Areas of Regular Polygons and Circles
Use Cabri Jr. to find the area of several regular polygons and then use that investigation to derive the area of a circle from a many sided polygon.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/areas-of-regular-polygons-and-circles
Investigating Segments in a Triangle
In this activity, students investigate the midsegments of a triangle as in the previous activity. They continue to explore these segments and extend their understanding of the relationships that exist between the slopes of lines containing the segments. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze ch...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-segments-in-a-triangle
Betweenness and the Sum of Parts
In this activity, students' will explore the concepts of betweenness and the sum of parts visually, geometrically, and numerically for segments and angles using the Cabri® Jr. application. They will investigate how the sum of parts equals the whole.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/betweenness-and-the-sum-of-parts
House
Students use the Cabri Geometry™ II Plus software to invert, rotate and dilate a figure.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/house
Circumscribing a Circle About a Triangle
In this activity, students use the distance of the circumcenter of a triangle to each vertex of the triangle as the radius and draw a circle using the circumcenter as the center. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristics and properties of 2- and 3-dimensional geometric shapes and de...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circumscribing-a-circle-about-a-triangle
Multiplication of Integers
Students use StudyCards(tm) to practice completing multiplication equations that include positive and negative integers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/multiplication-of-integers
Concurrency & the Circumcenter
In this activity, students will explore the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle. Students will discover that the perpendicular bisectors are concurrent and that the point of concurrency is the circumcenter. Students should discover the relationship between the type of triangle and ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/concurrency--the-circumcenter_1
Measuring Polygons - An Introduction to Cabri Jr.
This activity is designed as an intoduction to using the Carbr Jr. application on the TI-83+/84+ calculators. Students are guided through the menu system and are shown how to draw triangles, quadrilaterals and and a pentagon. Perimeter and angle measurements are also explained. The activity leads...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/measuring-polygons--an-introduction-to-cabri-jr
Modeling Exponential Decay with a Look at Asymptotes - Activity 7
Students use sample data to approximate models with the Transformation Graphing Application. They are introduced to the idea of discrete data sets being used with continuous function models. They also identify non-zero asymptote form of an exponential function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-exponential-decay-with-a-look-at-asymptotes--activity-7
More difficult factoring
To check sign placement for factoring of trinomials when the coefficient in front of the x square is greater than one and the signs are different.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/more-difficult-factoring
Maximizing the Area of a Rectangle
This activity is adapted from one of the TI books. Students measure lengths and widths of rectangles and record for the class to see. Each group's rectangle has the same perimeter, but different areas. After a discussion, students make predictions, a scatterplot, and quadratic regression. An exte...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/maximizing-the-area-of-a-rectangle
Midsegments of Quadrilaterals
In this activity, students will extend their understanding of midsegments by investigating the midsegments of a quadrilateral and the midsegment quadrilateral.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/midsegments-of-quadrilaterals
Math TODAY: When a Ruler Isn't Enough
Using the USA TODAY® Infograph, "When a Ruler Isn't Enough," you will explore the geometric relationships in similar right triangles. The altitude to the hypotenuse will create two right triangles that are similar to each other and to the original. Students will determine measurements indirectly ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/math-today--when-a-ruler-isnt-enough_1
Is there a relationship between your fist and shoe size?
Students will measure the circumference of their fist and list their shoe size. The lists will be loaded using TI-Navigator™ in the activity center.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/is-there-a-relationship-between-your-fist-and-shoe-size
In Search of Toronto's Length of Daylight Hours Equation
Students will construct a scatterplot in TI-Navigator™ and through teacher guidance will find the parameters for y = Asin(B(x-C))+D.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/in-search-of-torontos-length-of-daylight-hours-equation
Getting Started with Conic Graphing App
The Conic Graphing Application provides enhanced conics functions to the already powerful TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus. Graph or trace circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, and parabolas and solve for the conic's characteristics. Present equations in function, parametric, or polar form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/getting-started-with-conic-graphing-app
Radical Functions
Students use a nomograph to investigate functions defined by square roots.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/radical-functions
Evaluate Me?
Students will learn how evaluate functions for a given value using the home screen of the TI-83 Plus or TI-84 Plus family.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/evaluate-me
Modeling and Simulating Projectile Motion
This activity provides participants the opportunity to model and simulate projectile motion using a program and the TI-83/84 family of graphing calculators. It is a preliminary in-class activity used prior to actual launching an air-powered rockethttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-and-simulating-projectile-motion
Manual Fit
Students manipulate parabolas so that the curve matches a set of data points.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/manual-fit
10 Minutes of Code
.... There are 12 steps in an octave. If a note has frequency F, then the very next note has frequency × 12√2. Multiplying a note’s frequency by 12√2 or 21/12 (the twelfth root of 2) twelve times results in a doubling of the original frequency, so the last note in the octave (or the first note in th...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/ti-codes/nspire/10-minutes-innovator
Math By Hand App
Reinforce how to perform the "standard algorithms" for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with the Math by Hand App on your calculator.Reinforce how to perform the "standard algorithms" for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with the Math by Hand App on your calculator. Students can see step-by-step details emphasizing the base-10 system, as well as the "fast math" efficient steps that help users learn and rev...https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/D34D95982C0841DD991496E76BCDEAE2/83mathbyhand
CellSheet™ App for the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Families
Your calculator can become a more versatile tool to use in a variety of classes with the addition of spreadsheet capabilities!Your calculator can become a more versatile tool to use in a variety of classes with the addition of spreadsheet capabilities! Lets the student enter data and text in cells Create cell formulas and use built-in functions Import and export information from Microsoft® Excel using the Ce...https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/139B977E62CB4BA282476B7AC9346408/83cellsheet
Conic Graphing App
This App will present equations in function, parametric, or polar form and provides a simple way to graph the four conic shapes.This App will present equations in function, parametric, or polar form and provides a simple way to graph the four conic shapes: Circle Ellipse Hyperbola Parabola Enter the required parameters to: Graph Trace Solve for the conic's characteristic The Coni...https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/6D27F3EB7E354D8DBDA5543AF744D0E3/83conicgraphing