Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...ode are too many? Should it focus on Python to teach math, Python to enhance math or computer science that uses math? I decided the answer to all the questions above was, “Yes!” Why make it one size fits all? Therefore, this is a “choose your own adventure” in coding blog. Find something that str...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
...ir calculators incorrectly and usually have no idea why their answer is wrong. Inevitably, they end up raising their hands during tests with profound questions. The answer the calculator gave them isn’t an answer choice. So much for being the secret weapon! The reality is that many students lack ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
... was adapted from the popular Phet series of simulations. Screenshots from the Physics: Energy Skate Park activity. 5. Rotational Equilibrium and Simple Machines: Simple Machines — Balancing Act (HS) Adapted from the popular Phet simulations, Balancing Act is broken into two p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
...e of work. For example, during the week I like to make Wednesday my day of rest. On Wednesdays, I try my best to leave school right when school day ends and intentionally do not bring any work home with me. On the weekends, I do the same. If I have work to do on the weekend, I’ll save it for one ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
...culator and start following the activities themselves. Our website has an easy-to-follow path that coaches the girls through each of the five badge requirements. Troop workshops. Troop leaders can borrow TI graphing calculators from TI, or have the girls bring their calculators from home, an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
#NCTMannual 2018 Recap
...bservations. TI-Nspire™ CX technology Link to presentation>> Rate of Change: Algebra to Calculus What if you could help students see slope not as an equation to memorize, but as a representation of real events? We got out of your seats to model relationships between position and time using hands-...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/nctm2018
Albuquerque schools using high-tech devices to teach math
TI technology is changing the way Albuquerque Public School students learn math. Read the Story TI technology is changing the way Albuquerque Public School students learn math. Albuquerque schools using high-tech devices to teach math Texas Instruments Albuquerque schools using high-tec...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/october/ti-tech-in-use
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
... who explains things so well that students understand’ to ‘one who gets students to explain things so well that they can be understood.’”* This mindset shift was what was needed. Along with the other teachers in Oklahoma Excel, we began to test and perfect Puzzle Problems. These are short, fiv...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
#NCTMregionals Kansas City 2018 Recap
... TI Exhibitor Workshops at #NCTMregionals Kansas City 2018 Rate of Change: Algebra to Calculus What if you could help students see slope not as an equation to memorize, but as a representation of real events? Get out of your seats to model relationships between position and time using hands-on ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/nctm-kansas-city
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
... 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 to quadratics, exponentials and more, each module includes videos that provide a step-by...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
5 Teachers You Should Be Following on Instagram Right Now
Instagram is quickly becoming one of the world’s most popular virtual teacher lounges. Not only is this social media site a hotbed of perfectly proportioned photos, but it also has great ideas, content and classroom inspiration for teachers. From funny facts about teachers’ daily routines to mo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/5-teachers-to-follow-on-instagram
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...usually just a syllable in this case). Each element is a Python tuple such as (“f4”,0.125,“the”) which represents the note “F” in the 4th octave as a quarter note (0.25) for the word “the.” The program also uses a Ball Class (see my previous post about Python classes) to represent the snowflak...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
...nd science concepts. As part of his prize for winning the contest, Alex traveled to Dallas where he visited with mathematicians and scientists at TI, sat in the cockpit of a flight simulator at Dallas’ Love Field and filmed his starring role in a special, aviation edition of STEM Behind Cool Care...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
Celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month
...mal conditions vs. wet weather or when talking on a cell phone provides an engaging opportunity to use quadratic functions to model data. Using the regression capabilities on the calculator, students can generate equations to model the relationship between stopping distance and speed for differen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/mathawarenessmonth
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
... education! About the author: Ariel J. Taylor, Ed.D., is the Director of UTeach Accelerate, a secondary STEM teacher preparation program for degree holders and career changers. Taylor is the Founding Director of The RISE Project 501(c)3, which hosts several youth empowerment events through...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
...oth TI Exhibitor Workshops at #NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Rate of Change: Algebra to Calculus What if you could help students see slope not as an equation to memorize, but as a representation of real events? Get out of your seats to model relationships between position and time using hands-on ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
...These 5 lessons are some of our favorites for helping students to make connections in calculus. 1. Riemann Sums In this activity, your students can quickly learn that for a continuous nonnegative function f, there is one interpretation of the definite integral f(x)dx from a to b, the area of th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
...of the chemical reactions that occur. Our administration was encouraging us to think outside the box and rethink how we could assess our students’ progress for final exams. I am head of the math department. All of us in the math department were giving pretty traditional final exams — a mix of mu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
...g Syne.” Take it a step further, and add a colorful fireworks display on your TI-84 Plus CE. 5) Happy Holidays Ask your students to manipulate this equation. The answer is certain to make them smile this holiday season. ; 6) Tree Twister We’ve got a holiday challenge for you: If our Christmas tr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
TI Trademarks and Brands
...oducts use the ® symbol (PC: Alt + 0174; Mac: Option + G), for reasons related to their intended market or because they are products gained through acquisitions: DLP® chip DLP Cinema® chip technology Stellaris® hardware WEBENCH® Simple Switcher® Powerwise® All other TI t...https://education.ti.com/en/branding/ti-trademarks-and-brands
Solution 30431: System Requirements for Versions 2.X of the TI-Nspire™ Family Software and TI-Nspire™ Document Player.
Solution 30431: System Requirements for Versions 2.X of the TI-Nspire™ Family Software and TI-Nspire™ Document Player. global Solution 30431: System Requirements for Versions 2.X of the TI-Nspire™ Family Software and TI-Nspire™ Document Player. website ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/kbase-templates-and-archive/previous-pages-obsolete/30431
Solution 14841: Reponse to Instructors who Inquire About the Free TI-InterActive!™ Activity Books With Their Purchase of TI-InterActive!™ - INTERNAL ONLY
Solution 14841: Reponse to Instructors who Inquire About the Free TI-InterActive!™ Activity Books With Their Purchase of TI-InterActive!™ - INTERNAL ONLY global Solution 14841: Reponse to Instructors who Inquire About the Free TI-InterActive!™ Activity Books With Their Purchase of TI-In...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/kbase-templates-and-archive/previous-pages-obsolete/14841
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
...ge surface area for the air above it to push down on the paper – and by extension, onto the stick. A 3’ x 3’ piece of paper across the stick is equivalent to roughly 19,000 pounds of pressure. Below, see a video of this experiment and others in action: Use this STEM experiment to take yo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
... mouth to allow the egg to escape … otherwise you will be eating egg.☹️ Below, see a video of this experiment and others in action: Wow your friends by using STEM instead of magic to get a hard-boiled egg inside a milk bottle. Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle Erick Archer Summer of S...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle
Introducing the TI-Nspire CX II
...try to calculus and can even help them learn to code. The TI-Nspire CX II graphing calculator is allowed on high-stakes exams, including the PSAT/NMSQT*, SAT* and ACT® college entrance exams as well as Advanced Placement* and IB® exams that allow or require a graphing calculator. The TI-Nspire C...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/nspire