STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...d you need more assistance. Two of my favorite introductory projects to work through with students are the Digital Mood Ring and Coding the Sounds of Music. The mood ring uses input from a temperature sensor, in a conditional statement, to code the color of the RGB LED built in on the TI-Inn...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
...is prize for winning the contest, Alex traveled to Dallas where he visited with mathematicians and scientists at TI, sat in the cockpit of a flight simulator at Dallas’ Love Field and filmed his starring role in a special, aviation edition of STEM Behind Cool Careers -- STEM on the Fly. “My trip ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
... below, but you can view more of my favorite tips and tricks for the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator in this PDF. Tip 1: Viewing the Graph and Table Simultaneously Did you know that you can see your graph and the table at the same time? Press y= and type your equations. In this screenshot below ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
... calculation, you will need the coordinates for two points. Next, you will need to calculate the slope by inserting the coordinates into the slope formula. Lastly, you will need to display the slope. Don’t forget this last, important step. The code runs exactly what you tell it to do, so if you d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...atical task design using Pointon’s and Sangwin’s question taxonomy to develop thinking skills. I did a little research, and I was excited to see that much of the discussion and research was centered about first year calculus and helping students develop thinking skills in mathematics. (Download t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
TI-84 Plus | Top 10 Features for ACT® | Texas Instruments
...key on your calculator and on the 7th row, you’ll see the a + bi (complex) mode. Once you switch your calculator to that mode, you can add, subtract, multiply, and divide complex numbers. You can even calculate the powers of i. 2: Evaluating Functions On the ACT, you are often asked to evalua...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/actips
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
...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 meetings, students generally focus on using th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
Celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month
...sed sample statistics and sampling distributions to help determine the number of German tanks. Students explore different sample statistics and use simulation to develop a statistic that is effective in approximating the maximum number in a population. For more information, download the Teach...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/mathawarenessmonth
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
When attending a conference, most participants hope to leave inspired, motivated and empowered with strategies and tools to make positive impacts in their classrooms, schools and educational communities. The 2021 T³™ International Conference was appropriately themed, Encourage. Engage. Empower....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...captivating read shines a light on the history and importance of calculus in a grounded way that does not require any mathematical background. It’s a must-read for anyone preparing to take calculus or anyone who wants to experience the beauty of calculus without having to take a course on it. “M...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...ach cleaner. Not only do they find that the off-brand cleaner, The Works®, is the most cost effective in terms of cost per mL, they see that it has a much higher concentration of acid than either Sno Bol® or Lysol®. Knowledge of chemistry really can save you a lot of money! The second lab I’...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...cessful school year. Connect with Colleagues Social distancing can create feelings of loneliness and isolation, but there’s a large and friendly community of educators looking to make connections and be a part of something bigger. Try following a few math and science education experts on social...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Innovation in Biology
When you hear things in your classroom such as, “Well, that didn’t work! Let’s try this …” or “That was so hard! I am so proud of myself,” it is music to an educator’s ears. By incorporating engineering design and coding skills in my biology classroom, I was able to tap into my students’ creativ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Which Texas Instruments (TI) Calculator for the ACT® and Why?
...I-Nspire™ CX CAS graphing calculators first came on the scene in 2011, there was some confusion about the ACT® calculator policy. At that time, I had multiple students who went to take the ACT® with the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator and they were erroneously told that they couldn’t use that o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/which-ti-calculator-for-the-act-and-why
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
...Calculus.tns document takes a classic problem from calculus and uses the dynamic linking capabilities of TI-Nspire Technology to enact the problem in multiple representations: diagrammatic, graphic, numeric, geometric and symbolic. The problem is posed on the title screen shown at the right. For...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?
What I love about using calculator technology in my teaching is the “Power of Visualization” and the opportunity to examine math through different lenses. The multiple representations available on Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators — numeric, algebraic, graphical, geometric, statistica...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
...’ progress for final exams. I am head of the math department. All of us in the math department were giving pretty traditional final exams — a mix of multiple-choice and short-response questions make up a typical mathematics exam. Our innovative geometry teacher, Ms. Herr, has recently decided to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
... merry mathematics into your lesson plans from now until the break. Happy holidays! About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, wo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
BestofChemistry
The ScienceNspired.com website is an excellent resource for any science teacher looking for lessons and content that can be used either in person or online. The colorful and engaging simulations help bring the concepts to life for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
...oject! Looking at each of the letters of the STEM acronym in more detail, it becomes obvious that students who participate in this project will get a much deeper understanding of how sensors actually work. Here’s a look at the essence of the competition. All the components are connected and rea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
...ntine. Download a PDF of a blank valentine and one that’s ready to be shared. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, wo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
Glossary of Terms
...mentation. TI Bluetooth® Adapter Definition: The TI Bluetooth® Adapter is an attachment you can connect to TI-84 Plus CE or TI-Nspire™ CX II families of graphing calculators to provide Bluetooth® connectivity. It allows the calcu...https://education.ti.com/en/branding/glossary-of-terms
TI Trademarks and Brands
...r™ app LearningCheck™ add-on app Math Explorer™ elementary calculator (™ no longer promoted) MathMate™ elementary calculator MathPrint™ feature muLisp™ scripting language (supported Derive CAS) (™ no l...https://education.ti.com/en/branding/ti-trademarks-and-brands
Solution 11348: MathWorlds Application Packages Curriculum Content.
...challenges with these characters and graphs, students encounter and build calculus concepts as well as other important mathematics, including the arithmetic of signed numbers, fractions, and ratios, and geometric ideas such as slope, similarity and especially area. Packages 1 and 2 are designated...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/data-collection-accessories/general-information/11348