Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...e lessons to bring a win to your classroom and set the stage for the big game coming up. A real fan favorite: “Field Goal for the Win” Can’t get much more relevant than this. This TI-84 Plus graphing calculator lesson is suitable for middle grades math through algebra II, and encourages stud...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
...essed that he invited local media to the school to watch as the juniors lead Keota third graders through the program that uses Rover to draw a robot. Much to the excitement of teachers and students, The Oklahoma Welcome, a local newspaper, wrote a news story the event, giving the students some we...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
...hat are stored in another file (the module) available to my program. There are three “flavors” of import statements: import math — all functions must be preceded by the module name: y = math.sin(x) import math as hoi — all functions must be preceded by the “alias” name you chose: y = hoi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...TI-Innovator™ Breadboard Pack which has nearly everything you’ll need to do these projects (some things like cups, magnets, magnet wire, nails, etc., must be purchased or provided separately). If you want more information about the TI Path to STEM program, you can see videos and downloads of ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
... blist[-1], is checked to see if it was clicked by calculating the distance of the point (x, y) from the center of the balloon using the distance formula. If it is clicked, then the balloon is removed (popped) from the list of balloons and the screen is redrawn (in the buffer). pop() is a built-...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
... just what the solution to a system of equations actually means. In this activity, students will have an opportunity to balance a pair of equations simultaneously. Students will find that there are an infinite set of solutions to each individual equation, but only in certain cases will the two eq...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra
Insider Tips for Winning the TI Codes Contest
...ti.com/ticodes . TI provides free lessons that go over programming on the calculator. With TI-Basic, you’ll be able to program your calculator to communicate with the TI-Innovator Hub. Don’t worry, TI provides resources on that, too. Now you have all the tools you need to submit your project a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/ticodescontest
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Daniel Wilkie
... The other thing I’d say is, just get help. Put yourself out there and ask for help. There are so many people older than you that have experienced so much more and can help you through the teaching process. You don't have to do it by yourself. You don't have to always reinvent the wheel, especial...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/teacherofthemonth
Introducing the TI-Nspire CX II
...ion IB is a registered trademark owned by the International Baccalaureate Organization 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, wo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/nspire
Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers
...ka and former Test Development committee member Tom Dick to provide live, content sessions via YouTube for students and teachers alike. Consider this must-see AP® Calculus TV! Like last year, the sessions will cover content and questions that teachers have specifically asked us to review. And, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mondaynightcalculus
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...lator page, use the algebra menu to access the Factor tool, and calculate factor(6) followed by factor(10). On the next line, access the Least Common Multiple tool from the algebra menu and calculate lcm(6, 10). These calculations support that a least common multiple (or least common...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
When I was asked to share my story for International Women’s Day, I immediately said “yes.” I didn’t know what I would share, just that I had to say “yes!” This year’s theme — Choose to Challenge — had a simultaneous effect. It touched my soul because we have the freedom to make choices. It san...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Jessica Kohout
...oding, and how it can be used in both Biology and Engineering Design. I also use the TI-Nspire’s for data collection, formative assessment, and the simulations as a tool to help make learning fun. How do you help your students learn difficult concepts? I try to tie it in and “make it real” by gi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/teacher-of-the-month
Ingenuity-takes-flight
...n the thin atmosphere of Mars. While the planet has lower gravity (only about 1/3 that of Earth), its atmosphere is only about 1% as dense, making it much harder to generate lift. For comparison, that is about the same as Earth’s atmosphere at about 35 km altitude, which is about three times high...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ingenuity-takes-flight
Get Out and #SpreadMathLove
...ove swag, including a TI graphing calculator.* For teachers, geocaching can help engage students in a different way, and there’s even an online community dedicated to sharing ways you can incorporate geocaching into learning. Now, grab your family or your students, or just get out on your o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/geocaching
You only get one “first day of school” – use it wisely
... that describes you, that starts with the first letter of your name?” I get answers like, Cool Caroline, which end up helping me remember their names much easier. Another one of my first day favorites is to give each student Play-Doh and let them make something that describes what they did that s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/firstday
Tips for Surviving the First Week Back at School
...ce in a classroom environment for the whole year. Here are 5 ways to make sure that this school year is the best one yet! #1. Develop a Classroom Community The first week should be used to get to know your students. Take the time to learn their names, interests, personalities and learning styles...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/first_week_tips
Survey Says: Kids Like Math!
...n facts and procedures. Fortunately, that’s no longer true. Teaching techniques have evolved, and more and more kids today are learning something much more valuable and useful: algebraic thinking, number sense, and how to use multiple representations and reasoning to solve real-world problems...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/studentsurvey
Going Back to School With Stations
...learning styles, etc. with the student survey. This survey is available in paper or digital format and serves as a great tool for relationship and community building, allowing teachers to refer to the information throughout the school year and connect with their students. Digital version ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtoschool_stations
Professional basketball star donates TI calculators to his former high school
...dy. “Riverside has always meant a lot to me. I started off my high school career here and it feels good to give back to the school and to this community that meant so much to me – I am happy to do it,” said Warren, who was joined by his parents and former basketball coach.” Warren, who att...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/february/tj-warren-donates
Using TI-Nspire™ Technology To Creatively Solve ACT® Math Problems
...o get more difficult as you get closer to problem #60. Here is an example of a pretty challenging problem, #47. If a student doesn’t know the formula for a vertical ellipse (which many students don’t have memorized), the traditional method of solving this problem is not possible. Adding to t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/actmathproblems
Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Virtual Teaching
As we enter into this new frontier of virtual teaching and learning, I had the opportunity to connect with Richard Snow, an expert in distance learning and a T³™ National Instructor, for some guidance. Snow was the first educator to use TI graphing calculator emulator software while teaching stu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/distance-education
Customize your TI calculator with a 3-D printed case
...re Quality Assurance Engineer for Texas Instruments, created the prototypes in his free time and is sharing them on Thingiverse, a thriving design community for discovering, making and sharing 3-D printable things. So far, he’s created dozens of different 3-D printable designs and he’s excited to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/3d-slide-case
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2021
...eos, and tailor the learning to your students and course needs. The colorful, animated videos show how to graph each of 13 parent functions. Stimulating Simulations for Statistics Presented by Becky Byer and Tracy Watson Simulations can be a powerful tool for teaching statistical concept...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2021webinars
How To Use the TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators To Succeed on the ACT®
...ding questions. In high school algebra, quadratics are studied extensively. Even so, this question is most likely one that students haven’t spent much time thinking about. In fact, how do you think about it? Graphing on the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator can help students visualize the mat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/digital-act-84