Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
... face a challenge that isn’t new but is certainly exacerbated by the pandemic: teaching students with unfinished learning from previous grades. Some key principles can help make this complicated situation more manageable. But before we think about teaching and learning math, some foundational ide...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
San Antonio calculus teacher Walter Meyer thought he was heading to a meeting about funding for a gardening project, but instead he was surprised with cheerleaders, a marching band and news that he was the latest winner in the Texas Instruments (TI) Spread the Math Love Contest. Walter Meyer s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
...decimals by decimals. For most students, middle school is their first opportunity to use a calculator, and everyone can likely remember how excited they were when they first got to use them. But you know as well as I do, while the kids may think they now have all the answers at their fingertips, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
...eluctant learner? 100% engagement is possible! I started implementing questioning strategies my very first year of teaching, and I believe it is the key to student success, classroom management, and of course, engagement. Before you even start implementing this cycle of questioning, it is importa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...digital format although most of the tips apply whether you’re testing at home or in school. Tips for teachers: Make sure students know when they are taking their exam. Make sure students know what day it is today and every day up to the day of the test. I have a few students that tell...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
...d questions that teachers have specifically asked us to review. And, as an added bonus, Kokoska and Dick will review some original, unique problems they’ve written that are bound to come up in the sequence of teaching the course. They will also be available to answer your questions. The YouTu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
Five Ways Math Teachers are Superheroes
How often do you hear students say things like, “I’m not good at math,” or “I don’t like math,” or “Why do I have to learn this?” In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Month, we visited Plano East Senior High School outside of Dallas to ask students how they really feel about their math teac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/mathteacherschangetheworld
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...e data of circular objects. Students will plot the circumference versus diameter on a graph, then calculate the slope of the data points. What will they observe about the slope? The Ready-made Pi activity is great if class/prep time is short. Or, let students experiment with the Homemade Pi act...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...ents Whether you start school virtually, hybrid or in person, it is so important to get to know the students in your classroom. We need to know who they are as people and what their interests are so we can make our content relevant to their lives. Being able to correctly pronounce each student’s ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...n schools got to learn basic programming by working with the TI-Innovator Hub and the TI-Innovator Rover. Many of the kids were having so much fun, they didn’t even realize they were learning important math and science skills. And, the STEM Squad has several other visits up their sleeve. Who know...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...activity. Earth and space science topics 2. Earth’s Surface: Earth’s Lithosphere — Ring of Fire This activity takes students on a journey around the Pacific Rim and the infamous “Ring of Fire.” Students will plot locations of earthquakes and volcanos to see if any pattern emerges. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
#NCTMannual 2018 Recap
...vant Through Modeling Modeling mathematics 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 ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/nctm2018
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
...roblems in more than one way. I want to shift my students’ focus from being concerned with figuring out an answer, to thinking about different ways they can solve a problem. To me, what’s most important is being flexible in your thinking. How do you help your students learn difficult concepts? ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...this has been the end for students, like Lillie. She and others simply had to stop learning mathematics because no graphing calculator existed that they could easily use. "This is the one tool that can do everything mathematically. Lillie now has equal access to the technology her classmates are ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...m. John, who is currently pursuing his PhD in math at MIT, created each of the questions himself and wants to see students exercise their brains as they kick-off a new school year. John’s first problem looks for mathematics in one of his all-time favorite hobbies, chess. Let’s start the game cloc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...he 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. Following are some suggestions for making seating charts work in classrooms where students change each hour. Me...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
...u chose the solution method that you did.” But, unbeknownst to that student, the question sent a chill down my spine. Can my students justify? Will they? Do I know how to help them? All of these lingering questions came into focus when the teachers in my school began work with Oklahoma Excel,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...ures, yet it is easy to perform familiar operations like calculating and graphing. Here are some suggestions to get you started. Take a Tour of the Keypad Look at the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator: it has a color backlit screen and a keypad whose layout is different from that of a TI-84 Plu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
... you will be better able to manage. Next, create a budget. Once again, a spreadsheet (figure 1) or app could be the best way to keep track of the money going in and out of your account. The Balance provides a guide on “How To Make a Personal Budget in 6 Easy Steps.” Once you have a better grasp ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
... one you spent thirty minutes on. That’s when I understood — you can’t push yourself to do everything. People often go into teaching believing that they’re going to save the world, but that’s just not reality. Instead, I would say start small. Focus on your niche. I’ve realized that picking one a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...ing this new tool back to my students. I attended a session, presented by my now good friend Jeff Lukens, on data collection, TI handhelds, and how they can be used with Vernier sensors. I was hooked! I attended every one of his sessions as well as any other with data collection in the science cl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
...evelopment as a pilot, scuba diver, skydiver, marathoner, student of Russian and Mandarin Chinese, science communicator and research astrobiologist. Beyond that, Abigail has leveraged her passion to ensure that we as a society are ready to go to Mars within her lifetime by starting The Mars Gener...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
... models allowed on the test; see the SAT® Calculator Policy webpage for the full list. The tips in this post focus on the TI-84 Plus CE model, but they are applicable to the entire TI-84 graphing calculator family. Be sure your calculator is fully charged or has fresh batteries for test day. An...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
The Heartbeat of STEM
...onstrate the function of a heart. In challenge 1, students set up a simple circuit using the breadboard on the TI-Innovator™ Hub and a red LED. They also need to write a program to get the LED to blink at a certain rate. To help the students that may be new to programming, comments are embedd...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
...for someone else to decide. We each came up with an idea. Riggins created a wonderful activity. While using Python, students learn about slope as they work to deliver flowers from Jack’s house to Diane’s house. (Yes, “Jack & Diane” dates us a little bit, but it’s a fun song.) By the way, I love...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython