3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
... out one or more relevant topics for your students to watch and let the learning begin. 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 ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
... rounding decimals to a certain place value, if that is important for you. Be clear with students about your expectations in advance of testing, and model examples of both calculator and non-calculator questions. Separate the Sections When creating your quizzes and tests, separate the calcu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
... and it helps them see math in real life. Recently I did a classroom activity with the TI-Innovator Rover, “Two Rovers Leave the Station…” as an introduction to my math class for systems of equations. Instead of teaching them the basics and then going to the word problem, I switched the class ar...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth
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
Decorate Your Classroom With TI | Texas Instruments
...3. Coloring at students’ desks Why should you do all the work? Let your students have a hand in decorating the classroom with our math- and coding-themed coloring pages. Keep a stack of coloring pages on hand for a quiet after-test activity, as a reward on a prize wheel, or as a nice ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/classroom-decorations
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
...large, very fast or very slow. So how can we provide students with an experience of science phenomena in the confined 45 to 90 minutes of a class period? One option is to use simulations to give students the ability to slow down the really fast, speed up the really slow, and see the very large o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
...ombies! Exponential growth and decay are often taught in the context of human populations, but what about zombie populations? This STEM Behind Hollywood “Zombie Apocalypse” activity explores the concept of exponential growth in the context of a zombie apocalypse. Trigger an outbrea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
Any day is a better day with a little π (pi). Let’s celebrate pi day with some fun, meaningful activities that show students how the mathematical constant shows up in real life! 1: Got Pi? Host a Pi Day potluck Have your students bring circular food items for a potluck (cookies, pies, pizza, do...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/waystocelebratepi
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
...ncluding what to do with all of our garbage. They assist developers in thinking about the environmental impact of garbage when creating new neighborhoods or businesses. In the “Garbage Problem” activity for the TI-84 graphing calculator, students realize how much garbage we create, which can lead...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
...ath teacher, your closet is full of things only you think are fun – protractors, compasses, and stacks of graph paper. Science teachers get all the good stuff: funny-looking glassware, vented goggles, lab coats. But what you want to keep an eye out for are sensors and data collecting devices. In ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
At Texas Instruments, we love a good contest or quiz that helps get students and teachers excited about math and science. And, the winner of our latest #GenSTEM contest, gets us even more excited about math and science than usual. I didn’t even know that was possible! Meet Alex Livingston, a so...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
...an see your graph and the table at the same time? Press y= and type your equations. In this screenshot below we use Y1= ½X² and Y2= X+1. Press the mode key and about midway through the screen you will see a row that says FULL HORTIZONTAL GRAPH-TABLE. Arrow over to GRAPH-TABLE and press the ente...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...My students were talking about mathematics and finally accepting that calculus is not memorization and imitative calculations. I am so excited to introduce you to the why and how of Mixed Six activities. I happened to be on Twitter one Saturday morning in early March and saw a post by Ben Gord...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
It's the Most Math-Magical Time of the Year!
...amously festive holiday sweater! The sweepstakes begin on Nov. 30 at 9am CT and end on Dec. 16 at 11:59pm CT. Don’t delay — enter the sweepstakes today! Holiday Social Media Contest About the author: Kareya Saleh is the Social Media Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiholidaysweepstakes
Celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month
...ir personal lives. If students can see the incredible impact of continuously compounding interest on a small amount of money invested over a long period of time, they may be more motivated toward wise money management strategies. For further exploration, students can explore the effects of change...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/mathawarenessmonth
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
...utilize TI technology to engage students in distance learning. Rather than simply screen-recording the TI software, we can use animations and other products to make class more interactive. I love the MakeAGif tool that was shared as a way to animate photos and allow students to make observations ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...thematics Education President, Paul Alves, this book draws on recent work in cognitive psychology and other disciplines with a goal to promote more productive learners. Throughout the book, the authors weave together stories from an array of learners ― from gardeners to surgeons ― to illustrate h...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
... bowl cleaner lab. (“Really? You do a lab about toilet bowl cleaners?” Yep!) It reveals interesting things about branding and marketing of consumer products. To begin, you need several brands of toilet bowl cleaners that use hydrochloric acid as the main cleaning agent. (Cleaners that use organic...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
... Calculus What if you could help students see slope not as an equation to memorize, but as a representation of real events? Get out of your seats to model relationships between position and time using hands-on data collection. Learn some surprising things about teaching rate of change from algebr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
Innovation in Biology
When you hear things in your classroom such as, “Well, that didn’t work! Let’s try this …” or “That was so hard! I am so proud of myself,” it is music to an educator’s ears. By incorporating engineering design and coding skills in my biology classroom, I was able to tap into my students’ creativ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Learning With Your Students
... for everyone involved is following it up with, “Let’s find out together!” Taking the Plunge This year, I took a major leap into the unknown by introducing 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 profess...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
Calculus is the study of rates of change and of lengths, areas and volumes. Often, students have a hard time grasping the concepts of calculus, and even more, making connections among them. Dynamic visualization is a good tool for helping students to visualize and interact with the mathematics. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
.../study from home, if possible. To better understand what “flattening the curve” means, and to explore how epidemics/pandemics can happen, we can use models and simulations. A mathematical model is a useful tool for describing natural phenomena, such as the epidemiology of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
How Else Can We Show This?
...“right way.” By connecting these environments and making student thinking visible when we dig into a mathematical situation, we support students in productive struggle and deepen their understanding.* Read on for two scenarios in which my students and I pursue multiple pathways to show and make s...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