Sequence of Bounces Activity - Modeling Motion
This activity serves as a follow-up to Activity 12 in the Explorations book, Modeling Motion: High School Math Activities with the CBR by Linda Antinone, Sam Gough, and Jill Gough (Texas Instruments Incorporated, 1997).https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sequence-of-bounces-activity--modeling-motion
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Assassin" - Experimenting with Paper Airplanes
In the episode "Assassin," Charlie and Larry discuss a paper airplane contest and some factors that affect the flight of a paper airplane. Because it is much simpler, a paper airplane can be easily modified and then tested to see how those changes affect its flight.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--assassin--experimenting-with-paper-airplanes
Scientific Notation
This StudyCards™ set demonstrates need for scientific notation, using real-world examples. Includes guided activity promoting proper form. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, ch. 1-4.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/scientific-notation
Concurrency & the Circumcenter
In this activity, students will explore the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle. Students will discover that the perpendicular bisectors are concurrent and that the point of concurrency is the circumcenter. Students should discover the relationship between the type of triangle and ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/concurrency--the-circumcenter_1
Rational Expression Multiplication
This StudyCards™ set uses guided discovery concepts to develop ideas for functions operations, building from rational expression multiplication and division algorithms. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, ch. 7.3.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/rational-expression-multiplication
Decimal Defender App
This App helps students practice multiplication and division with decimals in a fun environment. Students use this App to learn standard multiplication and division algorithms as well as understand topics such as scientific notation, the metric system, and more.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/decimal-defender-app
Midpoint Formula Discovery
Step by step instructions are given for the students to draw a segment, find the midpoint, and label the coordinates of the two endpoints and the midpoint. The students then record the data in a table for various segments. Based on the table students will discover how to find the midpoint of a se...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/midpoint-formula-discovery
Modeling Exponential Decay with a Look at Asymptotes - Activity 7
Students use sample data to approximate models with the Transformation Graphing Application. They are introduced to the idea of discrete data sets being used with continuous function models. They also identify non-zero asymptote form of an exponential function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-exponential-decay-with-a-look-at-asymptotes--activity-7
Matrix Transformation of Triangles
The symmetry of a trangle on the coordinate plane is discovered through the 2X2 matrix transformations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/matrix-transformation-of-triangles
Maximizing the Area of a Rectangle
This activity is adapted from one of the TI books. Students measure lengths and widths of rectangles and record for the class to see. Each group's rectangle has the same perimeter, but different areas. After a discussion, students make predictions, a scatterplot, and quadratic regression. An exte...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/maximizing-the-area-of-a-rectangle
Pass the Ball
Students use mathematics to examine patterns that occur in a specific scenario and predict future events for the scenario. Data is collected on the time it takes to pass a ball. The students plot graphs, fit the data with a function rule, analyze proportional relationships, and make predictions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pass-the-ball
Perimeter Pattern
Students will explore a perimeter pattern created using hexagon and triangle pattern block pieces. They will continue the given pattern and use the values obtained to complete a table of values. They will enter the data into the calculator, create a scatter plot and determine the viewing window...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/perimeter-pattern
Isosceles Triangles
Questions on the basic characteristics of an isosceles trianglehttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/isosceles-triangles
Walk This Walk
In this activity, students use a motion detector to create Distance versus Time graphs. They experiment with various Distance-Time graphs and write mathematical descriptions of motion with constant velocity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/walk-this-walk
Linear Equations Given Two Points
Given two points, the students will submit linear equations that pass through the points, using the TI-Navigator™ system. The teacher can evaluate student answers as they are submitted. The Activity can be paused at any point for the teacher to discuss the various equations that are submitted.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equations-given-two-points
Inverses of Functions
Students explore three ways to find the inverse of a function. First, students graph two scatter plots and find the line of reflection. Then, they will graph a line and use the x- and y-intercepts to create the graph of the inverse.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inverses-of-functions_1
In Search of Toronto's Length of Daylight Hours Equation
Students will construct a scatterplot in TI-Navigator™ and through teacher guidance will find the parameters for y = Asin(B(x-C))+D.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/in-search-of-torontos-length-of-daylight-hours-equation
Graphing Calculator Scavenger Hunt
Students will use the TI-84+ graphing calculator to complete this Scavenger Hunt.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphing-calculator-scavenger-hunt
What's in a Name? Explorations in the Coordinate Plane from Manipulative to Graphing Calculator
Students will plot points in a coordinate plane and reflect those points across the axes using a MIRA and then using the graphing calculator STAT, STAT PLOT, and GRAPH menus graph the image on the graphing calculator screen.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-in-a-name--explorations-in-the-coordinate-plane-from-manipulative-to-graphing-calculator
Where Should They Hold the Fundraising Party?
Students learn how to create a table of values for a simple linear function and use the table to create a graph on squared paper. They use the graphing calculator to display the ordered pairs and find values of corresponding to values of the other variable by scrollinghttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/where-should-they-hold-the-fundraising-party
Proof of Identity
Students use graphs to verify the reciprocal identities. They then use the calculator's manual graph manipulation feature to discover the negative angle, cofunction, and Pythagorean trigonometric identities.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/proof-of-identity
How Many Drivers? Investigate the Slope-Intercept Form of a Line
In this activity, students will be introduced to the slope-intercept form of a linear equation. They will recognize the effects of changes in the slope and y-intercept on the graph of a line. Students will use the Transformation Graphing application to find an approximate linear model of the actu...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-many-drivers-investigate-the-slopeintercept-form-of-a-line
Successive Differences
Students explore the relationships between the side length and perimeter of a square and the edge length and surface area of a cube by manipulating geometric models. They use the models to generate a dataset, calculate successive differences, and use them to determine which type of function best ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/successive-differences
Supertall Skyscrapers
Students measure scale drawings of famous "supertall" skyscrapers and solve more proportions to find the heights of other skyscrapers drawn with the same scale.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/supertall-skyscrapers_1
Properties of Logarithms
Students use a combination of algebra and graphing to discover the properties of logarithms.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-logarithms_1