Parallel Lines Cut By A Transversal
In this activity, students learn and increase their knowledge about the angles formed when parallel lines are cut by a transversal. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristics and properties of 2- and 3-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric re...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parallel-lines-cut-by-a-transversal_1
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Traffic" - What is Random
In "Traffic", Charlie lectures about randomness, explaining that 'our brains misperceive evenness as random and wrongly assume that groupings are deliberate'. In mathematics, we expect to see some clustering, or an occasional appearance of a pattern, when examining truly random events. In this ac...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--traffic--what-is-random
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "The Art of Reckoning" - Spies Like Us
In "The Art of Reckoning," Charlie discusses the security of a prison. "It's a hyper-secure system, but prisoners have nothing to do except think about how to crack it. Like two opposing armies." Charlie explains that analyzing such a situation involves determining the 'probabilities of penetrati...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--the-art-of-reckoning--spies-like-us
Follow the Golden Rule - TI-83
Students find ratios and calculate measures of central tendency for sets of data. They understand the concept of the Golden Ratio. They use box-and-whisker plots to analyze data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/follow-the-golden-rule--ti83
Properties of Reflections
I use this activity in the beginning of the school year when introducing terminology such as angles, lines, segments, measures, perpendicular etc. The original material is from the SIMMS Integrated Mathematics Using Technology, I have adapted the activities to fit my objectives. Students have be...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-reflections
Points on the Perpendicular Bisector of a Segment
In this activity, students use the drawing and measurement tools of Cabri™ Jr., to learn and understand the concept of "equidistant from the endpoints of a segment." They observe the changes if they move a point on the perpendicular bisector. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristic...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/points-on-the-perpendicular-bisector-of-a-segment
Heads Up! (continued)
In this activity, students explore how to write and enter a calculator program that will simulate coin tossing for a given number of times and count the number of heads and tails. They analyze the program and modify it.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/heads-up-continued
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Longshot" - Not So Great Expectations
In "Longshot," Charlie explains that the racetrack uses a pari-mutual betting system - the odds of winning vary with the amount bet on each horse. This system not only calculates proportional payoffs for the bettors, but also guarantees a profit for the racetrack owners by removing a percentage o...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--longshot--not-so-great-expectations
Altitude, Median, and Angle Bisector of a Triangle
In this activity, you will construct special segments of a triangle named altitudes, medians, and angle bisectors, using their definitions. You will look at how an altitude, a median, and an angle bisector divide the area of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/altitude-median-and-angle-bisector-of-a-triangle
Permutations and Combinations
This is a quick Navigator lesson that I have used for a homework check at the beginning of class.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/permutations-and-combinations
Angles and Transversals
Students explore the relationships of angles formed when two parallel or non-parallel lines are cut by a transversal. This activity investigates the terms: Transversal, corresponding angles, alternate interior angles, alternate exterior angles, same-side interior angles, and same-side exterior an...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angles-and-transversals
Triangle Proportionality
In this activity, students will study the concept of triangle proportionality.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangle-proportionality
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Hardball" - Less it More
In "Hardball", an amateur mathematician named Oswald Kettner creates a mathematical process that uses baseball statistics to identify players who are abusing steroids. The FBI, with Charlie's assistance, is called in to protect Oswald from being a murder target for his findings. In this activity,...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--hardball--less-it-more
Transforming "F" on the coordinate plane
Students move their cursor in activity center to occupy a unique point on a background letter "F" in quadrant 1. Students then together follow a rule for going to a different point (such as "use the opposite of the original x coordinate") and sketch the resulting transformation on their worksheet...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transforming-f-on-the-coordinate-plane
Translations in the Plane
In this activity, students will perform a translation, and explore the properties of translations. In the second part of this activity, they will extend the concept of translations to the coordinate plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/translations-in-the-plane
Triangle Congruence with Activity Center
When the activity is started in Navigator, students receive a diagram on their calculators with 6 regions representing the possible answers to a triangle congruence problem. The teacher displays a pair of triangles on the overhead projector or whiteboard and students move their cursor to the regi...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangle-congruence-with-activity-center
Rotations in the Plane
In this activity, students will explore the properties of rotations and the relationships between the original and image figures.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/rotations-in-the-plane
Rotations in the Plane - Cabri Jr: Interactive
In this activity, you will explore the invariant properties of rotations and the results of rotations in the coordinate plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/rotations-in-the-plane--cabri-jr-interactive
Nevada's Population
Students examine patterns and use these patterns to try to predict different aspects of an event. They study the statistical patterns for the population of the state of Nevada over a period of hundred years, and predict the population in the year 2010. Students learn to graph scatter plots, graph...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nevadas-population
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Assassin" - The Escape Game
In "Assassin," Charlie is trying to figure out where a killer might strike given that he knows who the victim will be. By analyzing the movements of the would-be victim, Charlie models the decisions that the assassin will make. This is an example of behavioral game theory, where the motives of tw...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--assassin--the-escape-game
Reflecting a Triangle in the Coordinate Plane
In this activity, students use the drawing and measurement tools of Cabri™ Jr. to blend coordinate geometry with drawing tools. They visualize symmetry and reflect a point across the y-axis. NCTM Geometry Standards: Specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/reflecting-a-triangle-in-the-coordinate-plane
Drawing a Line Tangent to a Circle
Students use the drawing and measurement tools of Cabri™ Jr. to draw a line tangent to a circle. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristics and properties of 2- and 3-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/drawing-a-line-tangent-to-a-circle
Reflections in the Plane
Students' will learn how to perform a reflection using the Cabri™ Jr. application, and will explore the properties of reflections. This activity will extend the concepts of reflection to the coordinate plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/reflections-in-the-plane
Special Parallelograms
In this activity, students will study special types of parallelograms like rhombus and rectangle, and investigate properties related to their diagonals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/special-parallelograms_1
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Double Down" - A Bit of Basic Blackjack
In "Double Down," three students are tied up in a money-laundering scheme involving money won in the card game blackjack. In this activity, we discuss a simplified version of blackjack and analyze the probability of winning in various situations. Because cards are drawn from the deck and not re...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--double-down--a-bit-of-basic-blackjack