Which Dog Is Roundest? | Texas Instruments
Who doesn’t love dogs? In fact, did you know there is a day devoted to celebrating “man’s best friend”? International Dog Day! Every year, on Aug. 26, International Dog day is observed to raise awareness about dog adoption and the importance of providing rescue dogs with a safe and loving enviro...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/dog-day-which-dog-is-roundest
Plan To Attend 2023 Virtual T3IC | Texas Instruments
...ning” The conference begins with our keynote, Paul Gray, Ed.D., President of NCSM. With over 27 years of experience in public education, Gray has taught math, science and mathematics teaching methods. He serves on the boards of directors for several professional organizations, and he has auth...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/plan-to-attend-2023-virtual-t3ic
Summer Reading List for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
... powerful collection of thought-provoking books. Perfect for red hot summer reading! “Rise of the Rocket Girls” by Nathalia Holt Start off with a bang with this true story about the women “human computers” at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1940s and ’50s. Follow the s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
Fall-Tastic Ideas for Your Classroom | Texas Instruments
When the leaves start turning hues of red and gold, it’s that time of the year for pumpkin spice lattes, harvest-themed decor and fun activities that transform your classroom into an autumn oasis. We’ve rounded up a collection of fall-inspired teaching and decoration ideas to help infuse you...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/falltastic-ideas-enhance-classroom
Collecting Data With Sensors and TI Tech | Texas Instruments
What do science students get when teachers connect Vernier Go Direct® sensors with TI’s Python-capable graphing calculators? An easy-to-use, portable and wireless data collection system that gets them more engaged in their learning! This combination of learning tools provides fantastic oppor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/match-made-in-stem
6 Resources to Jump-Start the School Year | Texas Instruments
...of the year transition with many resources to get you and your students up to speed, no matter what calculator they are using or what course they are taking. Let’s take a look at six sensational TI resources to help you jump-start the new school year. Did you know we have calcu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/tiresources
A New School Year, A New You(Tube) | Texas Instruments
Just in time for the new school year, the TI YouTube channel is taking on a new look with great new content for teachers and students. It’s the perfect place for all types of math fans looking to expand their brainpower and dive into learning. Welcome to the new @TICalculators You...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/new-school-year-new-youtube
Calculators and Order of Operations | Texas Instruments
... myself in a bustling saloon in the Wild West sipping liquid courage, when a troublemaker writes 6/2(2+1)=1 on a bar napkin and throws it down on the table like a gauntlet. I hear myself say, “Them’s fightin’ words!” and, nerd that I am, pull my graphing calculator out of my belt loop, shouting, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/calculators-and-order-of-operations
Women Who Code: A TI Intern’s STEM Journey | Texas Instruments
...rd grader, Shahollari moved from Albania to the U.S. with her parents and younger brother after her family won a visa lottery. While her parents had stable jobs in that developing country, the lack of opportunities for their children was the deciding factor to move. Shahollari said it was a “a bi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/women-who-code-ti-intern-stem-journey
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2022 | Texas Instruments
Are you looking for fun, new ways to engage your students using TI technology? Is professional learning one of your 2023 goals? We can help you get started with a list of the top 10 T³™ Webinars from 2022. These sessions are led by classroom teachers and are each an hour long. You can watch r...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/2022-webinars-top-10
3 Coding Activities for July Fourth Fun | Texas Instruments
...hemed activities you can try using Python programing on the TI‑Nspire™ CX II and the TI‑84 Plus CE Python graphing calculators. Create star explosions in the sky! This is a fun, experimental activity that lets you create stars in randomly generated colors. The final effect is an ex...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/3-coding-activities-for-july-4-fun
Assessing Student Thinking | Texas Instruments
...?” This continues until all the answers have been given. Because the students are giving the right answers, the teacher assumes all students understand — even those giving the correct answers. What if we look underneath the correct answer? Is the student’s thinking correct? Is he using an appr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/assessing-student-thinking
Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?
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Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
Preparing students for AP® science exams is a year-long process, but as we get closer to May, students will benefit from resources to help them review and refresh. One important update from the College Board® is that all AP® science exams now approve the use of most TI graphing calculators, whi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/scienceapexams
How To Avoid 5 Common Grant Writing Mistakes | Texas Instruments
Grant writing can be a daunting task to undertake, especially for the uninitiated and even more so for educators whose plates are already full. But think of grant proposals as really nothing more than fancier lesson plans or unit plans where the activities and milestones are all mapped out. Ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-common-grant-writing-mistakes
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
... When students engage in engineering design activities within their content area classes, their ideas can be limitless. Using real-world environmental issues is an easy way to get students engaged and thinking critically about problems that may be affecting their own communities. A task as sim...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
Get Students Excited About Linear Equations | Texas Instruments
Brad Posnanski is a T³™ National Instructor and teaches algebra I, precalculus and computer science at Comsewogue High School in Port Jefferson Station, New York. He loves to create and do hands-on projects with his students. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/get-students-excited-about-linear-equations
BA II Plus™ Professional Financial Calculator | Texas Instruments
All the functionality of the best selling BA II PLUS™ with additional features and sleek design. Designed for students and business professionals. The BA II Plus financial calculator is easy-to-use and delivers powerful computation functions and memory. BA II PLUS™ PROFESSIONAL Financial Calcu...https://education.ti.com/en/products/calculators/financial/baii-plus-professional
Match Me!
In this activity, students move in a specific way in front of the motion detector to create motion plots that match a given Distance versus Time plot. They make connections between types of movements and characteristics of Distance-Time graphs. They learn to change the shape of the plot by adjust...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/match-me
Match the Graph-84
Students walk in front of a calculator-based ranger CBR™ 2 and try to match a distance-time graph. They examine the rate of change, and analyze and interpret the graph of a function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/match-the-graph
Slippery Slope
In this activity, students will create Distance versus Time plots and calculate the slopes of the plots. They explore the mathematical concept of slopes and understand how slopes can be used to interpret how one physical quantity changes with respect to another.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slippery-slope
Beverage Tests
Students determine the pH of liquid samples. They get familiar with the pH scale, create graphs comparing pH levels, and compare data displayed as a scatter plot, a boxplot, a histogram, and a bar graph.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/beverage-tests
Under Pressure: The Inverse Relationship between Pressure and Volume
In this activity, students' will use a pressure sensor to investigate the relationship between pressure and volume for an enclosed air sample, and fit an inverse function model to the pressure versus volume data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/under-pressure-the-inverse-relationship-between-pressure-and-volume
Forensics Case 2 - Bouncing Back: Using ground-penetrating radar to locate buried objects
In this activity, students gather data to explore the use of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to find buried materials. They use a range finder to detect the presence of an object and to distinguish between different-shaped objects. They find the buried car and help solve a case.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-2--bouncing-back-using-groundpenetrating-radar-to-locate-buried-objects
Forensics Case 7 - Drug Tests: Identifying an unknown chemical
In this activity, students distinguish between physical and chemical properties. They also understand the differences between qualitative and quantitative observations. They use quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify an unknown powder.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-7--drug-tests-identifying-an-unknown-chemical