2018 TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
... Most impressive prototype:Hypersomnia Most creative video:The BMS Scare Bears Honorable mention:The MAGNETizing Men Honorable mention:CHSEAST Honorable mention:The Candied Yams Honorable menti...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2018
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How I overcame my fear of mathematics and finally understood the world
...ity. The angles needed for a perfect bank shot? Math. The speed I needed to check the bigger opponent into the wall instead of knocking me over? Math again. The speed and timing required to karate kick through a board? Yep – math. I finally understood that I needed math to make sense of the worl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/overcoming-fear-of-math
Get Ready for a Math-Packed School Year
You could win this Math Love pack by entering our back-to-school contest. As the new school year quickly approaches, we want to make sure you love the supplies packed in your bag. On Instagram, you may have seen a picture-perfect pack of Math Love gear that we are giving away for this back-to-sc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtoschoolcontest
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-Nspire™ CX Graphing Calculator
... being familiar with creating and analyzing a scatterplot of bivariate data could prove crucial. Your data should be stored in a Lists & Spreadsheet page in named lists. One of the key advantages of the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator is that you can use representative names for the lists of da...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstatstipsfornspire
Find the Frequen-Z!
Practical Ways for Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse to Come Teachers are continuously told how important STEM and coding will be for their students’ future career options. But how is a teacher supposed to engage students in coding and STEM, while still getting through all of the academic standard...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/july/survived-the-zombie-outbreak
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...n the exam; however, being familiar with creating and analyzing a scatterplot of bivariate data could prove crucial. Make sure that your regression diagnostics are turned on. Be aware that, when fitting a linear regression model to a set of data, the residuals are automatically stored in a list c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstats2021
You Asked – TI Answered: Enabling Student Career Success Through Products Developed With and for Teachers
... years, we have worked with teachers to ensure that every product we develop is built for the sole purpose of improving the ways in which students engage with math and science. With this in mind, TI is focused on making improvements to classroom technology. In just the last six years, TI has int...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/products-with-a-purpose
Five Tips for High School STEM Camps
...students apply their knowledge to a problem. In this case, we found that giving students small design “wins” early in the project helped get them engaged at the very beginning. We had the students write their first programs to begin the project. This helped plant the idea that they would write p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/five-tips-for-high-school-stem-camps
#TIpTuesday: July 4th Edition
--> If you follow us on social media, you’ve likely seen our new #TIpTuesday video series, but if you don’t – go follow @TICalculators on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat now! In this new summer series, we post a short Snapchat video each Tuesday across all channels that highlights q...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/tip-tuesday-july-4th-edition
Dallas Students Program Texas Instruments' First Educational Robot to Dance
...r even dance. At Travis Vanguard, students were divided into pairs and given 30 minutes to program Rover to dance. Given the simple programming language on TI graphing calculators, the students were able to get started with Rover right away. “I learned how to code and program which I have never ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/october/rocking-with-rover
Celebrate Jack Kilby Day
Use these fun, free resources to teach students how STEM can change the world Fifty-nine years ago on September 12, Texas Instruments engineer Jack Kilby ushered in the era of modern electronics when he shared his invention of the integrated circuit (IC). Jack's world-changing creation began wit...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/september/celebrate-jack-kilby-day
Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
This is a saga of a (nearly) career-long passion to promote computer programming in school. First, some history. ... I always found mathematics “easy” because it made sense and decided to become a mathematics teacher in high school because I could explain things to classmates better than the te...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
Hands-on STEM activities in honor of Jack Kilby
...’s next. S in STEM: The science of zombies In this activity, students make a zombie brain to test a hypothesis for counter-attacking the zombie contagion. Download the lesson here. Ever wondered what you would do in a zombie apocalypse? Most of us would grab our family and survival kits and run...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/september/kilby-day
Build It With TI: Science Olympiad
Detector Building has changed! The 2021–22 Science Olympiad Division C once again will include the Detector Building competition which challenges students to build, code and test a working sensor. Last year’s competition required students to build a working thermometer, but this year’s competiti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/scienceolympiadresource
DIY TI Codes Contest
...ativity or end up with similar project ideas. Here is a sample you can use as a guide for writing your own challenge prompt: Student teams must imagine and design a solution that automates or optimizes a process or product related to (insert theme here). The end goal is to use coding and TI t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
mathyoga
...ng music during the session to add a nice, soothing touch. To build on the social-emotional learning, you could have students write a positive message on a sticky note about one of their classmates, and stick it on their mat. They have also asked students to jot down something they want to get...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
ICYMI: TI’s Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2020
...ow to teach the scientific method with Ty Cook, a superstar seventh grade life science teacher from Georgia. He is a master at creating an upbeat, engaging classroom environment and shares his secrets for teaching one of his favorite topics, the scientific method, by experimenting with seeds. Thi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-5-2021-top-videos
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
... numbers. Honor them by sharing your math story for a chance to help them win a math wish at https://education.ti.com/mathlove. Watch local news coverage of the surprise: WPBF-TV: Student's contest entry equals big win for Palm Beach County math teacher WPTV-TV: Park Vista High School math teac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
How to Start the Year on a Math High
...students of all types ensure they approach math with a positive mindset and feel comfortable and confident. It is crucial to establish a positive, engaging and welcoming environment for all learners, especially the most reluctant. Here are five ways you can start the year on a math high. 1. Warm...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
... Ms. Meinke teaches AP Calculus AB, and Mr. O teaches AP Calculus BC. They have the chance to collaborate often, practice vertical alignment and disagree on notation. “We need more educators like him — people willing to fight for change, love math with all their heart, and stand by education ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
...ses all the math practice standards. Plus, when you teach students Python, you’ll be introducing them to one of the most widely used programming languages across a variety of industries. You might be asking: Just how can coding be used to enhance math instruction? Let’s look at one possible exam...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...ers to complex problems within minutes. I still continue to solve power equations using my TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator to determine proper voltage/amperage for various tools for the fab, and I use it for cost/energy savings projects. Having such a useful tool truly makes a difference in my...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...well as their prototype. In addition, the pandemic added an extra layer of complexity as the teams would have to work with each other remotely. The stage was set for a true test of the abilities and perseverance of this new generation of future engineers, scientists and STEM initiates. We rece...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
...ing to law school one day. Despite losing her father, Calderon vows nothing will stop her from chasing her dreams. She says her father always encouraged her dreams, and she knows that he would be proud that she continues “to do right by him.” Striving to help her family, Calderon plans to keep ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove