Balancing Act
Students will explore the centriod of a triangle. They will discover that it is the center of gravity. They will balance a cardboard triangle on the end of a pencil. Then they will construct the medians with folds and pencil. After students have seen that the center of gravity is the point ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/balancing-act
Balancing Point
In this activity, students will explore the median and the centroid of a triangle. Students will discover that the medians of a triangle are concurrent. The point of concurrency is the centroid. Students should discover that the center of mass and the centroid are the same for a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/balancing-point
Limits of Functions
Investigate limits of functions at a point numerically.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/limits-of-functions
Building 3-D Initials with a Vanishing Point
Students will use a vanishing point for a one point perspective drawing of an initial of their choice.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/building-3d-initials-with-a-vanishing-point
Circle Geometry: Property of the Segments of Two Chords Intersecting within a Circle
Students will be able to discover the property of two chords segments intersecting within a circle. They will discover the rule about the segments geometrically, numerically, and graphically. Lesson will touch on line of best fit to explore the relationship between the segments of the two chords.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circle-geometry-property-of-the-segments-of-two-chords-intersecting-within-a-circle
Filling the Urn
Work with linked representations of the related rates of change of volume and height of fluid.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/filling-the-urn
Extrema
Students will learn how to find and label extrema using first and second derivatives, be able to inspect a graph and determine which extrema the function has, and be able to use Trace, fMin, and fMax to verify the computed answers and find critical values for parametric functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/extrema
First Derivative Test
Visualize the connections between the first derivative of a function, critical points, and local extrema.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/first-derivative-test
Construction of the Lute of Pythagoras to investigate polynomials
The student will construct the Lute of Pythagoras and investigate the many geometric shapes created.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/construction-of-the-lute-of-pythagoras-to-investigate-polynomials
Congruent Triangles
This activity is intended to provide students with an opportunity to discover three methods of proving triangles congruent: SSS, SAS, and ASA.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/congruent-triangles_2
Applications of Similar Figures
Students will identify corresponding parts of figures and use the definition of similar figures to solve real-world applications involving rectangles and triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/applications-of-similar-figures
Angles in Polygons
In this activity, students measure interior angles in convex polygons and find the sum of the angle measures. They make and test a conjecture about the sum of the angle measures in an n-sided polygon. Finally, they measure exterior angles in convex polygons, find their sum, and write a proof for ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angles-in-polygons_1
Congruent or Not?
In this activity, students will investigate whether AAA, SAS, ASA, or SSA relationship guarantee that two triangles are congruent or not. This is an exploratory activity where students will need to know how to change between pages, grab and move points, and measure lengths.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/congruent-or-not_1
Arcs and Central Angles of Circles
Students discover the central angles of circles plus minor and major arcs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/arcs-and-central-angles-of-circles
Congruent Triangles - Conditions that Prove Congruency
Students will investigate what conditions are necessary to prove two triangles are congruent.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/congruent-triangles--conditions-that-prove-congruency
Medians in a Triangle
Students will study medians and some of their properties. A median of a triangle connects a vertex of the triangle with the midpoint of the opposite side.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/medians-in-a-triangle
Area Formula Investigations
It's easy to just plug in the numbers without thinking, right? Even better, just use the calculator to find the area for you! Well, not today! Students will construct altitude and calculate the area of 5 geometric shapes using the measurement tools.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/area-formula-investigations
Midpoints in the Coordinate Plane
Beginning with horizontal or vertical segments, students will show the coordinates of the endpoints and make a conjecture about the coordinates of the midpoint.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/midpoints-in-the-coordinate-plane
Minimizing Surface Area of a Cylinder Given a Fixed Volume
Students will discover the relationship between radius and height of a cylinder so that surface area of a cylinder can be minimized while maintaining a fixed volume. This is just an introduction to a project that they will begin after this investigation. Once this is completed, they will redesig...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/minimizing-surface-area-of-a-cylinder-given-a-fixed-volume
Lines with Transversals and Angle Pairs
Students will use the TI-Nspire file and record their answers on the Word worksheet. The TI-Nspire file has been created to allow students to explore and measure the relationships of angle pairs with and without parallel lines.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/lines-with-transversals-and-angle-pairs
Angles in Polygons
This is a self-contained activity that is designed to incorporate the TI-Nspire Navigator system which provides for a paperless activity that can be easily managed during and after the class period. Students will investigate the relationships of the interior and exterior angles in a polygon. T...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angles-in-polygons
Maximizing a Paper Cone's Volume
The net for a conical paper cup is formed by cutting a sector from a circular piece of paper. What sector angle creates a net that maximizes the cone's volume? In this activity students will build concrete models, measure the dimensions and calculate the volume. Next, students will use a const...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/maximizing-a-paper-cones-volume
Altitudes of Triangles
Students investigate the intersection of the altitudes of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/altitudes-of-triangles
Angle Relationships
In this activity, students explore the angle relationships that exist when two lines intersect. They begin by exploring vertical angles and linear pairs, and then expand their study to two lines and a transversal. They will see what relationships hold true when the two lines intersected by a tran...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angle-relationships
Angles & Chords in a Circle
This activity is designed to allow students to gain an understanding of the relationship between the arcs and angles formed by intersecting chords in a circle. It includes an interactive geometry page, some circle problems, and a Euclidean proof.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angles--chords-in-a-circle