Ohm's Law
In this activity, students will explore the relationship between current and potential difference for several resistors which obey Ohm's Law. They will experimentally measure the resistance of the resistors. Students will then examine the relationship between current and potential difference us...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ohms-law
Forensics Case 13 - Life in the Fast Lane: Using skid marks to determine vehicle speed
Students determine the coefficient of friction between a vehicle and a road surface. They use the length of the skidding distance to determine the speed of a vehicle before its brakes were applied. Students convert between SI units and Imperial units and rearrange equations to solve for different...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-13brlife-in-the-fast-lane-using-skid-marks-to-determine-vehicle-speed
Marching Columns
Students investigate constructing arrangements of different numbers of manipulatives into equal groups. They learn to use mathematical language, identify patterns with numbers, recognize the commutative property, and transfer the arrangements made with manipulatives to grid paper.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/marching-columns
Homestead-Miami Chase Activity
In this activity, students will investigate whether it is better to take the shortest path or the fastest path.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/homesteadmiami-chase-activity
Solution 33131:Resolving the Error "Can't Be Opened Because It Is From An Unidentified Developer" or ".pkg can't be Opened Because Apple Cannot Check for Malicious Software." When Installing Texas Instruments Software Products Using a Mac.
Solution 33131 Resolving the Error Can't Be Opened Because It Is From An Unidentified Developer pkg can't be Opened Because Apple Cannot Check for Malicious Software Installing Software Products Mac Solution 33131 Resolving the Error Can't Be Opened Because It Is From An Unidentified Develop...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/sofware-apps/troubleshooting-messages-unexpected-results/33131
Solution 37475: TI-SmartView™ Emulator Software for the TI-30XS/TI-34 MultiView™ Scientific Calculators Will Not Install on Mac OSX 10.11 displaying the error To use "java" command-line tool you need to install JDK.
Solution 37475: TI-SmartView™ Emulator Software for the TI-30XS/TI-34 MultiView™ Scientific Calculators Will Not Install on Mac OSX 10.11 displaying the error To use "java" command-line tool you need to install JDK. Solution 37475: TI-SmartView™ Emulator Software for the TI-30XS/TI-34 MultiVie...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/sofware-apps/troubleshooting-messages-unexpected-results/37475
Solution 38995: Verify Current Version of TI-Innovator Hub Sketch OS.
Solution 38995: Verify Current Version of TI-Innovator Hub Sketch Operating System. 38995 Verify Current Version of TI-Innovator Hub Sketch Operating System., Sketch Operating System Solution 38995: Verify Current Version of TI-Innovator Hub Sketch OS. global Solution 38995: Verify Current...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-innovator-technology/product-usage/38995
Solution 26550: DeSolve Function Returns Incorrect Responses When Solving 2nd-Order Differential Equations Using the TI-Nspire™ CAS Family Products.
Solution 26550: DeSolve Function Returns Incorrect Responses When Solving 2nd-Order Differential Equations Using the TI-Nspire™ CAS Family Products. Solution 26550: DeSolve Function Returns Incorrect Responses When Solving 2nd-Order Differential Equations Using the TI-Nspire™ CAS Family Produc...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-nspire-family/product-usage/26550
Solution 22630: Resolving the Error "USB communication error: No certificate exist for the object being downloaded (8C08002C)" When Updating the TI-84 Plus Family Operating System.
