Students create “unfair” dice using a list, weighting the dice in their favor to win the game. Puzzling Number Sense (a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
... you have with your students and their families. As educators, we all recognize that relationships are the most important aspect of our work. The global pandemic has heightened the importance of relationships, as our students, like us, are experiencing an increased amount of stress, trauma and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
... geometry teacher at the high school, and he immediately knew he wanted to enter Meyer. “I have never met another teacher who is as dedicated to his job and who genuinely cares about their students more than Mr. Meyer. He sacrifices sleep, comfort and many of the pleasures of life in order to sup...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
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
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
... isn’t an answer choice. So much for being the secret weapon! The reality is that many students lack the mathematical understanding needed to solve problems and, as a result, make conceptual errors even with the help of a calculator for computations. I find it helpful to let students explore the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
... Vector activity. 2. Forces and Motion: Newton’s Second Law Although this lesson has been around for a long time, it does a really nice job in helping students see and understand Newton’s second law through the use of a simple simulation meant to collect data on mass, force and accel...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...iety of resources and considering different perspectives. The TI in Focus: AP® Calculus Resources are a great way to refresh teacher knowledge on a problem or how a problem should be graded. As an AP® reader, I reference the PDF slides often and appreciate the extensions that are provided for dif...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...oose from two quick-start activities; Ready-made Pi or Homemade Pi. In these activities, students learn how to gather and input the data of circular objects. Students will plot the circumference versus diameter on a graph, then calculate the slope of the data points. What will they observe about...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
The last year and a half has been really hard for many of us in education. We dealt with so many big changes in such a small amount of time. We learned new ways of doing our jobs and connecting with students. As we venture into the uncertainty of what another school year will bring in the age of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...ng. For example, students can learn how to program an alarm that alerts an owner if they forget their pet in a hot car. Or, kids can experiment with robotics as they learn to program our calculator-controlled robotic car, Rover, to navigate a volcano on Mars. Interested in learning more? Check ou...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...nce: Building and Interpreting Graphs This is a great activity to help students learn about using graphs to represent the results of experiments and observations. It’s a great resource for students new to graphs or who need a little review. Screenshot from the Building and Interpreting Gr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
#NCTMannual 2018 Recap
...f meaningful results. TI-Nspire™ CX technology Link to presentation>> Making Math Relevant Through Modeling Modeling mathematics through applied problems that students can see and touch can develop their understanding of the concepts they are learning. In this session, we did some hands-on exp...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/nctm2018
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
...ent with your students so that you are a role model for them. "The other thing I would say is, don’t give meaningless homework – give meaningful problems." Alice Fisher, TI Teacher of the Month Why do you enjoy teaching computer science? Computer science is a way that I'm able to be creati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
Do you have what it takes to go head-to-head with former pro-football player turned professional mathematician, John Urschel? Now is your chance to flex your mental muscles and find out. Each problem tackles a subject from chess to cryptography -- things students are naturally interested in – an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...at first for students finding their seats. This, however, creates opportunities to watch for leaders and helpers who assist their peers. I am always observing student behaviors and learning about my students, even before the final bell rings. Advantages It is relatively easy to swap out note ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...xample, ctrl then divide gives the fraction template, and ctrl then click (center of Touchpad) is for the “grabber hand” used for grabbing and moving objects on the Graphing or Geometry pages. The TI-Nspire CX calculator is “menu driven” which means that most commands are found by pressing the me...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...andards, and integrating financial literacy concepts and skills into our current curricula. In honor of Financial Literacy Month, let’s explore these objectives along with ideas on how we can incorporate financial education using the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator and TI-Nspire™ CX Premium ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
... the subject. "It’s an amazing feeling when students do understand math, because you know that you were integral to helping them overcome whatever obstacle was in their way." Fatemia Fuson, TI Teacher of the Month What advice would you give to your first-year teaching self? Don't try to do ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...t Southside High School in Youngsville, Louisiana, where she teaches all levels of chemistry I and II. She uses TI technology in her Introduction to Robotics course and to assist her teaching, data collection, and modeling math concepts, linking them to science content. Vernier EasyTemp is a ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
... STEM experiences and to increase the number of underrepresented and underserved students in STEM fields. Becky’s favorite quote: “Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
...e value and radical templates are found by pressing alpha then window. In example 3, multiplying both sides by the reciprocal of 2/5 will solve the problem in one step (instead of taking two steps: multiplying by 5 and dividing by 2). Use the fraction template and convert to a decimal if desired...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84