How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
... or summer camp near you. #2. Experiment with TI’s STEM activities We’re currently having fun experimenting with a selection of activities that introduce students from middle school through high school to STEM and basic engineering. For example, students can learn how to program an alarm that al...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...ots from It’s Just a Lunar Phase activity. Life science topics 5. Cells and Heredity: Cells — Cell-ebrating Life This is a great introduction to cells and organelles. Students take a voyage into both animal and plant cells and get an in-depth look at the organelles within. They wi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Inspiring students and simulating space travel with TI technology
TI Education Technology president Peter Balyta inspires students at STEMsmart summit in Sarasota. Read His Thoughts TI Education Technology president Peter Balyta inspires students at STEMsmart summit in Sarasota. Inspiring students and simulating space travel with TI technology Peter Balyta ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/june/skys-limit
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
...g others. Initially, I choose a pre-med path in college, but while in college I realized that I really enjoyed helping my friends with math homework. During this time, I decided teaching was more fulfilling to me, than the idea of going to med school. Teachers have such a lasting impact through t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...collaboration between Texas Instruments, the American Printing House for the Blind and Orbit Research, represents a breakthrough in math and science education for students who are blind or visually impaired. The talking graphing calculator looks nearly identical to the TI-84 Plus that Lillie’s cl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...placement) from a bin of fifty balls containing five copies of the numbers 0 through 9. If you guess all five numbers correctly, your prize is the product of the multiplicities of the numbers drawn (for example, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2 gives a prize of six). What lottery ticket would you buy? Solutions Pr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...and create blank seating charts. On that chart, number the desks in the order you want them filled. There are always new students added to the roster during the week, and the numbering provides an organized way for you to designate where an unexpected student should sit. Write numbers correspon...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...ou are used to seeing on TI-84 Plus family graphing calculators, the TI-Nspire CX model uses function notation f1(x)=. I like the opportunity to introduce function notation with my students if they haven’t yet encountered it. Several items that are found on TI-84 Plus buttons are in TI-Nspire CX ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
In order to raise public awareness about the importance of financial education in the U.S., April is designated Financial Literacy Month. Research shows that individuals who have a deeper understanding about personal finances are better prepared for financial management and long-term economic su...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...t way. It involves a lot of creative problem solving and hard work, allowing students to learn an important life skill while bringing their own individuality to the table. What is your primary goal for the students you are teaching? I want them to leave school with skills that will help them be s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...eaching them how to become scientists. In 2015, I attended the T³™ International Conference in Philadelphia. At this conference, I was first introduced to TI technology for my chemistry classes as a data collection solution and interactive simulations for tough-to-teach concepts. I attended e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
On Wednesday, September 19, Texas Instruments Education (@TICalculators) is hosting a Women in STEM Twitter Chat! Our goal is connect you to the awesome #WomenInSTEM community, both as a source of inspiration and a well of resources. Our panelists are female engineers, scientists, and mathematic...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
...– Y < 0 III. Y – X < 0 A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II only Need More Help? Check out these test prep exam resources and product tutorial videos for additional tips. Best of luck! About The Author: Karen Campe is a T3™ National Instructor with 15 years’ experience teach...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
...New Now, have your students type in a name for their program. Click on OK. I named my program “heart.” We are going to use Python’s PlotLib module. Python is designed to use as few resources as possible. Each module can add functions, classes and variables. Basically, each one adds more c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
Origins of the Monty Hall problems “Let’s Make a Deal” was a variety game show that started in 1963 and was co-created and co-produced by Monty Hall. The format of “Let’s Make a Deal” involves selected members of the studio audience making deals with the host. The audience member would ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
...y Ride and Christa McAuliffe. In high school, I learned about Jane Goodall and Rachel Carson and became interested in conservation and environmental education. In college, I took a class called “Deep Sea Sharks and Sea Monsters” by Dr. Eugenie Clark. She was known as the “Shark Lady” and was a pi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
“Involving, innovative, inspiring” — students call it like it is on the TI Codes Contest For five years we’ve hosted the TI Codes Contest, an annual engineering design challenge for students, where they design prototypes of useful products using TI technology. Each year students are pres...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...s CE Graphing Calculator for ACT® Test Success” which took place in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Presenter, Corey Boby, engaging with participants during the workshop. Thanks to support from Texas Instruments and the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts Director Co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
...out one or more relevant topics for your students to watch and let the learning begin. Families of Functions features a full library of learning modules for each function family, first starting with linear relations then ranging from quadratics to exponentials and more. From linear relations t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...he viability of the solution, and a commitment to the engineering design process. And, as an added bonus, the May flowers and learning that blossomed during this project lived long into the summer (figure 5), thanks to the good work of our EYW students. Fig. 5. Tomatoes and marigolds ha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
At the end of a marking period, students’ grades indicate their progress and achievement in math class. It is also a great time to encourage reflection and feedback on what teaching and learning practices have played out in the classroom and what changes can be made so the class is more producti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
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
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
...ents. Determine the Objectives The TI-84 Plus family and the TI-Nspire™ CX handhelds are robust teaching tools for calculating, graphing and more. During lessons, these devices enable students to work accurately and efficiently, make real-world connections and build understanding of math conce...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...I. Although 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, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...E Python graphing calculators: Try the Fireworks activity shown above which is found in the recently added sections “Python Modules” on TI Codes for the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator and TI Codes for the TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator. You will find the fi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth