Sequence of Bounces Activity - Modeling Motion
This activity serves as a follow-up to Activity 12 in the Explorations book, Modeling Motion: High School Math Activities with the CBR by Linda Antinone, Sam Gough, and Jill Gough (Texas Instruments Incorporated, 1997).https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sequence-of-bounces-activity--modeling-motion
Circumcenter and Incenter
In this activity, students examine the location of the circumcenter and incenter for different triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circumcenter-and-incenter
Shark Attack
Students use the Transformation Graphing application to separate what effect each change in the Point-Slope equation has on the graph.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/shark-attack
Circumscribing a Circle About a Triangle
In this activity, students use the distance of the circumcenter of a triangle to each vertex of the triangle as the radius and draw a circle using the circumcenter as the center. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristics and properties of 2- and 3-dimensional geometric shapes and de...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circumscribing-a-circle-about-a-triangle
Concurrency & the Circumcenter
In this activity, students will explore the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle. Students will discover that the perpendicular bisectors are concurrent and that the point of concurrency is the circumcenter. Students should discover the relationship between the type of triangle and ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/concurrency--the-circumcenter_1
Ratio of Areas
In this activity, students use the CellSheet™ Application to determine geometric ratios of areas. Students determine the position of the vertices of a square that has all four vertices on the sides of a larger square and has a specified area. They also learn how quadratic functions can model geom...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ratio-of-areas
Conics as a Locus of Points
Students investigate the definition of a parabola through one of its geometric definitions. They study conic sections. They examine an ellipse as a locus of points such that the sum of distances from the foci to the traced path is constant.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/conics-as-a-locus-of-points
Decimal Defender App
This App helps students practice multiplication and division with decimals in a fun environment. Students use this App to learn standard multiplication and division algorithms as well as understand topics such as scientific notation, the metric system, and more.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/decimal-defender-app
Midpoint of a Segment
Students review the basic geometry definitions of segment and midpoint, and learn to use drawing and measurement tools. They explore changes in measurements as the figure is altered. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristics and properties of 2- and 3-dimensional geometric shapes a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/midpoint-of-a-segment
Modeling Exponential Decay with a Look at Asymptotes - Activity 7
Students use sample data to approximate models with the Transformation Graphing Application. They are introduced to the idea of discrete data sets being used with continuous function models. They also identify non-zero asymptote form of an exponential function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-exponential-decay-with-a-look-at-asymptotes--activity-7
Drawing and Measuring an Angle
Students learn to use drawing and measurement tools to measure angles. They explore and review types of angles as their measurements are altered. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristics and properties of 2- and 3-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments abo...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/drawing-and-measuring-an-angle
Midsegment of a Trapezoid
Students study the Midsegment Theorem for Trapezoids.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/midsegment-of-a-trapezoid
Midsegment of a Triangle
Students explore the properties of triangles formed by connecting the midpoints of two sides of a triangle, and examine the relationship between the two triangles. They study the Triangle Midsegment theorem.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/midsegment-of-a-triangle
Estimation Games
Students use the calculator to compute products of numbers and to find answers to division problems. The activity is designed to help students develop number sense with the operations of multiplication and division.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/estimation-games
Grandparents and Special Friends Day
...of a whole and the sector of the circle representing the percentage. Although circle graphs can be created in a spreadsheet program using Cabri Jr® introduces the concept of angle rotation, and central angle measures. For younger children you may change the measure between the radii and not teac...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/grandparents-and-special-friends-day
Lines in the Plane
In this activity, students create a slope triangle and understand the concepts of slope and the equation of lines. They realize that slope is constant at all points along a fixed line. They also explore the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/lines-in-the-plane
Measuring Angles in a Quadrilateral
In this activity, use an interactive, and investigative approach to determining the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral. They use Cabri™ Jr. to draw, measure, and calculate the characteristics of the angles of quadrilaterals. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristics and p...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/measuring-angles-in-a-quadrilateral
Math TODAY: Ballooning Inside the Box
Using the USATODAY® Infograph, "Ballooning Inside the Box," students will explore geometric relationships using similar triangles. Identifying triangles with two pairs of congruent angles to explore similarity properties of the triangles is an essential part of this activity.Students will learn w...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/math-today--ballooning-inside-the-box
Isosceles Triangles
Questions on the basic characteristics of an isosceles trianglehttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/isosceles-triangles
Math TODAY: When a Ruler Isn't Enough
Using the USA TODAY® Infograph, "When a Ruler Isn't Enough," you will explore the geometric relationships in similar right triangles. The altitude to the hypotenuse will create two right triangles that are similar to each other and to the original. Students will determine measurements indirectly ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/math-today--when-a-ruler-isnt-enough_1
Transformations in the Coordinate Plane
Students will apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations. Also, they will represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-in-the-coordinate-plane
Linear Equations for Which the Sum of the Coordinates is Constant
This activity allows students to explore situations in which points with a constant sum of x-coordinate and y-coordinate are graphed. Through the use of TI-Navigator to see the results of the entire class, students can determine that an oblique line is formed from such points. This oblique line...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equations-for-which-the-sum-of-the-coordinates-is-constant
Biorhythms and Sinusoidal functions
In order to see an application of sinusoidal curves that has relevance to themselves students will compute their biorhythm information, find the sinusoidal function that fits the information and graph them on the graphing calculator. They will use this information to compute future "good" and "b...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/biorhythms-and-sinusoidal-functions
Inverse Variation
Students explore the inverse variation function with a geometric representation (a rectangle with fixed area), a table of values, an algebraic expression, and a graph.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inverse-variation
Investigating Laws of Exponents
Represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-laws-of-exponents