Balancing Equations
This lesson involves understanding what it means for an equation to be balanced in the process of solving linear equations with one variable.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/balancing-equations
Long Run
This lesson involves investigating simulations used to observe long-run relative frequencies.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/long-run
Linear Equations, How Can I Tell?
This is a lesson to be used when introducing linear equations. The class is to determine parallel slopes, slope of the line, and slope- intercept form while investigating the graphs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equations-how-can-i-tell
Linear Equation Investigation
Students are given a real-life situation (cost of a birthday party) they must create an algebraic equation, table of values, and a scatterplot of the table that is created. They are asked to explain patterns that they observed in each type of representation and also check their accuracy when cre...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equation-investigation
How Does a Spring Scale Work?
In this lesson, teachers will use a spring to help students learn that the constant of proportionality between two proportional quantities is the unit rate of change.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-does-a-spring-scale-work
Soda Problem: Finding the relationship between Sodium and Sugar
The students will use nutrition label data of certain sodas to create and analyze a scatterplot of the amount of sodium versus the amount of sugar in various soft drinks. They will put the data into lists, create scatterplots, discuss correlations, acquire the line of best fit, and predict other...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/soda-problem-finding-the-relationship-between-sodium-and-sugar
Solving Systems by Graphing
Explore moving a point to illustrate solving systems of linear equations graphically.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-systems-by-graphing
Solving Systems by the Elimination Method
Use equivalent equations and the method of elimination to solve a system of equations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-systems-by-the-elimination-method
The Impossible Task
Students are given a manufacturing situation and asked to write and graph inequalities to represent it and find the solutions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-impossible-task_1
Geometry: Exploring Quadrilaterals
Drag the verices of a quadrilateral and build the different types; focus on the properties of these different figures, and finally put it all together to identify different quadrilaterals from their properties.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/geometry-exploring-quadrilaterals
Quadratic Unit Activity #1: Graphing a Parabola
This is the first activity in a series on vertex form of a quadratic for algebra I. This introduces the 'squaring' function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-unit-activity-1-graphing-a-parabola
Quadratic Unit Activity #2: What's the Equation? Quadratic Functions
This is the second activity for the Quadratic Unit. This activity allows students to use sliders to match various quadratic functions in vertex form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-unit-activity-2-whats-the-equation-quadratic-functions
Quadratic Unit Activity #3: What's My Quad Equation 2
This is the third activity in the Quadratic Unit. Students are to find the equation for each graph. All equations are in vertex form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-unit-activity-3-whats-my-quad-equation-2
Quadratic Unit Activity #5: Scavenger Hunt #1
Students are to use whatever technology they have to take pictures or find images that are quadratic. The images are then put in a .tns file for them to find the equations. You may use my file by deleting the images and inserting your own. If you do not have the capability to do that, I have prov...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-unit-activity-5-scavenger-hunt-1
Quadratic Unit Activity #6: Scavenger Hunt #2
Students are to use whatever technology they have to take pictures or find images that are quadratic. The images are then put in a .tns file for them to find the equations. You may use my file by deleting the images and inserting your own. If you do not have the capability to do that, I have prov...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-unit-activity-6-scavenger-hunt-2
Quadratic Unit Activity #7: Angry Birds
All the files in this unit are steps to the final activity-Angry Birds. Students are to find the values for a, b, and c in the vertex form of a quadratic function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-unit-activity-7-angry-birds
Quadratic Unit Activity #8: Unit Test Part II
This part of the unit exam assesses student's ability to find the equations for quadratic graphs in vertex form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-unit-activity-8-unit-test-part-ii
Equivalent or Not Equivalent?
Introduce the idea of equivalent expressions in the context of three critical operations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/equivalent-or-not-equivalent
Exploring Graphs of Inequalities
Test ordered pairs to determine if they are part of the solution set to an inequality.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-graphs-of-inequalities
Exploring Parabolas
Students will explore the parabola by investigating links between its standard equation form and its graph. Students will also discover the axis of symmetry and the vertex of a parabola.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-parabolas
Points & Lines & Slopes (Oh My!)
In this activity, students will use coordinates to better understand that relationship, as well as the relationship between coordinates of points and their quadrant locations, slopes and y-intercepts, and parallel and perpendicular lines.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/points--lines--slopes-oh-my_ns_ib
Printing Your Own Books - is it more cost effective?
In this activity, students will create functions based on real-life scenarios, fill out a table of values, and critically analyze characteristics of graphs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/printing-books
Quadratic Unit Activity #9: Unit Test Part III
This assessment covers student's finding equations in vertex form of images.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-unit-activity-9-unit-test-part-iii
Investigating Parallelograms
The purpose of this activity is to use TI-Nspire to explore the properties of parallelograms. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-parallelograms
Investigating the Angles of a Triangle
The following will find the sum of the interior angles of a triangle and the sum of the remote interior angles of a triangle. Students can then change the type of triangle. The student will see that the sum of the interior angles is always 180 degrees. Also, the student will see that the sum of t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-the-angles-of-a-triangle