AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...the Math Segment manager at Texas Instruments. He taught mathematics and AP® Statistics for several years. Since starting at TI in 2015, he has led many content development projects including the Math in Motion series. He has always found joy in exploring the patterns and logic of mathematics. In...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstats2021
You Asked – TI Answered: Enabling Student Career Success Through Products Developed With and for Teachers
...culators in class, so that they can last all day on a single charge, and will not break if they fall from a desk. And, we don’t make changes unless many teachers and students tell us that it would solve a problem for them. Our product development team has a list of hundreds of features that have ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/products-with-a-purpose
Five Tips for High School STEM Camps
...ers or by asking for refinement of the design. One challenge we ran into was students missing sessions due to other after-school commitments. As in many STEM projects, the concepts and steps taken in each session depend on those covered in previous sessions. So build time into the beginning of ea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/five-tips-for-high-school-stem-camps
Dallas Students Program Texas Instruments' First Educational Robot to Dance
...hth-grader at Travis Vanguard Academy. “But this was really easy and it was actually really fun.” Rover connects to the TI graphing calculator that many students already have and the TI-Innovator Hub and uses coding, math and science logic to do things like draw, crash or even dance. At Travis V...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/october/rocking-with-rover
Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
... Juniors. I bought my own computer in 1984 — an Atari 800 — and used a cassette recorder for storing programs, and the passion kept me up very late many nights. The disc drive cost as much as the computer, and each 5¼" floppy disk held about 88 KB. Life was good. In the beginning I was coaxed...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
Hands-on STEM activities in honor of Jack Kilby
...n here. Ever wondered what you would do in a zombie apocalypse? Most of us would grab our family and survival kits and run to safety. However, would any of us think about using science to create a vaccine to stop the infection? In this STEM Behind Hollywood science activity, students will investi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/september/kilby-day
Build It With TI: Science Olympiad
... concentrations of NaCl in parts per million (ppm) from 0 to 5000 ppm of different water samples.” What is conductivity? So what is conductivity anyway, and how is it measured? Conductivity is the measure of the ability of an electrolyte solution to conduct electricity. Most water sources hav...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/scienceolympiadresource
DIY TI Codes Contest
...ers of the community serving as judges. Make it your own! Don’t forget the fun! Prizes are a big draw for getting participation in any contest, so make sure you have prizes that will really entice your students. And remember, prizes don’t have to be tangible items — things like ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
roboticsweek2021
...cipated in the contest. For example, the team that analyzed a Baofeng radio receiver has several licensed amateur radio operators on the team. And many of the reports went beyond dry analysis in their prose. A couple of examples that stood out to me: “And thus, the old VEX controller would s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
mathyoga
...ath Segment manager at Texas Instruments (TI). He taught mathematics and AP® Statistics for several years. Since starting at TI in 2015, he has led many content development projects including the Math in Motion series. He has always found joy in exploring the patterns and logic of mathematics. In...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
... around you. Now imagine an encounter with mathematics that left you awestruck. For teachers, this is probably not a hard thing to do. After all, many of us are in love with mathematics and we love to teach the subject. But how would students respond to this? Are they ever in awe of the beauty ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
ICYMI: TI’s Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2020
It’s been a year like no other — one many of us would like to forget! To try and help, we’ve been hard at work developing new video resources to save you time and energy in the classroom, whether you are teaching in person, remotely or in a blended environment. All of our videos are posted on ou...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-5-2021-top-videos
How to Start the Year on a Math High
...icial for all,” and this is so true in all areas of our life, including our classroom routines. I learned very early on in my career to never assume anything. When setting up my classroom, preparing for a lesson or creating an activity, I pretend that common sense does not exist. For example, I ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
David Olszewski, better known as Mr. O on the grounds of Perry High School in Canton, Ohio, has been teaching math for the past five years. Ask any of his students, or fellow teachers, and it’s clear he has quickly become a campus favorite. “Mr. O is a really fun teacher to have because he alway...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
... = complex(-b, sqrt(disc))/(2*a) r2 = complex(-b, -sqrt(disc))/(2*a) See? That was easy! You just integrated coding into math. Anyone thinking “wait, I can already code that using TI-Basic”? Don’t worry, TI-Basic is still on the TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator, and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
You can't spell Calculus without the letters C, A, and S, but a Computer Algebra System has unforeseen potential in any math class that requires algebraic thinking. (Try to find one that doesn't!) I'll be the first to admit that I wasn't sure I was a “CAS fan” when first introduced to it. I didn...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
... of the sites MathNspired.com and 84 Activity Central, you should be! You can share these activities with your students through your LMS. There are many (literally hundreds) activities meant for dynamic exploration available for the TI‑Nspire™ CX II and TI‑84 Plus CE graphing calculators. Choosin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...ence as a high school math teacher, district math content specialist, state math teacher leader and professional learning provider, I have seen the many ways the “system” at every level contributes to these inequities. I have sought to learn and understand the causes and have seen firsthand the e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...or and TI-84 Plus graphing calculator, to my favorite, the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator, it is truly an amazing opportunity to work for the company providing this amazing technology that helps students across the world learn and visualize the complexity of math and how it applies to the real...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...he station. The innovation and ingenuity the teams demonstrated was outstanding. Our judges had the difficult task of picking the winners out of so many forward-thinking and inventive solutions. We are excited to introduce you to the winners of the contest. Each member of the following teams ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
... Calderon’s father, David Calderon-Vital, was the only financial provider for their family, and until she lost him, Jasmine says, “We never needed anything.” Among her wishes was a green TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator to use in her IB®: Math Applications and Interpretation class and in futur...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...as delayed by one year due to a global pandemic. Not only is this an exciting time for the athletes but also for fans of the sports they represent. Many of us will be glued to our televisions watching the “best of the best” do their thing and experiencing the excitement and drama of it all from o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
...d, a senior at Cheltenham High School, is being interviewed by a local news station about winning the Spread the Math Love Contest from TI. While many students nominated their teachers in the Spread the Math Love Contest, Putterman nominated her students whom she knows from helping with the ban...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
As a proud Girl Scout troop leader in Columbus, Ohio, I spend many hours on my council’s (Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland) website, reading the MyGS magazine and searching Google and Pinterest for programming ideas I can bring back to my troop. In my day job, I consult with schools and district...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
Many people know about Girl Scouts, especially when cookie season comes around and boxes of Thin Mints® and Samoas® line the break rooms of offices and accrue in the pantries of homes. Yes, the cookies are delicious, but what Girl Scouts is doing to shape girls to be the next generation of scie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day