Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
How can you get a hard-boiled egg inside of a milk bottle without pushing it? What you’ll need: Milk bottle or equivalent with an opening diameter of about 2.5” to 3” Small to medium hard-boiled egg Cooking oil Matches or a lighter 3” x 3” piece of paper What to do: Co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
As you take the AP® Statistics exam, some questions will require the use of a calculator to perform a statistical test, compute a probability, or display a graph. In this post, I have compiled a list of 6 of the most important statistics features to know for the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
...haps teach you a thing or two about your class. But with many schools across the country starting virtually, getting to know your students, with a computer screen between you and them, has its challenges. For starters, a virtual setup makes it harder to read students’ facial expressions, and it l...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Insider Tips for Winning the TI Codes Contest
...ors into the side of the TI-Innovator Hub and then use your use your graphing calculator to program them. Also, there are additional sensors you can purchase using the gift card that TI provided to your team for making it this far in the contest. In the video below, check out the automatic cand...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/ticodescontest
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Daniel Wilkie
...hat’s not correct thinking. It's not just about giving you the answer, it's a tool to aid in the process. The other thing I’d say is, just get help. Put yourself out there and ask for help. There are so many people older than you that have experienced so much more and can help you through the te...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/teacherofthemonth
Introducing the TI-Nspire CX II
...added math and coding features that will help bring STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects to life for students. Building on the popular TI-Nspire CX line of graphing calculators, the new TI-Nspire CX II and TI-Nspire CX II CAS give students more opportunities to visualize impo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/nspire
Enter for a Chance to Win a TI-84 Plus CE
You may have gotten a sneak peek at our brand-new custom TI calculator pool float on Instagram. It made such a splash that we want to give one away. What better way to help you take the plunge as you start thinking about going back to school? There are 7 ways to win and we will be giving away p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/contest
Get Out and #SpreadMathLove
...re out geocaching, be sure to snap some pics of the math you notice in nature, or grab a selfie with your TI math buddy trackable, then share on your public Twitter or Instagram account with the tags #SpreadMathLove and #TICacheContest for a chance to win some awesome math love swag, including a ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/geocaching
Summer of STEM: Disappearing Cups
How do you make a foam polystyrene cup disappear? Put it in an organic solvent such as acetone! Important note: Doing the project in a well ventilated space and using gloves are smart ways to avoid unnecessary exposure to acetone. Only use enough acetone to cause the cup to dissolve. Follow your...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/disappearing_cups
Three Pawsitively Fun TI-Nspire Math Activities
... series, students explore the concept of a unit-rate, and discover that equivalent ratios have the same unit rate, all while making sure that all the puppies are sharing food in a fair way. For more information, download the Teacher Notes (PDF). You can view and download the full TI-Nspire activ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/dog_blog
You only get one “first day of school” – use it wisely
...chool students. The first book that came to mind was “Goodnight Moon.” And, as you can imagine, the last thing I wanted to do on the first day was to put my students to sleep! But, with a little help from our school’s awesome librarian, I discovered a Deborah Diesen book, “The Pout – Pout Fish Go...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/firstday
Survey Says: Kids Like Math!
...thematics educator, math and science district supervisor and a TI Teachers Teaching™ (T3™) instructor. Follow him on Twitter @pbaylta. Contrary to popular belief, students actually like math a lot more than they let on. A new study from Texas Instruments reveals nearly twice as many students li...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/studentsurvey
Going Back to School With Stations
...t show my incoming students what our classroom will look like, sound like and feel like throughout the school year. Utilizing stations the first week of school sets the tone for the school year. It shows your students that your classroom will be filled with student voice, collaboration, engage...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtoschool_stations
The Long Road to My STEM Career
...tion in Iowa. Nationally, she has served as chair for the National Council of Measurement in Education outreach committee and the Association of Test Publishers certification and licensure division. Woo is currently a member of multiple testing organization technical advisory groups, including th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
Engage Students With This Real-World Earth Day Activity
...0,000 straws are used in the U.S. every single day, according to an article in the April 15, 2018 edition of Parade magazine. This activity will help put that number into context. Let’s get started: If the straws are connected, how many times would they wrap around the Earth at the equator? To s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/earthday
Customize your TI calculator with a 3-D printed case
If you lose the slide case for your graphing calculator, or simply want to up your style game, you can now print a spare case for your TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator. Texas Instruments Engineer and 3-D printing pundit, Jim Galu, designed printing files to create custom slide covers for TI’s n...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/3d-slide-case
ICYMI: Top 10 Webinars of 2019
...ish everything at once, but you need to break up your growth into easy, achievable sections. If professional development is one of your goals, we’ve put together a list to help you get started. Below are the top 10 most watched webinars from 2019. These are all free and on-demand. You can watch ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019webinars
A case for handheld graphing calculators
I’ve been getting some questions recently about the usefulness of graphing calculators when we’re already surrounded by laptops, tablets and smartphones. There’s no arguing the transformative effect of this technology on our world. But in the classroom, these general-purpose devices have had mix...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/may/why-graphing-calculators-add-up
Engineers who code
TIers who code: TI engineers share how they learned to code on their TI calculator Did you know in just 10 minutes, you can learn to code? Coding is more than just a computer language; it requires the same problem solving and curiosity needed for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/engineers-who-code
Can You Hear the Ball Bounce?
...ce? To get started, you’ll need the following equipment and materials (Figure 2): TI-Nspire™ CX or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator or a computer with TI-Nspire™ software TI-Nspire™ Lab Cradle Vernier microphone A handful of small balls (pingpong, golf, lacrosse — we’re not picky!)...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ball-bounce-activity
Fear of math
...engrossed in baseball and martial arts. As long as I was playing something, I was happy. Throughout high school, athletics was far and away my No. 1 purpose in life. On the other end of the spectrum – quite possibly the farthest thing away from my interests – was mathematics. The mere thought of...https://education.ti.com/en/success-story/fear-of-math
AP® Calculus Resources
... Sequences and Series Students will explore the definition of a function through use of a graph, a set of ordered pairs and an input-output diagram. *NEW/UPDATED Back in Time Students will create and explore a box plot and histogram for a data set. Th...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Tim Collier
...bjects have you enjoyed most, and why? I’ve always thought of geometry as an engaging and interesting subject. It’s like always working out different puzzles. As a young teacher, I was so excited to teach geometry but was crestfallen to find out that other people didn’t think it was as interestin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/february/teacherofthemonth
Graphing Calculators Are Now Approved for the AP® Biology Exam, but What Else Can I Do With Them?
...culators other than graphing and calculating. To answer this question, let’s take a look at a few of the Science Practices for AP® science courses as published by the College Board®. Within each practice, there are examples of how a Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculator can help students ach...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/april/graphingcalculatorsapproved
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Stacy Thibodeaux
...s helps them feel comfortable talking to me about what they are finding difficult. If you could thank your teachers, what would you say? My teachers pushed me to become the person I am today. I would desperately want them to know how much I appreciate them and am thankful for them. I want to be ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/april/teacherofthemonth