Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...s to perform several microscaled titrations and determine the acid concentration in each cleaner. I have students use a given volume of cleaner (10 drops using a standard plastic pipette), a few drops of phenolphthalein indicator and 3 mL of water (to add some volume to the solution, as toilet bo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...ter science students?” Menus? Yes! First, keywords can be menu driven or directly typed. The menus can help when introducing and reinforcing new topics. Students don’t have to remember the exact syntax; they only need to recognize which one to select. It also avoids keyword typos. Notice, the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
Thanks for stopping by the TI booth or joining a session at #NCTMregionals Hartford. We loved meeting all of you! You can check out some of the resources we shared, and download the materials from your favorite exhibitor workshop below. Texas Instruments Staff at the NCTM Hartford Booth TI Exh...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
Innovation in Biology
...d their model using only single-use plastics that they collected over several weeks. A 60-second public service announcement (PSA) would also be developed during the two-week long project. Students developed a full understanding of the problem by participating in a campus-wide cleanup and by...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Learning With Your Students
...coding into my biology classroom. I have never taken a coding class, and the only experience I had with coding was sitting in a few professional development workshops with the TI-Innovator™ Hub at previous T3™ International Conferences. I was hooked with the Smart Water system. In this STEM proje...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
Connor Johnson is the first person at Pope John Paul II High School in Lacey, Washington, to enter into precalculus as a freshman. Where does he get the confidence to pursue an advanced course at such a young age? From his mother, of course, who also happens to be his math teacher. Connor and hi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
There probably aren’t too many people on the planet that haven’t heard of COVID-19. The viral contagion that caused a global pandemic has taught us a lot about the science and math behind viral transmission, exponential growth, and herd immunity. Unlike epidemics/pandemics in the past, COVID-1...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
How Else Can We Show This?
What I love about using calculator technology in my teaching is the “Power of Visualization” and the opportunity to examine math through different lenses. The multiple representations available on Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators — numeric, algebraic, graphical, geometric, statistica...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
Creative Assessments I teach at St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee. A few years ago, our excellent junior English teacher, Ms. Goodman, started having the juniors do four-minute, TED-style talks instead of taking a final exam. Our awesome chemistry teacher, Ms. Dunlap, started a C...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
Chemical equilibrium is one of the most difficult concepts for students to understand, and it’s even more difficult to find a model that will work every time. Like the late-night infomercials say, “I’ve tried everything.” I’ve used the popular method of moving water from one beaker to another ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
...ue Love Gave to Me At the end of the 12th day of Christmas, how many total gifts did the betrothed receive? Think hard; it’s not what it seems. We hope these holiday-themed activities help you inject a little merry mathematics into your lesson plans from now until the break. Happy holidays! ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
...fat-footer.container { /* max-width: 900px;*/ } @media (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 480px) { .solo-hero.columns.fullimage.copy-halign-left .column.content-container { display: none; } } .fat-footer { max-width: 960px; } Gear up...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2025/p0-save-the-date
BestofChemistry
...for every chemistry student! Screenshots from the Periodic Table activity. 2. Atomic Structure and Periodic Table: Periodicity of Properties This lesson is great for introducing the concepts of periodicity and the periodic table. The lesson provides some history about the devel...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
...rs, Texas Instruments (TI) has helped to close the gap. Most schools in the country have TI graphing calculators with coding capability. TI also developed the popular TI Codes program which includes 10 Minutes of Code with TI-Innovator™ Hub, a free online training resource for non-coders, where s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
...e color before Y1, and select RED. To fill out your heart, press STAT, then select 1:Edit. In L1 and L2, enter points that you think will create the top shape of a heart. Then, press the 2nd key and y=, followed by enter twice to turn on Plot1. Then, press graph, and you should see a heart. You m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...Temperature sensors and do a single run of data instead. Then, from the collected data, students apply mathematical linear modeling skills and the slope intercept formula to derive the formulas for converting between the two temperature scales. It is such a profound way to engage students in tem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Writing Style Gulde
... In general, avoid unnecessary capitalization. Do not capitalize the individual words in the spelled-out version of an acronym unless the words are proper nouns or part of an organization’s name: Workshop Loan Program (WOLOP) Capitalization: job titles Capitalize formal job titles before ...https://education.ti.com/en/branding/writing-style-guide
Solution 11348: MathWorlds Application Packages Curriculum Content.
... Home | Data Collection Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search What topics are covered in the MathWorlds Application packages? MathWorlds enables students to learn through exploration of animated worlds and dynamic ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/data-collection-accessories/general-information/11348
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
John Honeycutt, the only science teacher at Keota High School in rural Oklahoma started the semester determined to develop his students’ leadership skills. He assigned the junior class a special project where they would work in pairs on a “proof of concept” that they would later demonstrate to t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Robotics for the 21st Century | Texas Instruments
...mpetitions. Through this work, I am often in awe of educators’ ingenuity and creativity in the ways in which they use robots in their classrooms. My hope with this blog is to share how robots can increase understanding and engagement in your classroom. If you have questions or comments, feel free...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/roboticsweek2022
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
...rful way to reuse common code These custom “support” files are easily shared among my many Python programs and can be shared with others. When developing a Python programming project, I find it helpful to divide the project into pieces and tackle them in smaller chunks. Python is designed for t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...“How to Keep a Lizard Warm.” TI has recently updated the original Path to STEM projects to now include Python! Why? Python is one of the most popular coding languages in the world today, and it is now on both the TI-84 Plus CE Python and TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators. It is used in...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
Put a paint stick on the edge of a table with a little less than half the length hanging off the table‘s edge. Now, karate chop it. Did it break? Of course not. It just flew off the table, still intact. Now, do the same set up – this time laying a large piece of newspaper across the part of the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
I’m back! Are you ready to expand your skill set in Python? Remember that Python is both a procedural and an object-oriented programming language (OOP). A class is the definition (description) of an object. An object has attributes (variables) and methods (functions) that determine its propertie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
...ifficult to see. In this post, we have highlighted five of our favorite algebra activities from the collection on the Math Nspired collection. 1. Slope as Rate This lesson is designed to help students think of slope as a rate of change. As a result, students will be prepared to move to applicat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra