Celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month
... 4: Quadratic Functions and Stopping Distance Comparing stopping distance under normal conditions vs. wet weather or when talking on a cell phone provides an engaging opportunity to use quadratic functions to model data. Using the regression capabilities on the calculator, students can generate e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/mathawarenessmonth
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...wo passions: math and football. It explores the challenges of making difficult choices and the rewards of following one’s passions. It’s a winner! “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly. Now a major motion picture, this powerful book reveals the true story of the black female mathematicians at...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...teresting things about branding and marketing of consumer products. To begin, you need several brands of toilet bowl cleaners that use hydrochloric acid as the main cleaning agent. (Cleaners that use organic surfactants won’t work here.) I use three main brands: Lysol®, Sno Bol® and The Works®. N...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
...e™ CX graphing calculator Link to presentation Driving On Mars: A Coding Problem Have your students wondered how driverless cars work? Have you considered the math that it takes for vehicles to drive on Mars? In this session, we will code robotic vehicles using mathematics to drive, make turns ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...ocusing on the things you can control, like having a flexible mindset, growing and leveraging your network, and investing in yourself in order to provide students with the best education possible. Nearly 75% of teachers we surveyed expect to offer some mix or remote and in–person instr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Innovation in Biology
...lastics, we dove into the engineering design process. They started brainstorming ideas individually and then shared them in groups. The students also completed concept sketches of their designs and had discussions about what would and would not work. Collaboration was crucial in this project. E...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Learning With Your Students
...nce in Motion using the TI-Innovator™ Rover. It was very helpful to have so many resources I could use to begin this journey, but the real test would come with my final project. The Grand Finale By the end of the year, students had a basic understanding of how to write simple programs using ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Which Texas Instruments (TI) Calculator for the ACT® and Why?
...abilities. CAS calculators can do calculus commands like integrals and derivatives. Instead of only finding numeric answers, a CAS calculator can provide algebraic answers in simplest form. I put the app called Zoom Math 200 on my TI-84 Plus C graphing calculator to show you an example of CAS fun...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/which-ti-calculator-for-the-act-and-why
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
... college math professor turned classroom teacher — because she inspired his deep love of math. In his submission, Connor wrote, “Just as my mom has become a female pioneer of mathematics and technology, I have followed in her footsteps, and because of her, am interested in the same topics.” Conno...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
How Else Can We Show This?
... understanding.* Read on for two scenarios in which my students and I pursue multiple pathways to show and make sense of the mathematics at hand. 1. Riding the Curves and Turning the Tables When studying quadratic and polynomial functions, I begin by having students tell me everything they see on...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
...with Chemistry project where students describe in detail all of the chemical reactions that occur. Our administration was encouraging us to think outside the box and rethink how we could assess our students’ progress for final exams. I am head of the math department. All of us in the math depart...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
...ght infomercials say, “I’ve tried everything.” I’ve used the popular method of moving water from one beaker to another using two straws of different widths. This approach can result in always-changing water levels due to spillage. Students don’t get to see that equilibrium means that there is a c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
NASA Events Calendar
...apibus Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Maecenas faucibus mollis interdum. Pharetra Ornare Mattis Magna Commodo As part of NASA and Texas Instruments’ The Search for STEMnauts contest, NASA is providing live, behind-the-scenes access and a...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/nasa-event-calendar
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
.... Limit one per team/school. To make this process of learning to build, code, calibrate and test their sensor, TI has developed a free website, www.TIdetectorBuilding.com. There, students can watch a video that provides hints and references to useful resources such as TI’s Path to STEM Projects ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
...n paper to share with that special someone. Have students personalize their DIY card with some of their favorite math puns: our love will never be divided, I absolutely value you, you mean the world to me — the options are infinite! This is a creative way to win some hearts and spread the math lo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
Fall in Love with Polar Graphs: Top 4 Ways to Turn Heads with the TI-84 Plus
...ation for the butterfly curve above. Then press the zoom key. Again, either press 0 or arrow down to ZoomFIT. Now, you should be feeling all fuzzy inside. 3: Don't Buy Flowers, Graph One! Send your valentine a flower by graphing one on your TI calculator. Press the y= key. In r1, input cos(2θ)...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/polargraphlove
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
...s last fall through participation in the GEAR UP grant program at Eastern Oklahoma State College. “I literally gave the students the Rover and the guide book and said you guys figure it out,” said Honeycutt. “It took them 3 or 4 days to figure out how to draw a line, but when they did, they were...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Robotics for the 21st Century | Texas Instruments
...s and restaurants. The one place where we don’t have enough robots is the classroom. Robots can be a very valuable addition to all classrooms. They come in many shapes, sizes, and don’t always look like you would think a “robot” would. There’s a common misconception that only robotics or a tech...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/roboticsweek2022
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
...are easily shared among my many Python programs and can be shared with others. When developing a Python programming project, I find it helpful to divide the project into pieces and tackle them in smaller chunks. Python is designed for this approach from the ground up. Modular programming is als...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
... setting it on the part of the stick that is still on the table. Karate chop it and notice the stick doesn’t break. When the paper is placed completely flat on top of the stick, it serves as a large surface area for the air above it to push down on the paper – and by extension, onto the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
...,0,-1): r=int(self.red*(0.97**i)) g=int(self.green*(0.97**i)) b=int(self.blue*(0.97**i)) set_color(r,g,b) fill_circle(self.x, self.y, i) Note the widespread use of the prefix self. in the code above so that each balloon uses its own attributes. The for loop creates a “3D” effect on the balloon...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
...s 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 equations be balanced at the same time. For more information, download the Teacher Notes ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra
Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
...rough the top of the bottle and past the egg. Because the fire burns up the oxygen inside the bottle quickly, and the egg is acting to stop any incoming air by acting as a seal, the air pressure inside the bottle quickly becomes less than the air pressure outside the bottle and above the egg....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...ove 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 called RESID. Remember to investigate a residual plot to confirm whether your proposed regression models ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats
Which TI Calculator for the SAT® and Why?
...g calculator TI-Nspire™ CX CAS graphing calculator TI-Nspire™ CX II CAS graphing calculator Notice that super-powerful CAS (which stands for Computer Algebra System) calculators are allowed. In addition to finding numeric answers, a CAS calculator provides algebraic answers in simplest f...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/which-ti-calc-sat