Properties of Trapezoids and Kites
Students investigate the properties of trapezoids, isosceles trapezoids, and kites by measuring sides and angles in the figures and by constructing and measuring the diagonals of the figures. By dragging vertices of each figure, they can make and test conjectures by seeing which properties hold t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-trapezoids-and-kites
Properties of Triangles
In this activity, students explore different types of triangles and find the interior and exterior angle sum to form a paragraph proof.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-triangles
Integration By Substitution
Students explore methods for computing integrals of functions that are not in one of the standard forms.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/integration-by-substitution_1
Integration By Parts
Students investigate the product rule of differentiation and integration by parts.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/integration-by-parts_1
Diameter and Circumference Relationship
A short activity that helps to demonstrate the relationship between diameter and circumference.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/diameter-and-circumference-relationship
Inflection Points
Students investigate points of inflection on a function and its first and second derivatives, and discover how they relate to each other.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inflection-points
Dilations
This activity is designed to allow students to create an interactive document that allows them to alter the specifications of a dilation and visually and numerically see its effects.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dilations
Infestation to Extermination
Students investigate exponential growth and decay through the situation of infestation and extermination.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/infestation-to-extermination_1
Implicit Differentiation
Students find the derivative of a relation, F(x,y), that is not solved for y.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/implicit-differentiation_4
Discovering the Circumcenter and Centroid of a Triangle
The students will find the circumcenter by constructing perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle. They will also find the centroid by constructing the medians of a triangle and discover that the centroid is 2/3 of the distance from each vertex along each median.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discovering-the-circumcenter-and-centroid-of-a-triangle
Points of Concurrency in Triangles
In this activity, students will use their Nspire handhelds to discover the different points of concurrencies in triangles. The students will take advantage of the dynamic capabilities to discover the circumcenter, incenter, and centroid of triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/points-of-concurrency-in-triangles
Limits
Students will investigate finding the value of limits using graphical and numerical methods. Students will also learn that a limit can exist at points where there is a hole or removable discontinuity. The concept of left and right-sided limits will also be explored as well as some situations in w...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/limits
Polygons - Diagonals
Students will investigate the number of diagonals in each polygon with three through ten sides, then develop a formula for the relationship between the number of sides and the number of diagonals of the polygons. Some prior familiarity with constructing segments and basic functions of the TI-Nsp...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polygons--diagonals
Possible Lengths of Sides of Triangles
The first problem in this activity has students explore the varying length of the third side of a triangle when 2 sides are given. They will discover that the length of the third side must be between the difference and the sum of the other 2 sides. The second problem extends this idea of the le...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/possible-lengths-of-sides-of-triangles
Proof by Counterexample of the SSA and AAA Cases
Students will use the geometry functions of the Nspire to create triangles with SSA and AAA details. Then these counterexamples are used to disprove possible SSA and AAA conjectures.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/proof-by-counterexample-of-the-ssa-and-aaa-cases
Exploring the Geometric Means of a Right Triangle - When the Altitude to the Hypotenuse Is Drawn
Students will explore the concept of geometric mean and solve right triangle problems using geometric mean proportions. A TI-Nspire activity demonstrates interactively the geometric mean relationship, and an activity sheet applies the relationship to solve triangle problem. Most discussions of g...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-the-geometric-means-of-a-right-triangle--when-the-altitude-to-the-hypotenuse-is-drawn
Properties of Parallelograms
In this activity, students will discover the properties of a parallelogram. Students will measure various components of a parallelogram to make conjectures about its properties.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallelograms
Exterior & Remote Interior Angles
Students investigate an exterior angle and its two remote interior angles using a Graphs & Geometry page.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exterior--remote-interior-angles
Exploring Midsegments of a Triangle
Students will discover the relationships between a midsegment of a triangle and its third side.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-midsegments-of-a-triangle
Volume
This is an activity that explores the volume formula for a prism, cylinder, cone, and pyramid. It also familiarizes students with the use of the Calculate tool.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/volume
Inverse Derivative
Visualize the reciprocal relationship between the derivative of a function and the derivative of its inverse.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inverse-derivative
Exploring Parallel Lines and Angles
Students will explore the relationships between pairs of angles formed when two parallel lines are cut by a transversal. They will identify special pairs of angles, measure all the angles formed by two parallel lines cut by a transversal, and then look for patterns among the measures.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-parallel-lines-and-angles
Corresponding Parts of Similar Triangles
Change the scale factor (r) between similar triangles; identify the corresponding parts and establish relationships between them.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/corresponding-parts-of-similar-triangles
Circle Geometry: Angles Formed by Intersecting Chords
This activity is intended to teach students about the rule associated with the angles formed by two chords intersecting within the circle and the intercepted arcs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circle-geometry-angles-formed-by-intersecting-chords
Area of a Triangle Between Parallel Lines
This is an investigation of what happens to the area of a triangle when one vertex moves along a line parallel to the side opposite the vertex.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/area-of-a-triangle-between-parallel-lines