Ratios of Similar Figures
Students will explore the ratio of perimeter, area, surface area, and volume of similar figures in two-dimensional figures.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ratios-of-similar-figures
Interesting Properties of Cubic Functions
This Computer Algebra System (CAS) activity encourages students to investigate numerical and graphical properties of cubic functions, and to verify the results using CAS.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/interesting-properties-of-cubic-functions
Solution 13306: Moving a Parabola Left or Right of the Y-Axis on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
Solution 13306: Moving a Parabola Left or Right of the Y-Axis on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators. Solution 13306: Moving a Parabola Left or Right of the Y-Axis on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators. global Solution 13306: Moving a P...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/13306
Solution 12035: Scrolling on the Home Screen on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators When More than Eight Lines Have Been Entered.
Solution 12035: Scrolling on the Home Screen on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators When More than Eight Lines Have Been Entered. Solution 12035: Scrolling on the Home Screen on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators When More than Eight Lines Ha...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/12035
Solution 12016: Algorithm Used to Compute Chi Squared on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
Solution 12016: Algorithm Used to Compute Chi Squared on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators. Solution 12016: Algorithm Used to Compute Chi Squared on the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators. global Solution 12016: Algorithm Used to Compute ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/12016
Tesselations
In this activity students will explore what causes some regular polygons to tesselate. They will explore sketches of regular polygons, measure the interior angles, and test to see whether the shapes tesselate.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tesselations
Segments and Chords in a Circle
This activity is designed to allow students an opportunity to gain an understanding of the relationship among the segment measures formed by intersecting chords in a circle. It includes an interactive geometry page, some circle problems, and a Euclidean proof.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/segments-and-chords-in-a-circle
Shortest Distance
Students will discover, through exploration, that the shortest distance from a point on a line to the origin is a measure of a perpendicular line segment. You will investigate this minimization problem and support the analytical explanations with interactive explorations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/shortest-distance
Shortest Distances
Students will explore three situations involving distances between points and lines. First, the minimum distance between two points leads to the Triangle Inequality Theorem. Then, the shortest distance from a point to a line is investigated. Finally, students find the smallest total distan...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/shortest-distances
Transformtions and Tessellations
In this activity you will construct a variety of transformations. In Problem #1 you will create a reflection of a pentagon, in Problem #2 a translation of a regular hexagon, in Problem #3 a rotation of a quadrilateral in two ways, in Problem #4 a dilation of a triangle. In each case you will ob...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformtions-and-tessellations
Side Length, Perimeter, and Area of a Rectangle
Explore the effects of changing base (or height) of a rectangle on it's perimeter and area.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/side-length-perimeter-and-area-of-a-rectangle
Triangle Midsegment Exploration
The activity has the students investigate the relationship of the midsegment to the third side of the triangle. In addition the students investigate the area of the smaller triangles compared to the larger one and uses the results to solve the "campground" problem. There is a set of follow-up q...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangle-midsegment-exploration
Paths of Rectangles
This exploration for preservice teachers, looks at how the lengths of the sides of rectangles with equal areas are related. The rectangles are constructed so that one vertex is at the origin. The path of the opposite vertex is an example of indirect variation and demonstrates a connection between...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/paths-of-rectangles
Triangle Midsegments
Investigate the relationships between a triangle and the similar triangle formed by one of the triangle's midsegments.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangle-midsegments
Transformations With Lists
Students use list operations to perform reflections, rotations, translations and dilations on a figure, and graph the resulting image using a scatter plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-with-lists_1
Definite Integral
Make visual connections between the definite integral of a function and the signed area between the function and the x-axis.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/definite-integral
The Tale of Two Tangents
This activity allows students to investigate the relationship between the angle formed by two tangents to a circle and the arcs they intercept.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-tale-of-two-tangents
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
Transformations: Translations
Investigate what a triangle will look like when it is translated horizontally or vertically.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-translations
Perspective Drawings
In this activity, students will draw figures in one- and two-point perspective, comparing and contrasting the two types of drawings. They then create an isometric drawing and compare it to the other drawings.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/perspective-drawings
"Picking" Your Way Through Area Problems
Students will discover Pick's Theorem by finding the relationship between area and the number of boundary points and interior points of a lattice polygon.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/picking-your-way-through-area-problems
Dog Run
This activity allows students to investigate the maximum area of a rectangle with a fixed perimeter.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dog-run
Applications of Critical Points
Students will examine the relationship between critical points and local extrema through real-world examples. Students will zoom in on the critical points to see if the curve becomes linear to determine if the function is differentiable at the critical point. They will then discover that the sign...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/applications-of-critical-points
Properties of Quadrilaterals
The students will investigate the properties of a parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle, square, kite, trapezoid, and isosceles trapezoid by using the measurement tools of the TI-Npsire. The students will record their results on the chart. The time for the activity will vary based on the ability of...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-quadrilaterals
Discovering the Triangle Inequality Theorem with the TI-Nspire
Students progress through a series of investigations regarding the lengths of the sides of a triangle. This activity, for discovering the Triangle Inequality Theorem, can be used as either a teacher demonstration or as a classroom activity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discovering-the-triangle-inequality-theorem-with-the-tinspire