Quadratic Unit Activity #9: Unit Test Part III
This assessment covers student's finding equations in vertex form of images.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-unit-activity-9-unit-test-part-iii
Dog Days or Dog Years?
Students use ordered pairs, table of values, and a scatter plot to determine a function that represents real world data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dog-days-or-dog-years
Investigating Properties of Quadrilaterals Using the TI-Nspire Navigator
Why spend time listing properties/theorems on the board when your students can be actively engaged in the discovery of such properties. This activity will make use of the TI-Nspire and the TI-Nspire Navigator to exchange files with the students handhelds. The Class Analysis feature of the TI-Ns...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-properties-of-quadrilaterals-using-the-tinspire-navigator
Investigating the Angles of a Triangle
The following will find the sum of the interior angles of a triangle and the sum of the remote interior angles of a triangle. Students can then change the type of triangle. The student will see that the sum of the interior angles is always 180 degrees. Also, the student will see that the sum of t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-the-angles-of-a-triangle
Investigating the Sum of Polygon Angle Measures
In this activity, students will investigate the relationship between the number of sides of a polygon and the sum of the measures of the angles of the polygon.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-the-sum-of-polygon-angle-measures
Investigating Triangles and Congruence
The main purpose for this activity is to explore triangles with pairs of corresponding congruent sides and a congruent nonincluded angle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-triangles-and-congruence
Ratios of Similar Triangles
In this activity, students will explore two ways of comparing side lengths of similar triangles. They will calculate ratios and change the triangles to see how the ratio changes. Then they will write proportions using the ratios.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ratios-of-similar-triangles_1
How to Find the Center of a Circle Determined by Three Non-Collinear Points
The activity demonstrates the geometric construction of the center of a circle determined by 3 non-collinear points using the TI-Nspire calculator. The activity along with the Problem 3 worksheet guides the novice user to perform the task using the TI-Nspire handheld. Several of the calculator t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-to-find-the-center-of-a-circle-determined-by-three-noncollinear-points
Representing the Solution Process by Graphing
In this activity, students will explore the relationships in equations. Students will validate inquiries by graphing expressions from both sides of an equation. Students will rationalize the characteristics of graphing equations. At the Pre-Algebra level, this activity can be used to compare equ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/representing-the-solution-process-by-graphing
Perpendicular Slopes
Students investigate the 'negative reciprocal' relationship between the slopes of perpendicular lines. The final phase of the activity is appropriate for more advanced students as they are led through an algebraic proof of the relationship. Optional geometric activities (problems 5 and 6 of the ....https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/perpendicular-slopes
Factoring Special Cases
Students explore geometric proofs for two factoring rules: a2 + 2ab + b2 = (a + b)2 and x2 – a2 = (x – a)(x + a). Given a set of shapes whose combined areas represent the left-hand expression, they manipulate them to create rectangles whose areas are equal to the right-hand expression.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/factoring-special-cases_1
Applications of Equations
Students will apply equations to a real-world problem about the number of people attending a museum. They will study the parts of an equation that represents the situation. Then, students will use a dynamic model to find the solution to the equation and interpret what the result means in the real...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/applications-of-equations
Area "FOILed" Again!
Students practice finding rectangular areas with algebraic expressions for the lengths of the sides.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/area-foiled-again_1
Inscribed Angles
The student will explore properties of inscribed angles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inscribed-angles
Any 2 Points Make A Line
Students will use the TI-nspire to plot 2 points then draw the line through them. Students will find coordinates, calculate slope for diagonal , vertical and horizontal lines, then verify results using menu choices on their handheld. This activity has a student worksheet that questions students a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/any-2-points-make-a-line
Inscribed Angles Theorem
Students investigate the relationship between inscribed angles and central angles, the Inscribed Angle Theorem.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inscribed-angles-theorem_1
Inscribed Angles
Students use animation to discover that the measure of an inscribed angle is half the measure of its intercepted arc, that two angles that intercept the same, or congruent, arcs are congruent, and that an angle inscribed in a semi-circle is a right angle. They then discover that the opposite angl...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inscribed-angles_1
Back In Time?
Students will explore the definition of a function through use of a graph, a set of ordered pairs, and an input-output diagram.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/back-in-time_1
Inscribed Regular Polygons
Students will calculate the changing area and perimeter of inscribed polygons as the number of sides increase. The measurements will be recorded in a spreadsheet for analysis. Students will be learning to use the measurement tools and the Hide/Show function of the TI-Nspire. Students will be aske...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inscribed-regular-polygons
Interior Angles of Polygons
This activity allows students to discover the value of the sum of the interior angles of an n-sided polygon.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/interior-angles-of-polygons
Variables on Both Sides
Students encounter various scenarios involving perimeters of polygons.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/variables-on-both-sides_1
Interior Angles of Polygons
In the following activity, students discover the rule for finding the number of total degrees in the angles of a polygon. Students will use both the TI-Nspire and student worksheet to find the rule and will apply it in predictions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/interior-angles-of-polygons_1
Walk the Line
In this activity, students will be introduced to the CBR 2 motion sensor and the Vernier DataQuest™ app. They will collect and analyze both linear and non-linear data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/walk-the-line
Algebra I Review
Review Algebra I concepts including solving equations, slope, and multiplying binomials.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/algebra-i-review
Algebra Nomograph
This activity is similar to a function machine. The nomograph is comprised of two vertical number lines, input on the left and output on the right. The transformation of input to output is illustrated dynamically by an arrow that connects a domain entry to its range value. Students try to find th...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/algebra-nomograph