3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
... needle problem? This problem approximates pi by dropping needles. Well, wouldn’t it be safer and tastier to use breadsticks? Yum! Watch this how-to video: 3: Everybody loves Pi and coloring! These Pi themed coloring pages are a great activity for when students (or you) need a mental brea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
#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
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
...Principles, 9th-12th grade TEACHES WHERE: Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 13 years Alice in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? I’ve always liked the idea of helping others. Initially, I choose a pre-med path in college, but while in college I reali...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...represents a breakthrough in math and science education for students who are blind or visually impaired. The talking graphing calculator looks nearly identical to the TI-84 Plus that Lillie’s classmates use with the exception of an extension that houses the talking components. Students who are bl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...re. How many different, six move routes could the king take? Problem 2 | Virality Suppose we have the following model for information (e.g. photo, video, post) transfer (i.e. spread) in a grid: each square is colored either green (if it knows a given piece of information) or red (if it does not...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
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
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...nomic success [1]. Three strategies that we can use to help our students build a foundation for financial literacy are further educating ourselves, becoming familiar with financial education standards, and integrating financial literacy concepts and skills into our current curricula. In honor of ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...iples, and Java Programming I & II TEACHES WHERE: Knox Central High School in Kentucky TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 4 years Fatemia in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? I was originally in the field of graphic design, and actually decided pretty late in life that I wanted to be a teacher. H...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...lication on the TI-Nspire™ CX II handheld that will collect and analyze data. One of my favorite activities is where students use three different liquids — water, acetone and alcohol — and the temperature sensor to determine the strength of the intermolecular forces of attraction between the mole...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
... models in whatever careers they may choose, just so they can picture themselves doing those jobs someday. You can’t be what you can’t see.” – Sally Ride Rafranz of @RafranzDavis Rafranz Davis has dedicated her career to empowering students and teachers to share their voices throughout their co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
...ction of the SAT® exam is 55 minutes long and contains 38 questions. There are 30 multiple-choice questions, each with four answer choices, and 8 “grid-in” questions with no choices provided. There is also a set of reference formulas and diagrams provided for your use; so don’t memorize what is...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
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
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
Understanding Slope Is More Than Computing It When I first started teaching, I taught algebra I to ninth-graders. My students were similar to most — highly energetic kids that, quite honestly, had more important things on their mind than mathematics. Let’s face it: their understanding of the sl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
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
Hit a high note exploring the math behind music
...xplain how things relate to one another. Music is much the same. When writing music, musicians use structures, like proportional relationships, to guide the way they plan and play note sequences. Relationships are fundamental to math and create a compelling link between music and math that will ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/math-behind-music
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
#NCTMregionals Kansas City 2018 Recap
...tanding' Session Converting Students’ Curiosity and Creativity Into Understanding Have your students wondered how driverless cars work? Have you considered the math that it takes for vehicles to drive on Mars? In this session, we will code robotic vehicles using mathematics to drive, make turns ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/nctm-kansas-city
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
... Content Specialist TEACHES WHERE: Washington County Public Schools in Maryland TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 19 years Katie in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? I think it was an ingrained trait in me. I had other family members that were teachers, so it always felt natural to me to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...to the customer’s design constraints. This easy on-ramp freed kids to explore questions about plant physiology and consider how dry the soil should become (and how quickly that might happen) between watering cycles. Through explorations, students came to understand the architecture of the code (c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...h type of grade or standards-based grades — communicate that at the start of the school year, and remind students of pertinent details along the way. Ideally, the students should have access to their grades during the marking period, so they aren’t surprised at the end of the quarter. I make sure...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
5 Teachers You Should Be Following on Instagram Right Now
Instagram is quickly becoming one of the world’s most popular virtual teacher lounges. Not only is this social media site a hotbed of perfectly proportioned photos, but it also has great ideas, content and classroom inspiration for teachers. From funny facts about teachers’ daily routines to mo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/5-teachers-to-follow-on-instagram
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
...h you teach, there will always be some computational and graphing skill you will want students to know and be able to do without a calculator. Decide which math skills and problems you will assess without the calculator and for which ones you will allow technology support. Encourage students ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments