Forensics with TI-Nspire™ - Case File: No Dumping
In this activity, students will investigate the importance of soils and other trace evidence in connecting victims, crime scenes, and suspects.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-with-ti@nspire-@-case-8-no-dumping
Forces on an Inclined Plane
In this lesson, students will collect data on the magnitude of the force acting on an object resting on an inclined plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forces-on-an-inclined-plane
Induced Magnetic Fields
In this activity, students will use a strong permanent magnet to induce a magnetic field in a metal object. They will measure the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field around the permanent magnet and around the induced magnet. They will also compare how magnetic field strength changes wit...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/induced-magnetic-fields
Paper Chromatography
This activity introduces the process of paper chromatography and why scientists use it in crime scene investigations. A crime has been committed. It is the students' task to perform a chromatography to identify the killer. Students will separate the pigments from artificial urine samples that w...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/paper-chromatography
Paper Chromatography in Crime Scene Investigations
This activity introduces the process of paper chromatography and why scientists use it in crime scene investigations. A crime has been committed. It is the students; task to perform a chromatography to identify the killer. Students will separate the pigments from artificial urine samples that w...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/paper-chromatography-in-crime-scene-investigations
Punnett Square
In this activity students will explore the rules of Mendelian Genetics using a single trait, height, in pea plants. A monohybrid cross using a simple Punnett Square is performed. Students can randomize their parental generation using the reset button so they can explore all facets of dominant and...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/punnett-square
OSE: Exploring Variations in Precipitation
This simulation explores how elevation, distance from the shore, and precipitation are related.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ose_unit-6#3
An Evolutionary Horse Race
In this lesson, students will investigate and analyze the anatomical similarities and differences between modern and ancient organisms.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/an-evolutionary-horse-race
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
The Fibonacci Sequence
One of the simplest and beautiful mathematical sequences. The simplicity: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 ... is such that each term is the sum of the previous two terms. Examples of the sequence can be found in nature, architecture and number theory. In this investigation, students explore some of the patterns...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-fibonacci-sequence
Short Cuts
This activity is intended as a resource to help students navigate the TI-Nspire CX CAS calculator. Three pages of short cuts, tips and tricks are provided in addition to a brief series of instructions designed to show how some of these short cuts can be used. Even if you are familiar with the TI-...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/short-cuts
Vernier - Energy in Food
Students will use the temperature probe to measure temperature changes to measure and compare the energy content of different foods.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--energy-in-food
Vectors In Component Form
Students experiment with an interactive 2 dimensional vector and observe the corresponding changes to its representation in i and j component form.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vectors-in-component-form
Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
Students generate random polynomials and observe the distribution of the zeros on the complex plane. From the distributions students are able to draw conclusions about the zeros, and therefore roots, of a polynomial in order to gain a better visual understanding of the Fundamental Theorem of Alge...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/fundamental-theorem-of-algebra
Vernier - Vapor Pressure of Liquids
Students investigate the relationship between the vapor pressure of liquid and its temperature. They use a Pressure Sensor and a Temperature Probe to collect pressure and temperature data. Students compare the vapor pressure of two liquids.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--vapor-pressure-of-liquids
Boyle's Law
In this lesson, students use the Gas Pressure Sensor in an inquiry activity to understand Boyle's Law through experimentation and data collection. Students will also visualize the particle level with help of a simulation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/boyles-law_1
Hidden Math Coloring Activity – Snowflake
Practice inequalities and graphing as students color in a hidden image, revealed with math!https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hidden-coloring-snowflake
Hidden Math Coloring Activity - Hat
Practice inequalities and graphing as students color in a hidden image, revealed with math!https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hidden-coloring-hat
Match Me
Have you ever played a game that tests your memory? The Match Me game generates a list of random colors the player must match using Python and the TI-Nspire CX II.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/match-me_cs
STEM on the Fly
This activity challenges students to develop their problem-solving and analytical skills and test linear relationships, Bernoulli's principle and Newton's third law of motion.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/stem-on-the-fly
Body of Evidence
This fun activity challenges students to unravel the case of a missing person.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/body-of-evidence
Path to Stem: Explore Engineering and Electronics
Activities for the TI-Innovator™ Hub with the TI LaunchPad™ Board that explore STEM concepts and develop engineering skills by designing and coding electronics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/path-to-stem_engineering
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...26 ... There’s more pi where that came from We have plenty of Pi Day activities using your TI graphing calculator. Here are two of our favorites: Comparing Pi and Roots In this middle school math activity, students explore how the Pythagorean (or, should it be “pi-thagorean”?) Theorem and the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/happypiday
5 Fresh Spring Ideas for Your Classroom | Texas Instruments
... We’ve rounded up a fun collection of creative teacher resources you can use in your classroom right away. 1. Brighten up your space Welcome the changing of the seasons with a new door or bulletin board design. It’s one of the simpler ways to make your classroom stand out from the r...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/fresh-spring-ideas-for-classrooms
Helping Students Save for Retirement | Texas Instruments
...ible about their retirement savings. Meet Harold Peters. He started investing in the late 1950s and early ’60s, but at that time there were large commissions and fees … sometimes as much as 8% per trade! So, he started to study retirement systems and over many years he recognized that fees ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/retirement-planning-program