Solution 22630: Resolving the Error "USB communication error: No certificate exist for the object being downloaded (8C08002C)" When Updating the TI-84 Plus Family Operating System. Solution 22630: Resolving the Error "USB communication error: No certificate exist for the object being downloade...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/sofware-apps/product-usage/22630
Solution 28610: Troubleshooting the Error "The System Cannot Find the Drive Specified" When Installing TI-Nspire™ Family Version 3.0 Software From a CD
Solution 28610: Troubleshooting the Error "The System Cannot Find the Drive Specified" When Installing TI-Nspire™ Family Version 3.0 Software From a CD Solution 28610: Troubleshooting the Error "The System Cannot Find the Drive Specified" When Installing TI-Nspire™ Family Version 3.0 Software ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/sofware-apps/computer-software-installation-activation/28610
Teaching and Learning with Graphing Calculators
...reting graphs. "Students' operational skills and problem-solving skills improved." Reference:(Ellington 2003) SRI International A discussion of current research "best evidence" concluded that students who have been taught effectively with graphing calculators: Use graphs Engage in problem ...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/funding-and-research/research/research_teachingandlearning
Guidebooks: TI Scientific Calculators | Texas Instruments
Find the guide you need for your current TI scientific calculator, including the TI-30XS and TI-34 MultiView™ calculators and more. Check them out! Guidebooks: TI Scientific Calculators | Texas Instruments global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/product-resources/guidebooks/scientific-calculators
Exploring Areas of Irregular Polygons
Explore different ways to find areas of irregular polygons using the three basic shapes of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-areas-of-irregular-polygons
Does a Correlation Exist?
In this activity, students will determine, by examining a graph, if a data set has a positive or negative correlation coefficient. Then, they will find the linear regression equation and calculate the correlation coefficient. They will use this line to predict the value of y for a given x and vic...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/does-a-correlation-exist
Graphs of Antiderivatives
Students use their TI-Nspire to graph the anti-derivative of a function and investigate aspects of the this function and how it relates to the primitive function. For example, if a continuous derivative function changes from negative to positive, what does this produce on the primi...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphs-of-antiderivatives
AC Circuits
Students explore a model of alternating electric current. They observe the effects of varying voltage, angular velocity, frequency, and phase shift on the shape of the waveform. They also calculate the relative phase shift between two waveforms. Finally, they create a model of a three-phase alter...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ac-circuits
Focusing on Light
In this activity, students explore the reflection of light by parabolic and semicircular mirrors. They begin by exploring reflection using a series of flat mirrors that are attached to one another to create a flexible mirror that can simulate a curved mirror. Students then explore reflection by a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/focusing-on-light
How dense are we
In this activity students use scientific notation to compare populations, state land areas and the corresponding population density.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-dense-are-we
Water Quality Testing
This water quality project has been designed around a monthly sampling routine for the extent of the project scope. One of the sampling days involved three different classes, each class sampling a different station. This project measured several biotic / abiotic factors to determine the interre...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/water-quality-testing
Women Who Code: A TI Intern’s STEM Journey | Texas Instruments
...at’s where Megi Shahollari now finds herself. But, her STEM journey began way before this. TI intern Megi Shahollari. Overcoming barriers As a third grader, Shahollari moved from Albania to the U.S. with her parents and younger brother after her family won a visa lottery. Wh...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/women-who-code-ti-intern-stem-journey
Solutions To Keep Your Students Learning All Summer | TI
...hilarating." Check out that blog. 2. Bloopers — science gone wrong can make for extra fun learning! Don’t believe us? Watch some current TI employees who experienced a few bloopers of their own while recording some science experiments in action! Encouraging students to explore ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/keep-students-learning-all-summer
Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?
...utorials — The answers here cover common questions across various subjects, such as how to graph functions and equations, shortcuts, steps for transferring programs and more. YouTube videos — Choose a topic and explore playlists full of lessons and activities dedicated to helping students...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/why-buy-graphing-calculator
Get Students Excited About Linear Equations | Texas Instruments
...sured. The next thought was “big deal — what is so special about this?” How can we use this distance to control or change something else? Then it occurred to me that the TI-Innovator™ Hub could make sound frequencies, and that was where it all began. The challenge was how to use the distance to c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/get-students-excited-about-linear-equations
Parallel Lines and Angles
Students will use TI-Nspire technology to investigate the relationships between two corresponding angles and between two alternate interior angles. At the end of this activity, students should be able to discover that if two parallel lines are cut by a transversal the pairs of corresponding angle...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parallel-lines-and-angles
Points of Concurrency in Triangles
In this activity, students will use their Nspire handhelds to discover the different points of concurrencies in triangles. The students will take advantage of the dynamic capabilities to discover the circumcenter, incenter, and centroid of triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/points-of-concurrency-in-triangles