Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
...ng calculator. We were provided several graphing calculators, but almost everyone preferred the TI-81 for the calculus topics over the two weeks. The instructors were Foley, Frank Demana, Ph.D., Bert Waits, Ph.D., and Tom Dick, Ph.D. I had no idea who these folks were, but the institute was life-...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
Mission Imagination
NASA and TI are excited to announce the design challenge winning team. A team of five seventh graders from Hyde Park Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada has won the mISSion imaginaTIon design challenge from Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) (TI) and NASA. The national competition asked students fro...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/may/mission-imagination-winners
Build It With TI: Science Olympiad
... to build, code and test a working sensor. Last year’s competition required students to build a working thermometer, but this year’s competition will instead require teams to create a working conductivity sensor. The rules state: “Teams will build a durable Conductivity Device that will accuratel...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/scienceolympiadresource
Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
.... Of course, not all your students will react this way, but there are those who will have the same type of seismic experience that I did. There remains the issue of showing that the result given below is true. One way of doing this is to let and then show that We will th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
...ls his best awesome mathematical friend forever (BAMFF), Ashley Meinke. Ms. Meinke, who teaches calculus at the school, nominated Mr. O for the Texas Instruments (TI) Spread the Math Love contest. The contest honors people who are helping spread a love of math. Ashley Meinke nominated her best...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...r my Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculator in high school helped to launch an engineering career at TI. From 2+2=4, graphing y=mx+b and solving complex integrals/derivatives, my TI graphing calculator and I have been through a lot together. (I even posed with it in my graduation photos!) Fr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
...Colorado Springs, Colorado Columbus, Ohio Nashville, Tennessee Boston, Massachusetts About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
... girls that starts early on in their educational journeys. Simply put, girls can’t be what they can’t see. Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas and Texas Instruments (TI) and the TI Foundation are partnering to change that. As a company comprised largely of engineers, Texas Instruments is highly inv...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...in this series, “What Slope Means, and Four ‘Flavors’ of Slope.” Review 15 parent functions and their transformations There are also modules for 14 common parent functions as well as a module focused on applying transformations to a generic piecewise function included in this video resource. He...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
... calculator. Here is the Pumpkin Pi edition of our Halloween-themed slide case that you can print from a link on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3901650. Up your Halloween game by printing a Pumpkin Pi case for your TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator. Create a calcula...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
...o, where he is majoring in business and biomedical engineering. Tristan took AP® Calculus with Meyer and scored a 5 on the exam. He then went on to become Meyer’s teaching assistant. Tristan said he learned about the contest from a geometry teacher at the high school, and he immediately knew he w...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...ith a little (or a lot of) pi. Happy Pi Day! About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the former Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Currently she works in Corporate Communications for TI. Follow her on Twitter @ellenfishpaw. --> Celebrate pi da...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...al, Turpin High School, Cincinnati, Ohio THE SOLUTION The Orion TI-84 Plus Talking Graphing Calculator, created through a collaboration between Texas Instruments, the American Printing House for the Blind and Orbit Research, represents a breakthrough in math and science education for students who...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...aits as well. AP is a registered trademark of the College Board. About The Author: Kim Thomas is a National Board Certified teacher and T3™ National instructor currently teaching geometry and AP® Calculus BC in a Title I school in Arizona. Kim loves working with and learning from teachers and is...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...oggles between these two environments). To enter a function, press tab to bring up the entry line quickly, or press menu and select Graph Entry/Edit. Instead of Y= that you are used to seeing on TI-84 Plus family graphing calculators, the TI-Nspire CX model uses function notation f1(x)=. I like t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
... 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 area to excel in is much better than being mediocre in a lot ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
...tter not to use a calculator because it will slow you down. 2. Know the Test The Math-Calculator section 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. Ther...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
...earning about linear and quadratic functions. This activity can be done either on a TI-Nspire™ CX II or TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator. The commands are the same, but the menus are arranged differently. Note that in this blog, I have used the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator to demo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
...ontext In many, if not all, cases, we care about the interpretation of the slope of a line between two points far more than the actual value of it. Instead of offering students points between which they might find the slope, start by offering contexts where that makes sense. Maybe it’s a graph ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
... we need to hear their stories. We need to learn about their interests and how they navigated their path. We need them to answer questions like: What inspired you to choose your career? What were your biggest obstacles? What advice do you have to give the next generation? Exposure Helping stu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
...o be a leader, a questioner and a teacher toward others — it’s all a part of my personality. I also had some great middle school teachers that really inspired me, because they were engaging, kind and always had a positive demeanor. I still remember them and strive to be just like them. I’ve alway...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
... ratings for homework and participation. If I stopped after reporting grades to my students, our communication would be a one-way, dead-end street. Instead, I want to capitalize on the opportunity to have an ongoing dialogue about how the students interpret their results and how they view their...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
...aults, RAM or the entire memory, or use “Press-to-Test” to disable programs, certain commands and apps, and block access to user data and files. Full instructions are found at https://education.ti.com/en/resources/calculator-set-up. Electronic Quizzes With the TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator™ System ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...nt(n’2 or int(n/2)+1 yield the smallest vertex angles. Try it yourself. See the online lesson in TI Codes for all the details and step-by-step instructions. On another patriotic note, the U.S. flag is another great opportunity to put coding skills and art to work for this holiday. In the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...I did a classroom activity with the TI-Innovator Rover, “Two Rovers Leave the Station…” as an introduction to my math class for systems of equations. Instead of teaching them the basics and then going to the word problem, I switched the class around. They got to see the Rovers in action and wante...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth