Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
...ose who approach it from a formula first. (My apologies to the students I had in my early years of teaching.) About the author: Curtis Brown has a bachelor’s degree in laser optical engineering and worked as an AP® Statistics and algebra II teacher for seven years before becoming a ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
...all the answers, but here is my personal perspective on the topic. Representation People need to see themselves reflected in careers they are drawn toward. In elementary school, I wanted to be an astronaut after watching Sally Ride and Christa McAuliffe. In high school, I learned about Jane ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...able to solve using traditional methods. Beth, one of the participants, picked up on one of our favorite ACT® strategies, “usually, figures are drawn to scale.” She stated, “One of my aha moments was when Corey demonstrated the draw-to-scale strategy. I think this could be so enlightening to s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
#NCTMregionals Kansas City 2018 Recap
Thanks for stopping by the TI booth or joining a session at #NCTMregionals Kansas City. We loved meeting all of you! You can check out some of the resources we shared, and download the materials from your favorite exhibitor workshop below. Texas Instruments Staff at the NCTM Kansas City Booth ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/nctm-kansas-city
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
... was to allow students to choose their partners for group work; since I usually create random groupings, we compromised by letting them select their own groups on test review day. When it is warranted, I follow up with individual students privately as well. This simple and flexible framework f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...r Lists are part of a larger family of Python data structures. Tuples, lists, sets and dictionaries are all similar data structures and each has its own set of special properties, syntax and punctuation. If you are familiar with lists on the TI-84 Plus CE Python or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calcu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Decorate Your Classroom With TI | Texas Instruments
...ool math teacher devoted to making learning fun and engaging. Students will love the positive math vibes, and you’ll love the color variety of this downloadable pack! Classroom door as styled by @misscraftymathteacher. Downloadable PDF with print-ready designs by @misscraf...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/classroom-decorations
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
...r students create a boo-tiful ghost using equations or the Draw features. Tom Reardon teaches you how-to in this fun webinar. Downloadable pumpkin carving worksheets with three lesson types. Get the pumpkin carving activity files for an easy classroom start » ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
...take a look at two examples that I wrote for the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator using Python. I’ll even provide the .tns files if you want to download them to study the code and take a crack at editing to make it uniquely yours. There are also two PDF files explaining the programs in more d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator
... lessons that teach you how to code on your calculator. These lessons walk you through the programming editor on the calculator. Once you’ve nailed down the basics, we can help you move into the fundamentals that make up most programming languages. I’m talking about things like variables, conditi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/learntocode
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...ents. If you, your school or your district, are considering hosting STEM and coding camps this summer, take a look at TIstemProjects.com for ideas, downloadable lessons, instructional videos, and even learn how to borrow everything you need to do the projects. Getting started I was first int...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
...future.” The win landed Alex on several of his local news stations to talk about the activity he inspired, STEM on the Fly. See Alex in action: WNYT-TV (NBC): Tech Valley High Sophomore meets Southwest Pilot WTEN-TV (ABC): Tech Valley student wins national STEM contest While in Dallas,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
...lator, you can use pictures to help your students test their understanding of transformation graphing. Press the 2nd key, then the zoom key. Arrow down to the row entitled Background. Arrow through the background choices until you get to Image4. Press the graph key. Students should then attempt ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...process you want to automate. In this post, we’re going to write a program that calculates the slope of a line between two points. STEP 3: Break it down into plain English Using pseudocode is a good way to introduce students to the logic of a program without having to know the coding language. Ps...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
...lub because her boyfriend was in it. Now she's probably one of our best because she concentrated on learning programming from the beginning and takes small steps to understand exactly what she is doing,” said Kachur. “Her first exposure to coding was on the TI-Nspire and she's really getting it. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...ks, with high SPF (summer professional fun) levels, to dive into this summer. Take a cue from summer assignments to students and create your own summer reading list for professional learning, inspiration and fun. We’ve compiled a top 10 list for teachers’ summer reading lists. “Mind...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...rming arts whenever possible to help make chemistry concepts come alive for his students. *All trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are not affiliated with, nor endorsed by Texas Instruments. How do you connect an abstract subject like chemistry to the real world? Wha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
Thanks for stopping by the TI booth or joining a session at #NCTMregionals Hartford. We loved meeting all of you! You can check out some of the resources we shared, and download the materials from your favorite exhibitor workshop below. Texas Instruments Staff at the NCTM Hartford Booth TI Exh...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...s to develop relationships with students they have never met, coming up with plans to socially distance already cramped classrooms, or risking their own health and safety to educate our children, the demands being placed on our teachers this back to school are daunting. But while it can feel over...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
...students can look at the left hand, right hand, and midpoint Riemann sums easily for many different functions and intervals. For more information, download the Teacher Notes (PDF). You can view and download the full TI-Nspire activity on our website. 2. MVT for Derivatives This lesson uses a g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
Summer of STEM: Loop to Loop Cups
...air velocity above the cups, as compared to below the cups, causes lift. If the cups were wound in such a way that the spin would be forward, known as “topspin,” you’d see the opposite effect … that is, the cups would move downward rapidly. Topspin, sidespin and backspin are used in nea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/cups
How Else Can We Show This?
...a relative maximum, the Y-values increase then decrease; at a minimum, the opposite is true. In order to make this numerical behavior apparent, use a smaller Table increment DTBL to “zoom in” on the table. This video shows the process for Y = x3 – 2x2 – x + 3. For this function, the relative m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
...filiated with, and does not endorse, TI products. Policies subject to change. Visit www.collegeboard.com. M&M’S is a registered trademark of its owner. About the author: Ray Lesniewski, a National Board Certified educator, has taught fifth grade through college-level chemistry since 198...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
Teaching during the holiday season can be a challenge. It takes more than an extra shot in your gingerbread latte to keep your students focused, as enthusiasm for the holidays grows with every passing day. Take advantage of your students’ excitement by incorporating these holiday-themed challeng...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
2019 Summer/Fall Webinar Sweepstakes Rules
...e with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy found at http://education.ti.com/ or with any other consent given by an Entrant. Any communication or information transmitted to Sponsor by electronic mail or otherwise is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. GENERAL LIABILITY: Entrants agre...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/rules/2019-summer-fall-webinar-sweepstakes