Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...of the brain impacted by the zombie virus. If you want to keep the zombie fun going for a full week of Halloween-themed lessons, download the sequel activity (available for TI-Nspire™ CX technology). Students will dive deeper into science concepts by exploring chemistry and life sciences pr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...eived dozens of entries, ranging from ways to make the ISS cleaner and safer for the astronauts, to making processes more efficient, to improving the quality of life aboard the station. The innovation and ingenuity the teams demonstrated was outstanding. Our judges had the difficult task of picki...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...ips, here is a screenshot from the video “How to Graph y = mx +b” that has students discover the relationship between the slope, y-intercept and the equation of a line and how to graph the line. Students should recognize that the y-intercept is always the constant being added (or subtrac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
StatisticsOfficeHours
This school year, Texas Instruments (TI) has teamed up with author and master teacher, Daren Starnes, to provide live AP® Statistics sessions via YouTube geared toward teachers and students alike. These sessions will contain content, data and questions that are directly related to the Big Id...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/statisticsofficehours
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...t, expressing empathy and connecting on a human level is more important than ever for educators and the students and families they work with — a prerequisite for any semblance of learning in this unusual time. Don’t be afraid to take the time for relationships, even if you feel that you might be ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
...-Nspire™ CX II CAS graphing calculator, along with a trip to Boston to visit MIT. “It’s all been kind of a blur. One minute I was making copies for a quiz and the next I’m going to Boston on a trip to MIT. So that’s a huge surprise and really great,” said Meyer. He has been teaching mathematics a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
...mpact of a global pandemic on students’ mathematical understandings, opportunities to learn and social-emotional well-being. The situation creates unique challenges as we begin the 2021–22 school year, but by shifting our perspectives, we can view each of these challenges as an opportunity for po...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
...ir calculators incorrectly and usually have no idea why their answer is wrong. Inevitably, they end up raising their hands during tests with profound questions. The answer the calculator gave them isn’t an answer choice. So much for being the secret weapon! The reality is that many students lack ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
...culator and start following the activities themselves. Our website has an easy-to-follow path that coaches the girls through each of the five badge requirements. Troop workshops. Troop leaders can borrow TI graphing calculators from TI, or have the girls bring their calculators from home, an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
Five Ways Math Teachers are Superheroes
...love when they understand – and that you make the effort to help them get it! #2– Math teachers make math fun! Math teachers know how to ÷ and conquer their math class to make it the life of the party! #3 – Math Teachers get to know their students. Math teachers relate to their students a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/mathteacherschangetheworld
To STEM and Beyond!
...nnovator™ Hub. I was hooked! Seeing all the engaging ways that were currently available for my students to learn coding and STEM projects using this equipment, I had to get my hands on some. I wrote several grants and acquired TI-Innovator™ Hubs, I/O kits and TI-Innovator™ Breadboard Packs. I s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...um Software. We would go through the simulation as a class and discuss. I would also take screenshots of graphs and images and upload them along with questions into a quiz in our learning management system or Google Forms to check for understanding. Hybrid setup to demonstrate activity for s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...jeopardized her chance to use her gift for mathematics, especially in classes like AP Statistics, where graphs and other visual representations are required. In the past, this has been the end for students, like Lillie. She and others simply had to stop learning mathematics because no graphing ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...rally interested in – and force students to explore the math behind them. John, who is currently pursuing his PhD in math at MIT, created each of the questions himself and wants to see students exercise their brains as they kick-off a new school year. John’s first problem looks for mathematics in...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...t know everything there is to know about finances. However, I am a strong believer in educating myself. Start by taking this short financial literacy quiz to assess your own financial knowledge. The first step to understanding your own finances is to do a financial asset inventory. A simple way t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...pplication on the TI-Nspire™ CX II handheld that will collect and analyze data. One of my favorite activities is where students use three different liquids — water, acetone and alcohol — and the temperature sensor to determine the strength of the intermolecular forces of attraction between the mo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
The Heartbeat of STEM
...to provide support. Challenge 2 brings in modeling of the flow of blood through the heart by writing a program to blink four LED lights in a sequence to show the flow of blood through the heart starting with the right atrium and ending with the left ventricle. Students add in sounds after ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
...ery likely? Somewhat likely? Somewhat unlikely? Very unlikely? Will not happen? For the Monty Hall problem, it is what you think is the answer to the question. Notice I am not asking for a number or a probability or a percentage. Just a degree of likeliness. For the Monty Hall problem, it is a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...don’t know how to do the problem, they can sometimes solve the problem by estimating a distance or an angle. Also, students can use this knowledge to quickly check if their answer makes sense. While the mathematicians in us might cringe at this notion, students love this strategy and can save tim...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
... Families of Functions features a full library of learning modules for each function family, first starting with linear relations then ranging from quadratics to exponentials and more. From linear relations to quadratics, exponentials and more, each module includes videos that provide a step-by...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...t both these camps and how other educators could conduct similar camps with their students. Bishop shared some of her experiences with us in an email Q&A.* ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
You’ve been using TI graphing calculators in your teaching, and now it’s time for testing. Whether you are giving a short quiz, a chapter test or end-of-term exam, here are some tips for how to use TI calculators successfully on class assessments. Determine the Objectives The TI-84 Plus famil...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...ught it would be interesting and fun to put our discussions out into the world in the form of a podcast, providing anytime, anywhere access to ideas, questions and considerations for growing as a math educator. We keep each episode to about 30-minutes long, knowing that educators’ time is preciou...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
In the U.S., Independence Day is soon upon us (for the rest of the world it’s the fourth of July). The national holiday celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Americans honor the day with family and friends, cookouts and barbeques, parades and … fireworks. Ea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...usually just a syllable in this case). Each element is a Python tuple such as (“f4”,0.125,“the”) which represents the note “F” in the 4th octave as a quarter note (0.25) for the word “the.” The program also uses a Ball Class (see my previous post about Python classes) to represent the snowflak...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists