Kepler's Harmonic Planetary Law
Students graph planetary data that illustrates relationship between distance and period.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/keplers-harmonic-planetary-law
Science TODAY™ - Hurricane Damage
Students will construct a graph and a regression model which shows the relationship between wind speed and the force of the wind. The students will then analyze the math model that fits the data to make predictions from the model.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/science-today--hurricane-damage
Ohm's Law
In this activity, students will explore the relationship between current and potential difference for several resistors which obey Ohm's Law. They will experimentally measure the resistance of the resistors. Students will then examine the relationship between current and potential difference us...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ohms-law
Absorption and Radiation
Different surfaces absorb and radiate radiation at different rates. In this activity you will analyze the absorption and radiation rates of two surfaces by monitoring the temperature changes of each of them.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/absorption-and-radiation
Groucho's Sign Shop
Students' use force sensors to investigate forces and learn about force as a vector. Similar concept to the common "spring scale" force vector lab, but with a real-world twist.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/grouchos-sign-shop
Heat Transfer by Conduction
The purpose of this activity is to monitor the transfer of heat between 2 materials by measuring the temperature changes in them.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/heat-transfer-by-conduction
Millikan Oil Drop Experiment Simulation
Students run a simulation on the TI-83+ or TI-84+ graphing calculator to perform a variation of the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment. The goal is to adjust the voltage across parallel plates until a droplet is suspended between the plates. The data can ba analyzed to determine the charge on the dro...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/millikan-oil-drop-experiment-simulation
Crime Scene Investigation - Stride Pattern Analysis with CBR 2
By using the Calculator-Based Ranger (CBR2™), students can plot the distance-time graph of a walking or running person. Students find correlation between the stride distance, velocity, and the height of a person, walking or running at a steady pace and compare that to the stride pattern left at t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/crime-scene-investigation--stride-pattern-analysis-with-cbr-2
Making Cents of Density
In this activity, students will measure the mass and volume of several collections of a coin type and enter the data into their handhelds and explore for patterns. Students will also make a plot of mass vs. volume and create a mathematical model that demonstrates the relationship between mass and...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/making-cents-of-density
Equipotentials and Electric Fields
In this activity, students explore the concept of equipotentials around point charges. Students use the simulation to plot equipotentials and observe the patterns near a single positive charge, near two positive charges, and near a positive and a negative charge. Students also explore the relat...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/equipotentials-and-electric-fields
Equipotentials and Electric Fields
In this activity, students will explore concepts related to equipotentials near point charges and the relationship between equipotentials and electric fields. Students will use a simulation to plot equipotentials near a single positive charge, near two positive charges, and near a positive and a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/equipotentials-and-electric-fields_1
Work-Energy Theorem Applied to a Cart Pulled Down a Track
In this activity, students will analyze the relationship between the maximum speed of a cart pulled by a falling mass and the work done by gravity. Students will measure the speed of the cart, calculate the work in each trial, make a graph of speed vs. work, and determine an equation which will ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/workenergy-theorem-applied-to-a-cart-pulled-down-a-track
Vernier - Friction
Students study how the nature of two materials in contact, and the smoothness of their surfaces affect the magnitude of the sliding force of friction. They use a force sensor to measure frictional force for different surfaces.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--friction
Predicting π
Students explore the use of linear measurement and calculators to discover the existence of π, the constant ratio between the circumference and the diameter of a circle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/predicting-π
"Power"ful Patterns
Students investigate the relationship between multiplication with repeated factors and the use of exponents. Students will connect "powers of ten" to place value positions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/powerful-patterns
Place-Value Spinners
Students also explore probability and patterns in place value by using two spinners and analyze and record the results.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/placevalue-spinners
Picturing Probabilities of Number Cube Sums
Students use ideas of ratio and proportion to investigate various ways to make a circle graph. Students create graphs to display the probabilities of the different sums that can be generated with two number cubes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/picturing-probabilities-of-number-cube-sums
Related Procedures
Students will use the two constant operations to compare the results of different mathematical procedures and determine how they are related.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/related-procedures
Number Cube Sums
Students explore experimental probability and patterns in fractions, decimals, and percents by rolling two number cubes and recording and analyzing the sums that come up.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/number-cube-sums
Patterns in Percent
Students will use the % key to collect data about percentages of a given number. They will organize the data and look for patterns in percents. (For example, 10% of 20 is twice as much as 5% of 20.)https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/patterns-in-percent
Random Remainders
Students explore the use of a calculator to investigate the relationship between divisors and remainders in whole-number division.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/random-remainders
Remainder Rules
Students use calculators, whole-number division, multiplication, addition, and subtraction to generate mathematical expressions that describe the relationships between dividends, divisors, quotients, and remainders.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/remainder-rules
Ratios in Regular Polygons
Students use linear measurement and calculators to investigate the ratios between corresponding parts of regular polygons.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ratios-in-regular-polygons
What's My Ratio?
Students use linear measurement and calculators to investigate proportionality and determine the constant ratio between similar figures.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-my-ratio
The Value of Place Value
Students will build their flexibility in using numbers by exploring the connections between the number symbols and their representations with base-ten materials.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-value-of-place-value