Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
...? Without having an occasional moment of awe, going to their mathematics classes must be an awe-ful (awe-less?) experience for these students. I vividly remember a high school teacher who told us that the area of the region shown in figure 1 was equal to the natural logarithm of 2. We had not y...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
...is week, Texas Instruments (TI) surprised the first winner of the contest, calculus teacher Glen Marr from Park Vista Community High School, just outside of Palm Beach, Florida. High school senior Faith Southwick, who is the first person in her school’s history to receive an appointment to the U....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
How to Start the Year on a Math High
...rtunately, there are several ways to gently help students of all types ensure they approach math with a positive mindset and feel comfortable and confident. It is crucial to establish a positive, engaging and welcoming environment for all learners, especially the most reluctant. Here are five way...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...s to improve a process or product on the International Space Station (ISS) using TI technology. Each team was tasked with putting together a brief video synopsis to present their concept as well as their prototype. In addition, the pandemic added an extra layer of complexity as the teams would ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
... “surprise” when the boys returned. Nate and Jeffery were surprised to learn they were selected from more than 1,000 entries as winners of our nationwide Spread the Math Love Contest, honoring math heroes. Cheltenham High School senior Jeffery Gaskin, computer science teacher Sarah Putterman...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...ics course. For the past two years, I have attempted some coding in my chemistry class by having students do the 10 Minutes of Code activities on Fridays. Students enjoy the break from the content as well as learning how to complete a program with very little instruction. As of now, we don’t ha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
...f a blur. One minute I was making copies for a quiz and the next I’m going to Boston on a trip to MIT. So that’s a huge surprise and really great,” said Meyer. He has been teaching mathematics at the San Antonio high school, in the Northside ISD, for 15 years. Tristan Pepper explaining to his f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
...online. The colorful and engaging simulations help bring the concepts to life for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their own ideas. Take a look at some of the best physics activities below. These are just a few of the many activities available for free with your TI-Nspire...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
To STEM and Beyond!
...finitely not back to normal. I was unsure how I was going to teach a course that was so hands-on and project-based. At that time, my district was hybrid, A/B days with alternating A/B Fridays, so I knew continuity in coding was going to be tough. I started using TI’s 10 Minutes of Code for TI-Inn...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
#NCTMannual 2018 Recap
...tics through applied problems that students can see and touch can develop their understanding of the concepts they are learning. In this session, we did some hands-on experiments that connect math concepts to real-world observations. TI-Nspire™ CX technology Link to presentation>> Rate of Change:...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/nctm2018
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...e to learn students’ names and personalities. It also gives all students a sense of belonging from day one: the quiet and shy ones who might want to hide in the back are not given that option, and students who are new to the school don’t feel left out when they don’t know whom to sit next to. Fo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...own, just press it once, then press the other key you want to use (similar to how the 2nd key works on TI-84 Plus models.). For example, ctrl then divide gives the fraction template, and ctrl then click (center of Touchpad) is for the “grabber hand” used for grabbing and moving objects on the Gra...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
The Heartbeat of STEM
...o get the LED to blink at a certain rate. To help the students that may be new to programming, comments are embedded in the Python editor page to provide support. Challenge 2 brings in modeling of the flow of blood through the heart by writing a program to blink four LED lights in a sequen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
...ave about the field. While male and female students perform typically the same in science and mathematics classes, females are underrepresented in computer science and engineering classes. As these students continue into the workforce, women make up 47 percent of the total workforce, but only...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
World-Emoji-Day
...s a site called emojipedia.org — yes, an entire site dedicated to emojis. I looked to see how many preloaded emojis are on my current phone, and it said almost 4,000 emojis! Wait … what? Just think: You can use a new one every day for just under 11 years. And by the time you finish using all 4,00...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...udents are presented with a different themed challenge. They use coding and TI technology to build prototypes of their solutions and then pitch their idea to the world in a final video. Over the years, students have built designs for space, the environment and, most recently, for pets and anim...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...arn strategies for helping students improve math scores. This is particularly important for teachers in Arkansas because all eleventh graders are provided a free ACT® test, which is then used as part of our state accountability. So needless to say, we had an interested audience. While we have ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
... what we thought or had learned about these challenges through our own careers, both prior to and since working together at TI. Although we don’t consider ourselves to be experts in teaching math, Curtis and I have learned a lot from our classroom days, our time supporting educators across the co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
... fellow teachers. When I was approached by TI in the summer of 2019 to assist in the development of an IB® resource website to do just that, I had no idea where that initial conversation would take me. To give you a little context to this situation, every seven years, the International Baccala...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...ore, you could try one of the STEM projects. For FREE, the TI STEM Team will lend you the equipment, provide instructional videos, and even jump on a Zoom call with you should you need more assistance. Two of my favorite introductory projects to work through with students are the Digital Mood Rin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
...the mode key and select FULL. Tip 2: Using the Fraction Template Press the alpha key then the y= key in order to get the fraction template. In the complex example below, I use the first template. Tip 3: Investigating Transformation Graphing Using Lists Press the stat key, then select the f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...y that a computer, or human, can carry it out is computational thinking. Coding on the calculator is one method to give students an opportunity to solidify their understanding of a concept and explore computational thinking. It has a similar effect of asking a student to explain something to one ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...ts to share to get you started! Here is my first Mixed Six. Example: Mixed Six activity I gave it to my students a few weeks later to complete, and they immediately started making suggestions of other topics. I was a little overwhelmed at first. I sent out an email to several othe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
Celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month
... 4: Quadratic Functions and Stopping Distance Comparing stopping distance under normal conditions vs. wet weather or when talking on a cell phone provides an engaging opportunity to use quadratic functions to model data. Using the regression capabilities on the calculator, students can generate e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/mathawarenessmonth
How Else Can We Show This?
... understanding.* Read on for two scenarios in which my students and I pursue multiple pathways to show and make sense of the mathematics at hand. 1. Riding the Curves and Turning the Tables When studying quadratic and polynomial functions, I begin by having students tell me everything they see on...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this