Elevator: Height and Velocity
Introduce ideas related to rectilinear motion.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/elevator-height-and-velocity
Parallel Lines and Angles
Students will use TI-Nspire technology to investigate the relationships between two corresponding angles and between two alternate interior angles. At the end of this activity, students should be able to discover that if two parallel lines are cut by a transversal the pairs of corresponding angle...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parallel-lines-and-angles
Parallel Lines and the Transversals that Cross Them!
Students will explore the relationships between angles formed by parallel lines crossed by transversals. While there are other activities that may address similar topics, the questions presented to students in this activity bring a fresh perspective to student discovery.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parallel-lines-and-the-transversals-that-cross-them
"Picking" Your Way Through Area Problems
Students will discover Pick's Theorem by finding the relationship between area and the number of boundary points and interior points of a lattice polygon.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/picking-your-way-through-area-problems
Properties of Parallelograms
Students will manipulate parallelograms to discover the relationships between the sides, angles, and diagonals of parallelograms.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallelograms_7
Equations of Circles
This activity will enable the student to discover BOTH equations of a circle. The Nspire activity will show three different interactive circles: the first with only the radius able to be manipulated, the second with only the center and the third with both. While the student works with both the ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/equations-of-circles
Properties of Special Quadrilaterals Exploration
Students are given a TI-Nspire file with special quadrilaterals so that they can use the dynamic measurement capabilities of the TI-Nspire to explore which properties always hold true for each quadrilateral.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-special-quadrilaterals-exploration
Properties of Triangles
In this activity, students explore different types of triangles and find the interior and exterior angle sum to form a paragraph proof.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-triangles
Proportional Segments
The purpose of this activity is to investigate the relationship between segments formed by drawing a line parallel to one side of a triangle or by drwing and angle bisector of one the angles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/proportional-segments
Diagonal Classification
This activity could be used as an assessment after a unit on special quadrilaterals. Students are given an unknown quadrilateral constructed with a given diagonal property. By dragging the vertices of the quadrilateral, students conjecture as to the names of the quadrilaterals that can be constru...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/diagonal-classification
Dilations
This activity is designed to allow students to create an interactive document that allows them to alter the specifications of a dilation and visually and numerically see its effects.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dilations
Discovering the Circumcenter and Centroid of a Triangle
The students will find the circumcenter by constructing perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle. They will also find the centroid by constructing the medians of a triangle and discover that the centroid is 2/3 of the distance from each vertex along each median.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discovering-the-circumcenter-and-centroid-of-a-triangle
Points of Concurrency in Triangles
In this activity, students will use their Nspire handhelds to discover the different points of concurrencies in triangles. The students will take advantage of the dynamic capabilities to discover the circumcenter, incenter, and centroid of triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/points-of-concurrency-in-triangles
Possible Lengths of Sides of Triangles
The first problem in this activity has students explore the varying length of the third side of a triangle when 2 sides are given. They will discover that the length of the third side must be between the difference and the sum of the other 2 sides. The second problem extends this idea of the le...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/possible-lengths-of-sides-of-triangles
Exploring the Formula for Area of a Triangle: How was it Derived?
This activity is designed to be paperless. The entire lesson is written to be placed in the Nspire. Students will explore how the formula for area of a triangle works and why it works, they will also explore altitudes and medians of triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-the-formula-for-area-of-a-triangle-how-was-it-derived
Properties of Isosceles Triangles
In this activity and by using the Nspire handhelds, students will discover the different properties and attributes of Isosceles Triangles. The students will take advantage of the dynamic capabilities of this very unique handheld to explore the different attributes of the Isosceles Triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-isosceles-triangles
Exploring Special Right Triangles
In this acvtivity, a 30-60-90 degree triangle is constructed for the student to explore. The student is asked to construct a 60 degree angle to give them an understanding of the construction. They will drag the vertex of the triangle and collect sample data. After they collect the data it is us...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-special-right-triangles
Properties of Parallelograms
In this activity, students will discover the properties of a parallelogram. Students will measure various components of a parallelogram to make conjectures about its properties.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallelograms
Exploring Midsegments of a Triangle
Students will discover the relationships between a midsegment of a triangle and its third side.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-midsegments-of-a-triangle
Exploring Parallel Lines and Angles
Students will explore the relationships between pairs of angles formed when two parallel lines are cut by a transversal. They will identify special pairs of angles, measure all the angles formed by two parallel lines cut by a transversal, and then look for patterns among the measures.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-parallel-lines-and-angles
Circle Geometry: Angles Formed by Intersecting Chords
This activity is intended to teach students about the rule associated with the angles formed by two chords intersecting within the circle and the intercepted arcs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circle-geometry-angles-formed-by-intersecting-chords
Area of a Triangle Between Parallel Lines
This is an investigation of what happens to the area of a triangle when one vertex moves along a line parallel to the side opposite the vertex.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/area-of-a-triangle-between-parallel-lines
Balancing Act
Students will explore the centriod of a triangle. They will discover that it is the center of gravity. They will balance a cardboard triangle on the end of a pencil. Then they will construct the medians with folds and pencil. After students have seen that the center of gravity is the point ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/balancing-act
Circle Geometry: Property of the Segments of Two Chords Intersecting within a Circle
Students will be able to discover the property of two chords segments intersecting within a circle. They will discover the rule about the segments geometrically, numerically, and graphically. Lesson will touch on line of best fit to explore the relationship between the segments of the two chords.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circle-geometry-property-of-the-segments-of-two-chords-intersecting-within-a-circle
Exterior Angle Sum Theorem
This activity illustrates the exterior angle sum theorem by taking regular polygons with an exterior angle constructed, one at each vertex, and pulling all the vertices together to show that all exterior angles form a circle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exterior-angle-sum-theorem