How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...atical procedure – computing the slope of a line between two points – to demonstrate computational thinking and a few coding concepts. Expressing a problem and a solution in a way that a computer, or human, can carry it out is computational thinking. Coding on the calculator is one method to give...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...st Mixed Six for calculus review immediately. I decided to focus on these six tasks: Factual Recall Carry out a Procedure Classify a Mathematical Object Prove, Show, Justify Extend a Concept Critique a Fallacy I revised it numerous times over the weekend and then contacted my friend Ton...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
...s and motors.” The club has taken off from there, raising additional money in the months since to buy 4 TI-Innovator-Rovers, TI’s new programmable robotic car. About 10 students, from freshmen to seniors, meet every Tuesday afternoon after-school in what is now the club’s second year. In meetin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
Celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month
...gebra, calculus or statistics. 1: German Tanks: Exploring Sampling Distributions In this activity, your students will be challenged with the same problem the WWII Allies’ generals had: How do you determine how many German tanks there are? In WWII, the statisticians working for the Allies used s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/mathawarenessmonth
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
...ons and other products to make class more interactive. I love the MakeAGif tool that was shared as a way to animate photos and allow students to make observations of moving graphs. Teachers can take screenshots of the emulator and compile them in one file that makes them look like the graphs are ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...ed for kids (and their parents) struggling with math anxiety and looking for a new approach to homework, studying, tests and marks. The most common problem areas in the curriculum are broken down and explained in an affirming and upbeat tone. “Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning” ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...on it would still be pretty safe. (You are basically just using a solution of oxygenated water at this point, which is not harmful to the eye.) The problem with this cleaning solution is that several consumers confuse it with other clean-and-rinse multipurpose contact lens solutions and put full ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...plates below have the keywords in black and use blue placeholders to indicate where parameters belong. Python spacing can be frustrating and problematic — not anymore! Traditional Python can be tricky because it uses specific indentation for iteration and selection. Instead of squinti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
...aching rate of change from algebra through calculus. Technology: TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator Link to presentation Driving On Mars: A Coding Problem Have your students wondered how driverless cars work? Have you considered the math that it takes for vehicles to drive on Mars? In this sessi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
Innovation in Biology
...t Partnership of Baltimore. I knew I could take this charismatic and innovative machine and use it to engage my students in solving a real-world problem of single-use plastics while building skills in engineering design. The Process The task was to build a working model of Mr. Trash Wheel ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Learning With Your Students
...de traffic lights, using different frequencies to make different sounds. The students thought it was fun, so we moved on to building a conductivity probe using resources from Path to STEM’s “How Clean is the Water?” We had been learning about watersheds and performing our own water quality analys...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
... For more information, download the Teacher Notes (PDF). You can view and download the full TI-Nspire activity on our website. 5. The Classic Box Problem The Box_Problem_Calculus.tns document takes a classic problem from calculus and uses the dynamic linking capabilities of TI-Nspire Technology...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
There probably aren’t too many people on the planet that haven’t heard of COVID-19. The viral contagion that caused a global pandemic has taught us a lot about the science and math behind viral transmission, exponential growth, and herd immunity. Unlike epidemics/pandemics in the past, COVID-1...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
How Else Can We Show This?
...e on Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators — numeric, algebraic, graphical, geometric, statistical — allow me to push my students to approach problems in more than one “right way.” By connecting these environments and making student thinking visible when we dig into a mathematical situation...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
...oup 1, Group 2 and Group 3. I think each group had a slide on what went wrong. What a great thing to talk about. Building things while solving math problems can get messy. It’s great to see their perseverance. What Do You Think? Would you consider giving a group project instead of a tradition...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
... reasonable, quantifiable results. Eventually, I found a system from the Connected Chemistry Curriculum (found at connchem.org) that is interesting, robust with meaning, and foolproof. All we need is a few hundred pennies (or buttons, M&M’S®, etc.). Students start out with 40 reactant pennies and...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
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2019 Summer/Fall Webinar Sweepstakes Rules global website 2019 SUMMER/FALL WEBINAR SWEEPSTAKES The 2019 Summer/Fall Webinar Sweepstakes is a random drawing OFFICIAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES 2019 Important: Ple...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/rules/2019-summer-fall-webinar-sweepstakes
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2017 Email Campaign SWEEPSTAKES global website TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 2017 Email Campaign SWEEPSTAKES The Texas Instruments 2017 Email Campaign Sweepstakes is a random drawing OFFICIAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES 2017...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/rules/2017-nuture-campaign
TI 2021 Holiday Holiday Contest Rules | Texas Instruments
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2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
Get ready for the 2025 TI Codes Contest. Assemble your own team to design, code and build innovative solutions — compete for the grand prize! Get details. 2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2025/p0-save-the-date
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Explore spring ideas and resources to spruce up the classroom. Enter today for a chance to win a new TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator in fun colors. Sines of Spring Sweepstakes | Texas Instruments global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/sinesofspringsweepstakes
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Design your very own sweater and join in the holiday photo contest. Show off your cozy creation for a chance to win a bundle of prizes. Submit your design now. TI 2021 Holiday Contest | Texas Instruments global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/holiday-contest