Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
This is a back to school like no other; it is taking shape in living rooms, bedrooms and classrooms, and our already overworked and underappreciated teachers are being asked to do more than ever before. Whether finding ways to develop relationships with students they have never met, coming up ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Innovation in Biology
...vice announcement (PSA) would also be developed during the two-week long project. Students developed a full understanding of the problem by participating in a campus-wide cleanup and by tracking their own single-use plastic consumption. Armed with their own data and realization of the enormo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Learning With Your Students
...r 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 profession...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
...hat his mom’s confidence in his abilities is what encourages him to work so hard in class and outside of it. “Her constant belief in me as a mathematician, and the way she has helped me understand complex mathematical concepts, has truly changed my life for the better,” said Connor. Lauryn and Co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
...ation of related rates. The physical context is the filling of an urn with liquid, depicted in a window on the left side of the illustration. The associated graph represents the height of liquid in the urn as a function of the amount of liquid in the urn. The shape of the urn determines the chara...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
The Math Behind 'Going Viral'
...from a bag. Students will collect data and model the data with different methods for determining the exponential equations. How does an ordinary social media post go viral? It’s simple math. Read more to learn how to use social media to explore exponential growth with your students. The Math ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/the-math-behind-going-viral
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
There probably aren’t too many people on the planet that haven’t heard of COVID-19. The viral contagion that caused a global pandemic has taught us a lot about the science and math behind viral transmission, exponential growth, and herd immunity. Unlike epidemics/pandemics in the past, COVID-1...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
How Else Can We Show This?
...ph and in the equation, I ask my students, “What exactly is going on at these points?” and have them investigate using TRACE and the Table. The ZoomDecimal window provides a “friendly” trace increment of 0.1, and students can start to see what happens at the intercepts and relative extrema of the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
...— a mix of multiple-choice and short-response questions make up a typical mathematics exam. Our innovative geometry teacher, Ms. Herr, has recently decided to branch out. Birdhouse Project When Ms. Herr gave out the birdhouse project directions, the students were pumped. No final exam — woo-ho...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
Chemical equilibrium is one of the most difficult concepts for students to understand, and it’s even more difficult to find a model that will work every time. Like the late-night infomercials say, “I’ve tried everything.” I’ve used the popular method of moving water from one beaker to another ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
Teaching during the holiday season can be a challenge. It takes more than an extra shot in your gingerbread latte to keep your students focused, as enthusiasm for the holidays grows with every passing day. Take advantage of your students’ excitement by incorporating these holiday-themed challeng...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
NASA Events Calendar
NASA Events Calendar global website Sollicitudin Purus Condimentum Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/nasa-event-calendar
2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
... Gear up, innovators! Prepare to put your creative and coding skills to the test for the 8th annual TI Codes Contest. Whether you’re a seasoned participant or new to the contest, this is your chance to show your stuff.Get ready to use TI technology — combined with your coding, design and buildin...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2025/p0-save-the-date
Spread the Math Love Contest Rules
Spread the Math Love Contest Rules global website OFFICIAL RULES Important: Please read these Official Contest Rules (“Rules”) before participating in the 2020 Texas Instruments Hall...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/rules/math-love-contest
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
... worthy. Watch one of our favorite algebra teachers, Rory Yakubov, in action as she creates her math valentine. Make Your Love GPO (Graph Paper Official) It’s time to get serious and take things to the next level. Now that you’ve revealed your heart on your graphing calculator, make it official...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
Fall in Love with Polar Graphs: Top 4 Ways to Turn Heads with the TI-84 Plus
...ter key. Now you are in the right mood mode 😊. 1: Hypnotize your Honey Use your calculator to graph a spiral that’s sure to catch the eye of that special someone. Press the y= key. In r1 enterθ by pressing the "X,T,θ,n" key. Then press the window key. Then, in θmax try inputting 5π. Then, pres...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/polargraphlove
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
John Honeycutt, the only science teacher at Keota High School in rural Oklahoma started the semester determined to develop his students’ leadership skills. He assigned the junior class a special project where they would work in pairs on a “proof of concept” that they would later demonstrate to t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
...ains the process of creating and using modules on the TI-84 Plus CE Python edition. Download the TI-Nspire™ CX II version for the same information specific to the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. New: Python Modu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...udents if you’d like. Contact the TI STEM Team at STEM-Team@ti.com if you’d like to borrow a class set of materials. Unit 1: “Build a Speaker” circuit diagram. Unit 2: Getting Digital Input — “Make a Switch From a Banana.” This project challenges students to design a circuit and writ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
...n perform other functions as well. self is a required first argument in all class methods, including __init__(). self is used to refer to each specific object (instance) of the class. I can have many balloons (or instances of a balloon), each with its own color, size and position, and self is...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
...lassic exploration of a quadratic relationship, students explore and optimize the relationship between the area of a garden with a fixed length of fencing and the lengths of the sides. Students will collect and graph data for multiple setups and then model the relationship with a quadratic. Fo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...u will be asked to draw a scatterplot on the exam; however, being familiar with creating and analyzing a scatterplot of bivariate data could prove crucial. Make sure that your regression diagnostics are turned on. Be aware that, when fitting a linear regression model to a set of data, the residua...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats
Which TI Calculator for the SAT® and Why?
...ACT, Inc. IB is a registered trademark owned by the International Baccalaureate Organization. None are affiliated with, nor endorse, TI products. Policies subject to change. Visit www.collegeboard.org, www.act.org and www.ibo.org. About the author: Jeff McCalla, author of “TI-84 Plus Graphin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/which-ti-calc-sat
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
Icebreakers are important parts of any learning environment — they encourage students to participate from the start of class, allow students to get to know one another, and perhaps teach you a thing or two about your class. But with many schools across the country starting virtually, getting to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Insider Tips for Winning the TI Codes Contest
...ator that help find the slope of a line or create a fun adventure game. You can start programming your current graphing calculator now without any special equipment by visiting education.ti.com/ticodes . TI provides free lessons that go over programming on the calculator. With TI-Basic, you’ll b...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/ticodescontest