Law of Sines and Cosines
... Law of Cosines Right Triangle Trigonometry About the lesson Throughout history, mathematicians from Euclid to al-Kashi to Viète have derived various formulas to calculate the sides and angles of non-right (oblique) triangles. al-Kashi used these methods to find the angles be...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-law-of-sin-cos
Distance vs Displacement - A Particle's Journey
In this activity, students will further discuss the graphical and algebraic relationships between derivatives, integration and particle motion while using kinematics. Distance vs Displacement - A Particle's Journey apcalculus website ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-distance-v-displacement
Volume
...stigation offers opportunities for review and consolidation of key concepts related to area and volume. Although there is no file to download to the handheld, this activity is meant to be done from different perspectives. Have the students alter the dimensions of the solids given to see what con...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-volume
Exponential Dice
...onnection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary exponential decay function half-life simulation exponential growth function doubling time About the Lesson This activity is done with the use of the TI-84 famil...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-exponential-dice
Is it normal?
... normal distributions and probabilities. They will examine these relationships graphically and algebraically. Students will be asked to use their handhelds to create normal distribution curves to help in their exploration and discussions. Students will try to make a connection with how to...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-is-it-normal
Scientific Notation
...lesson Scientific notation is a way of writing very large and very small numbers. Numbers in scientific notation include two parts, a number greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10, and a power of 10. Downloads ZIP Scientific Notation .ZIP ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-scientific-notation
To Infinity and Beyond
To Infinity and Beyond apcalculus website Students' develop an understanding of what it means to take a limit at infinity. They learn to estimate limits from graphs and tables of values. To Infinit...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-to-infinity-beyond
Trig Ratios
...unctions of sine, cosine and tangent and the side length ratios of a right triangle. ---> Objectives Students will understand that trigonometric functions of an angle do not depend on the size of the triangle within which the angle is contained, but rather on the ratios of ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-trig-ratios
Relating Rates
... courses and on their final assessments. Vocabulary Related Rates Differentiation Implicit Rate of Change About the Lesson In this activity, students are able to apply their knowledge of finding a derivative and using implicit differentiation a...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-relating-rates
Concavity
...proaches | Calculus Objectives Examine the relationship between the first and second derivative and shape of a function Concavity The students will move a point on a given function and observe the s...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-calculus-concavity
Trig Ratios
...functions of sine, cosine and tangent and the side length ratios of a right triangle. --> Objectives Students will understand that trigonometric functions of an angle do not depend on the size of the triangle within which the angle is contained, but rather on the ratios of ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-trig-ratios
Scientific Notation
...lesson Scientific notation is a way of writing very large and very small numbers. Numbers in scientific notation include two parts, a number greater than or equal to 1 and less than 10, and a power of 10. Downloads ZIP Scientific Notation .ZIP ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-scientific-notation
3D Surface Area and Volume
...gramme Analysis and Approaches | Geometry and Trigonometry Objectives Students will analyze and discuss 3D objects and the 2D shapes that make up those objects. Students will unfold 3D objects to aid in finding both the Surface Area and Volume of the objects. St...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-3d-surface-area-volume
Angles of Depression and Elevation
... Bearing Angle of Depression Alternate Interior Angles About the Lesson The prior knowledge needed for this activity is understanding what the angles of depression and elevation are and what their relationship is with one another. Students will revisit and apply their right triangl...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-angles-of-depression-and-elevation
Sampling Techniques | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family | Stats & Probability
...us Biased About the Lesson At times, it is a challenge to analyze the entire population, the whole group from which you may collect data. When this happens, taking a sample, a small group chose...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-sampling-techniques
Sum of Infinite Geometric Series
... Diploma Programme Analysis and Approaches | Numbers and Algebra Sum of Infinite Geometric Series This lesson involves clicking on a slider to see that the area of a square that has been systematically divided into an infinite number of pieces approaches 1. Objectives Stu...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-sum-infinite-geometric
3D Surface Area and Volume
...gramme Analysis and Approaches | Geometry and Trigonometry Objectives Students will analyze and discuss 3D objects and the 2D shapes that make up those objects. Students will unfold 3D objects to aid in finding both the Surface Area and Volume of the objects. St...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-3d-surface-area-volume
SD Measure of Spread
... Objectives Students will identify the standard deviation as a measure of spread about the mean of a distribution. Students will recognize that the size of the standard deviation depends on the spread of the distribution. Vocabulary deviation dot plot mean range standa...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-measure-of-spread
Graphing Relationships
...us Activity Overview In this activity, students explore information about a graph based on the first and second derivatives. They learn that a function's derivative is positive when the function increases and negative when the function decreases. They learn that the second derivative...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-graphing-relationships
Volume
...stigation offers opportunities for review and consolidation of key concepts related to area and volume. Although there is no file to download to the handheld, this activity is meant to be done from different perspectives. Have the students alter the dimensions of the solids given to see what con...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-volume
Points, Lines and Slopes (Oh My!)
...lumns:auto auto; } Objectives Students will graph linear functions and determine properties such as slope and y-intercept, describe how both change as the graph is rotated and translated, and understand that the coordinates of a line are the solution set to the equation of the line. ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-points-lines-and-slopes
Exponential Reflections
Exponential Reflections apcalculus website Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Analysis and Approaches | Functions Activity Overview Students determine that the inverse of th...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-exponential-reflections
Does a Correlation Exist?
...ogramme Analysis and Approaches | Statistics and Probability Activity Overview Students determine, by examining a graph, if a data set has a positive or negative correlation coefficient. Does a Correlation Exist? Key Steps Students explore correlation coeffi...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-plus-correlation
To Infinity and Beyond
To Infinity and Beyond apcalculus website In this TI-Nspire activity, students will explore the limit of a function and how the behavior of the output value approaches , as the input value approaches...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-to-infinity-beyond
Optimization
...t to find maxima and minima in word problems and solve optimization in parametric functions. Students will be finding a function’s critical points by hand and through the handheld. Although there is no calculator file to download to the handheld, the key to this activity is for students to create...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-optimization