Score Big on the ACT® With These Tried-and-True Tips for the Math Section
...lculator. An online calculator will be available for you on the digital ACT®. Don’t use it. I use calculator software in my class to teach, and it slows me down. Using a mouse to press keys on the screen is painstakingly slow compared to entering equations on an actual calculator. Time is a big c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-19-2021-act-tips
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
...ng the .tns file or .8xp file (and any associated PDF files) into an LMS is a great way to engage your students with math content. The video below shows how a student can download and transfer a .tns file using their Chromebook™ notebook computer. A very similar process is available using the TI ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...th a medal comprised of gold and other metals. Students may be surprised by this fact alone! The weight and diameter of each of the medals is as follows: With this information, along with the current gold prices, students can calculate how valuable (financially, of course) a gold medal i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...cation Technology president, Peter Balyta, helps teach a Girl Scout how to drive a robot alongside Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas CEO, Jennifer Bartkowski. Troops interested in expanding their STEM programming in new ways will be assigned an Educational Technology Consultant that can brainst...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...year. Why not integrate computer science throughout the year? Try one or try all five! The abridged versions of the featured activities are as follows: Rolling Along (theoretical probability) — Students create “unfair” dice using a list, weighting the dice in their favor to win the game. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...te with my kids. Teach the structure of the test. No matter if the test is on papers (admin 1 and 2) or online (admin 3), this year the exam follows the typical multiple-choice and free-response format. https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/dates/ap-calculus-ab-exam-administration-1 Make ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...ve started using ed tech tools that allow students to record themselves saying their name and to give me an introduction to their interests. This allows me to go back and listen to learn their names and a little more about them. 2. Build skills for the future One of the things I missed most was...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...he Energy Skate Park activity. 9. Properties of Matter: Atoms and Molecules — Build an Atom (MG) Students will use a simulation that allows them to build atoms with virtual neutrons, protons and electrons. Based on their components, they will observe the stability of their new creati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
.... For example, we learned that the Puzzle Problem format could be used to elicit exploration from our students. Puzzle Problem by Tracy Matthews, McAlester High School. Working individually or in small groups, the focus of the problem is the exploration and subsequent justification...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
... I have. I know they have given me a resource for individual and small group exploration and learning. They’ve also given me a teaching tool that allows me to work more one-on-one with my students while still moving the entire class forward. With Computer Science Education Week just around the c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...nally, just as stated in the pseudocode, you need to display the result. To do this, use the “Disp” command. Disp slope Below is a screenshot that shows the entire program. I named it m. STEP 5: Running and testing your code One of the really great things about students writing code for a famili...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
... and make the light on the TI-Innovator™ Hub teal. Otherwise, play a tone twice, and display a magenta light. The code might be as follows: #1. New project libraries. #2. Variables to keep track of the score. #3. Turn...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
... tough-to-see concepts In chemistry, in order for students to have a full understanding of concepts, knowledge of both the molecular and symbolic views of those concepts must be achieved. Visualization of chemical reactions concepts on the molecular level can be tough for students to grasp. The ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...spective,” the foundation for the comparison to follow. (Note: It’s not a bad idea to spend a little time discussing the “and y ≥0” message that follows.) On the next line calculate solve(y = √(x+3), x). This single CAS calculation helps to encourage that, from x’s perspective, the pare...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
Prime Summer Reading for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
...ystery for the math‑minded. A story of a young man who loves lists, patterns and truths, but hates the color yellow and being touched. He knows a lot of math, but little about human beings. Finding the neighbor’s dog murdered at the end of the road sets him onto a murder mystery like no ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
Forensics Case 10 - Dropped at the Scene: Blood spatter analysis
In this activity, students graph data to find quantitative relationships and create a standard reference curve for comparison with unknown data. They analyze blood spatters and examine r2 values for linear, natural logarithm, quadratic, and power curve fit. They find the curve that best fits the ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-10brdropped-at-the-scene-blood-spatter-analysis
35 Years of T³™ Mentorship and Community | Texas Instruments
Stacy Thibodeaux paused to collect her emotions. “It’s been an honor being a part of the T³™ community,” she said, speaking to a room full of educators at the Texas Instruments 2022 T³™ Learns Summit. “It allows us to push each other and to grow and develop. And, we have a common goal: t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/35-years-t3-community-teacher-leader
Collecting Data With Sensors and TI Tech | Texas Instruments
... New app updates coming soon! If you prefer the traditional app-based approach to data collection, TI and Vernier Science Education™ have good news for you! Coming soon in spring 2024, TI will offer support for Go Direct® sensors using the Vernier DataQuest® App (made for the TI-Nspire™ CX I...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/match-made-in-stem
5 Teacher Tips for Classroom Management | Texas Instruments
Every teacher knows that having a classroom management plan is essential to running an effective and efficient classroom. There are just so many different strategies teachers can do — where do you start? That’s why we asked our teacher community to share their tips for managing a classroom. H...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-teacher-tips-classroom-management
Minimizing Surface Area of a Cylinder Given a Fixed Volume
Students will discover the relationship between radius and height of a cylinder so that surface area of a cylinder can be minimized while maintaining a fixed volume. This is just an introduction to a project that they will begin after this investigation. Once this is completed, they will redesig...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/minimizing-surface-area-of-a-cylinder-given-a-fixed-volume
Soda Problem: Finding the relationship between Sodium and Sugar
The students will use nutrition label data of certain sodas to create and analyze a scatterplot of the amount of sodium versus the amount of sugar in various soft drinks. They will put the data into lists, create scatterplots, discuss correlations, acquire the line of best fit, and predict other...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/soda-problem-finding-the-relationship-between-sodium-and-sugar
Examining Patterens in a Table, Function Rule, and Graphs
In this activity, students will identify characteristics of proportional and non-proportional linear relationships by examining patterns in a table, function rules, and a graph. Students will distinguish between proportional and non-proportional relationships by comparing patterns in table, funct...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/examining-patterens-in-a-table-function-rule-and-graphs
Law of Large Numbers: Equal Opportunities
In this activity, students will use the Probability Simulation application to roll a fair die and explore the Law of Large Numbers. They will conduct probability experiments that involve tossing a fair die, graph the results, compare the experimental probability to its theoretical probability and...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/law-of-large-numbers-equal-opportunities
Trig Ratios - Exploring Sine, Cosine and Tangent
Using the Cabri Jr. App and the 83+/84+ calculators, student will explore and calculate the various trig ratios. This is an easy construction that and allow plenty of time of exploration and completion of the worksheet questions in class.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/trig-ratios--exploring-sine-cosine-and-tangent
Solution 27510: Calculator files opening in text format on a new page in Safari® Web Browser.
Solution 27510: Calculator files opening in text format on a new page in Safari® Web Browser. Solution 27510: Calculator files opening in text format on a new page in Safari® Web Browser. global Solution 27510: Calculator files opening in text format on a new page in Safari® Web Browser. ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/27510