Light Years Away
Students develop models for a light year and compare numbers written in scientific notation and in standard notation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/light-years-away
Storefront Signs
Students learn to find area and explore the quadratic function. They compare the areas and patterns of squares within a square.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/storefront-signs
Going Out of Business
Students use the Pythagorean theorem to compute the diagonals of rectangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/going-out-of-business
Number Crunching! Number Munching!
Students comprehend the order of operations and apply this understanding to simplify and evaluate expressions. They also learn to represent problems that involve variable quantities with expressions and use the calculator as a tool to solve problems.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/number-crunching-number-munching
Magic Nines
Students compute multiples of 9, 99, 999, and so forth, search for patterns in the products, and write generalizations of those patterns.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/magic-nines
What's So Special about 11?
Students will compute multiples of numbers in search of patterns. As a class, they'll discover patterns in multiples of 9; then they'll do the same with patterns in multiples of 11. They will then practice writing the rule for 11, both verbally and algebraically, to summarize the discovered pattern.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-so-special-about-11_1
What's Your Mileage?
Students use linear equations to model and solve real-world problems. Students also see the correlation between the graph of an equation and its calculated slope by plotting graphs by hand and then calculating slopes with the calculator and comparing.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-your-mileage
The Best Cell Phone Plan
Students will compare two cell phone plans and determine which plan is better for a specific situation. They will utilize both tables and graphs to make their decisions. Students need prior experience writing linear models for this activity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-best-cell-phone-plan
What Makes a Food Nutritional?
Students will analyze select nutritional values of specific food products and then compare those values to the recommended daily allowances published by the U.S.D.A. They will calculate percentages and fractions based upon the information they find.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/what-makes-a-food-nutritional
Circle Around
Students compute the circumference and area of circles. They understand that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter is a value (3.14) called pi.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circle-around
Will Girls and Boys Be Equal?
Students explore concepts in probability and statistics. In this activity, they model a situation to find experimental probability and construct a box-and-whisker plot. They compare the experimental and theoretical probabilities for the situation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/will-girls-and-boys-be-equal
Let’s Count the Ways
Students will be introduced to the different ways to calculate numbers of outcomes, including using the counting principle. They will also evaluate expressions using permutations of data without repeat elements, both manually and on the TI-30XS MultiView™ calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/lets-count-the-ways
How Hot Is It?
Students who are familiar with the two most common standards of measuring temperature learn how to reliably convert from degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit. Students also see how order of operations is crucial in an equation, through discussion and data entry on the calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-hot-is-it
EE*Pro® for the TI-89 Titanium
Choose from more than 700 equations and data commonly needed by electrical engineering professionals.EE*Pro, by da Vinci Technologies Group, Inc., is an all-inclusive App for electrical engineering students, which helps them study concepts for EE coursework. Choose from more than 700 equations and data commonly needed by electrical engineering professionals. Organized into the following conve...https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/B89A02AE62DC40D7870EE9B6370A1865/89eepro
ME*Pro® App TI-89 Titanium
ME*Pro®, by da Vinci Technologies Group, Inc., is an all-inclusive App for mechanical engineering students, which helps them study concepts for ME coursework on their calculator.ME*Pro®, by da Vinci Technologies Group, Inc., is an all-inclusive App for mechanical engineering students, which helps them study concepts for ME coursework on their calculator. Choose from more than 700 equations and data commonly needed by mechanical engineering professionals. Organized i...https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/B393BC134B2541D1B51DD7C21C549928/89mepro
CellSheet™ App for the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus Families
Your calculator can become a more versatile tool to use in a variety of classes with the addition of spreadsheet capabilities!... provides the ability to convert spreadsheet files from one format to another. Supported file formats are the CellSheet App, Microsoft® Excel, AppleWorks®, and tab-delimited text. Download now (Windows®, Macintosh®) The CellSheet App is available for the TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Editio...https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/139B977E62CB4BA282476B7AC9346408/83cellsheet
Topics in Algebra 1 (Chapters 1- 5) App for TI- 83 Plus & TI-84 Plus Families
The power of an Algebra 1 tutorial on your calculator....view how to solve linear systems using the algebraic methods of substitution and elimination In addition, students can download and use the worksheets below to view a step-by-step visual representation of critical concepts, then complete activities to reinforce each concept. The Top...https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/287DD37C5F4C4D5FAF68FB61E2241E22/83topicsinalgebra
TI-Nspire™ CAS App for iPad®
...the TI-Nspire™ CAS App for iPad makes you eligible for a FREE 365-day license for TI-Nspire™ Teacher Software (approximate retail value, $50.00) that complements your app.† The apps integrate seamlessly with the software and other TI-Nspire techn...https://education.ti.com/en/products/ipad-apps/ti-nspire-cas-app-for-ipad
Shark Attack
In this activity, students will use sliders to separate what effect each change in the Point-Slope equation has on the graph. Then they will calculate the slope and write their own Point-Slope form of an equation using two data points and use the Graph Trace to make predictions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/shark-attack_1
2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
Enter the 2025 TI Codes Contest! Design, code and build innovative solutions with the theme motion or movement. Put your skills to the test and compete for great prizes. 2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest
Ratios of Similar Triangles
Students explore two ways of comparing side lengths of similar triangles. They will calculate ratios and change the triangles to see how the ratio changes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ratios-of-similar-triangles
Absolutely!
Students first solve linear absolute value equations in a single variable using the definition of absolute value to write and solve two equations. They then explore the handheld's functionalities for solving and checking such equations. Students view graphs of absolute value inequalities, compare...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/absolutely
Exploring Geometric Sequences
Students graphically analyze geometric series using graphs and consider the effect of the value for the common ratio and first term using sliders.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-geometric-sequences
Evaluating Logarithms
In problem 1, students explore the logarithm (base 10) function and compare the functions y = 10x and y = log 10x first through a table of values, then through a graph. In problem 2, students explore logarithms with other bases via tables, graphs, the calculator application and the change of base...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/evaluating-logarithms
Investigating the Derivatives of Some Common Functions
In this activity, students will investigate the derivatives of sine, cosine, natural log, and natural exponential functions by examining the symmetric difference quotient at many points. They develop the idea of the derivative as a function. They gather evidence toward some common derivative for...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-the-derivatives-of-some-common-functions