Application of Polynomials
Students use the volume formula to find cubic polynomials in order to determine the dimensions of four different-size boxes used for packaging trash bags.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/application-of-polynomials
Application of Linear Systems
Students will solve a real-world problem about parking cars and buses using a system of linear inequalities.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/application-of-linear-systems
Watch Your P' and Q's
Students use the Rational Zero Theorem to find all rational zeros of a polynomial.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/watch-your-p-and-qs
Advanced Algebra Nomograph
This activity is similar to a function machine. The nomograph is comprised of two vertical number lines, input on the left and output on the right. The transformation of input to output is illustrated dynamically by an arrow that connects a domain entry to its range value. Students try to find th...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/advanced-algebra-nomograph
Radical Functions
Students use a nomograph to investigate functions defined by square roots. Nomographs consist of two or more parallel axes, one for inputs and another for outputs. Input, output pairs that belong to the function are graphed as corresponding points on the axes connected by a ray drawn from the inp...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/radical-functions_1
Expanding Binomials
In this activity, students will explore the link between Pascal's Triangle and the expansion of binomials in the development of the Binomial Theorem.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/expanding-binomials_1
Equations of Parabolas
Students draw and measure lines and segments to discover properties of parabolas, specifically that the distance from any point on the parabola is equidistant to the focus and the directrix. They work with parabolas whose vertex is on the origin as well as off the origin and they also with parabo...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/equations-of-parabolas
Extraneous Solutions
Students will solve quadratic equations step by step graphically. They will discover that some of the equations have an extraneous solution and they will investigate at which step in solving the equation that these extra solutions appear.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/extraneous-solutions
Day at the Beach
In this lesson, students will explore temperature differences in two sets of sand, one dry and one wet.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/day-at-the-beach
Trigonometry Made Easy - Trial Edition
In Trigonometry Made Easy - Trial Edition, students will use TI-Nspire™ technology to explore common trig problems utilizing step-by-step processes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/trigonometry-made-easy-@-trial-edition
Roots of Radical Equations
In this activity, students will solve radical equations graphically. Several square and cubic root equations are given for students to graph and find intersections with the x-axis. Students will also use the distance formula to solve an extension problem.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/roots-of-radical-equations
Polar Necessities
Students will graphically and algebraically find the slope of the tangent line at a point on a polar graph. Finding the area of a region of a polar curve will be determined using the area formula.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polar-necessities
Local Linearity
Students explore zooming in on various functions including piecewise functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/local-linearity
SAT Math Made Easy - Trial
In SAT Math Made Easy - Trial Edition, students will use TI-Nspire™ technology to explore common SAT math problems utilizing step-by-step processes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sat-math-made-easy-@-trial
Beer's Law Data Collection Lab
In this lesson, students will use a Colorimeter to discover the relationship between absorbance and concentration of a solution to ultimately determine an unknown solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/beers-law-data-collection-lab
Pangaea Continent Puzzle
In this lesson, students will move the continents from their present day locations on the earth’s surface to their location in the supercontinent Pangaea.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pangaea-continent-puzzle
Plane Mirrors
In this lesson, students will investigate the relationship between an object and its image in a plane mirror. Understanding how plane mirrors work provides a useful scaffold for understanding more complex situations, such as those involving concave and convex mirrors.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/plane-mirrors
Circuits and Ohm's Law
In this lesson, students will explore circuits through a simulation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circuits-and-ohms-law
Rolling a Ball on an Inclined Plane
Students collect distance and time data for a ball rolling up and down an incline.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/rolling-a-ball-on-an-inclined-plane
Concave Mirrors
In this lesson, students will explore the reflection of a movable object in a concave mirror.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/concave-mirrors
3-Way Tug o' War
In this lesson, students will use a simulation to explore a 3-way tug o' war where students supply a third equilibrant force to balance two other forces.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/3way-tug-o-war
Coulomb's Law
Students explore the relationship between force, charge, and distance for two charged particles, i.e., Coulomb's law.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/coulombs-law_1
Free Body Diagrams
In this lesson, students will explore the relationships of the different forces on an object such as weight, normal force, parallel force, and friction.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/free-body-diagrams
Impulse-Momentum Theorem
Students explore the relationships between momentum, force, and impulse for the linear collision of a ball with an unmovable wall.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/impulsemomentum-theorem
Takeoff of an Airplane
Students investigate the acceleration data for a taxiing Boeing 737 to calculate the velocity of the plane as it taxies down the runway.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/takeoff-of-an-airplane