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...sure how to get started, please reach out to the TI STEM team at stem-team@ti.com. We are here to help and can provide suggestions, guidance, loaner equipment and online resources at no cost to you. About the author: Erick Archer is a Market Strategy Manager at Texas Instruments and works...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodescontesttips
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
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...edge, and we learned together. Their successful smiles and “yahoos” when they determined their errors, solved their problems and designed their own projects were contagious. As a result, I wrote several grants to purchase TI-Innovator™ Hubs, I/O and breadboard kits, as well as a few TI-Innovator™...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
Over the past month, students have seen games, light sequences, scales and even familiar songs come to life during ShadOnline. Hundreds of ShadOnline participants solved coding problems virtually during Texas Instruments’ innovative workshops. Whether it was running a program p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
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
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...re are handouts with solutions available in this BulleTIn Board post. The AP® Statistics Office Hours with Daren Starnes YouTube live series is a quick 4 video playlist that students can use to review the major topics of the Statistics course and includes some quick calculator tips as well. T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
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
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
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
... them? All of these lingering questions came into focus when the teachers in my school began work with Oklahoma Excel, a statewide networked improvement community dedicated to using the principles of improvement science to study that very goal. Can our students increase their mathematical rea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
The Heartbeat of STEM
...oduce your students to coding while teaching your students about the structure of the heart and flow of blood through the heart. And just in time for Valentine’s Day and American Heart Month! As an Advanced Placement biology teacher, I don’t always have the time to do as much STEM integration...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
World-Emoji-Day
Do you recognize any of these? The first (known-to-me) emojis! Yup, quite primitive, and predating the smartphone versions of the fancy emojis we know and love today. But, I do remember emails that sent images in the signature, some basic, some complex and some from people who had way too much t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
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
“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
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...t note (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 ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Who knew math had moves?
Veteran math teacher turned first-year computer science teacher, Katie Brown, wasn’t quite sure what to expect when she learned Texas Instruments was bringing its’ new robotic car, the TI-Innovator Rover, to share with her pre-AP computer science class. But after one 50-minute class period, she ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
... look boo-tiful! Time to get this party startled! Give ’em pumpkin to talk about! Learn how to use your graphing calculator and equations to “carve” a jack-o’-lantern on an imported image on a TI-84 Plus CE or TI-Nspire™ CX family graphing calculator. Middle school students c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
...ned by a mechanical engineer. Mechanical engineering is also among the oldest of the engineering disciplines and has a rich history. This activity requires your students to use mechanical engineering skills to rescue a deep ocean rover from the murky sea floor. Link to Activity Bring awareness ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...precious cargo. Start the year by figuring out where you are, where you are headed and how you plan to get there. Remember, this year’s voyage will require a lot of course corrections and adjustments along the way. Celebrate meeting key milestones, incorporate lessons learned and, most importantl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
...These 5 lessons are some of our favorites for helping students to make connections in calculus. 1. Riemann Sums In this activity, your students can quickly learn that for a continuous nonnegative function f, there is one interpretation of the definite integral f(x)dx from a to b, the area of th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
...d person may show signs can be between two to 14 days. COVID-19 also seems to be more transmissible than past viruses and has spread across the globe quickly as a result. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control have recommended social distancing to “flatten the curve” —...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
NASA Events Calendar
...n the calendar below. Follow @TICalculators and @NASA_Johnson for all the latest on #STEMnauts and other info. NASA Robots Recorded: May 22, 2017 This live event provided a rare peek at the Space Vehicle Mock-Up Facility to see some of NASA’s latest robots! Watch the recording on th...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/nasa-event-calendar
2022 TI Codes Contest Rules
...Python (ARV $129) or TI-Nspire CX II (ARV $165) graphing calculator for each team Entrant (5 maximum) TI-Innovator™ Hub (ARV $64) and Rover (ARV $135) for each team Entrant and Adult Sponsor (6 maximum) TI t-shirts (6 maximum) $250 Amazon.com gift card to the Adult Sponsor for use at ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/rules/2022-ti-codes-contest-rules
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
...alculator on — duh! Next, press y= to put you in the right mood mode 😀. Then, press the math key and arrow over to NUM and select 1:abs(. Enter the equation |2X|-8 to start transforming your TI calculator into a virtual love note. Press the graph key to check out what we see. Want to change the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
Texas Instruments Virtual Booth | NSTA Engage 2021
... experiences for your students. Try it today TI science quiz Answer fun, easy questions for a chance to win a brand-new TI graphing calculator and a TI-Innovator™ Hub with TI LaunchPad™ Board. There’s a ...https://education.ti.com/en/events/nctm-atlanta