Score Big on the ACT® With These Tried-and-True Tips for the Math Section
...One advantage to taking the digital ACT® is that there is an on-screen timer that is always visible. This visual reminder should help you do a better job of managing the time you have to complete the test. Use a calculator that you are familiar with. Please don’t take the test with a calculator ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-19-2021-act-tips
Leveling the Math Playing Field
... success of students must be our primary motivator. Together, we can help every student, and our country, fulfill its potential. About the author: Joanie Funderburk is a lifelong learner with a passion for leadership, education and professional learning. She believes that relationships are the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...ular TV show claims it has proof the tall tales are true. It’s up to your students to find out the truth. Taking on the role of an inquisitive photojournalist, students must analyze pictures and ask pointed questions regarding the interactions of light and matter and how they apply to ghosts. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...tor™ Rover. Their adult sponsor also wins a $250 gift card to help cover the cost of future class activities. Lastly, each team wins a trip to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, once travel conditions improve. And the winners are ... Grand prize winner: The Germaphobes, including: ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
...ibo.org. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI six years ago, Fishpaw was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from North Carolina t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...also coaches varsity track and field. He is a national T³™ instructor presenting regularly at Texas Instruments international conferences, several Tuesday night national TI webinars, and local state teacher conferences. He is a firm believer in the integration of technology in the teaching of mat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
...am High School, is being interviewed by a local news station about winning the Spread the Math Love Contest from TI. “I’m excited; overwhelmed with joy,” said Jeffery Gaskin, a senior at Cheltenham High School outside of Philadelphia. “This was a good surprise,” said classmate, and co-winner, N...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
...Massachusetts About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from North Carolina to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...culator. I started with Unit 1 during the Hour of Code challenge the next school year and continued throughout the year. My students loved it. They enjoyed the problem-solving aspect as well as seeing their hard work displayed on the handheld screen. I then started a STEM club. This club met on...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
StatisticsOfficeHours
...Inference for Categorical Data (Units 6 and 8) Presentation March 1: Inference for Quantitative Data (Units 7 and 9) Presentation Click here to join our upcoming session. And, access all of our live and previously recorded Office Hours sessions on our YouTube channel here. Undoubtedly, thi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/statisticsofficehours
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
...bly wrong. About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI five years ago, Ellen was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from North Carolina to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
... Fig. 18 Looking for more? I hope you enjoyed your adventures in coding and found something interesting to add to your classes for Computer Science Education week. The sample code for ea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...teaching fewer concepts more thoroughly. Select the concepts that are most applicable to the next grade or course using Focus Documents to identify Major Work of your grade, or your state’s priority standards, if they have them. If you have the chance to collaborate with teachers of other grades,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
...tudent Achievement Partners’ “Mathematics: Focus by Grade Level” documents or the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ (NCTM) “Continuing the Journey” document, teachers can work together to prune the scope of content and create time and space for deep learning, and provide just-in-time i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
...— Vector activity. 2. Forces and Motion: Newton’s Second Law Although this lesson has been around for a long time, it does a really nice job in helping students see and understand Newton’s second law through the use of a simple simulation meant to collect data on mass, force and acce...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
...theast Texas (GSNETX) came to my attention combining all of these things, I threw my heart and head into this project to make it happen. It is such a joyful event when different aspects of my life somewhat magically mix together. My eyes lit up when Michelle Grooms, one of our TI Educational Tech...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
...trategy for testing Series Problem Set // Solution Set April 26: Reviewing for the AP exam Click here to join our upcoming session. And, access all of our live sessions on our YouTube channel here. Can’t get enough of calculus? Check out our resources...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
The last year and a half has been really hard for many of us in education. We dealt with so many big changes in such a small amount of time. We learned new ways of doing our jobs and connecting with students. As we venture into the uncertainty of what another school year will bring in the age of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...aphs activity. Earth and space science topics 2. Earth’s Surface: Earth’s Lithosphere — Ring of Fire This activity takes students on a journey around the Pacific Rim and the infamous “Ring of Fire.” Students will plot locations of earthquakes and volcanos to see if any pattern emer...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
Do you have what it takes to go head-to-head with former pro-football player turned professional mathematician, John Urschel? Now is your chance to flex your mental muscles and find out. Each problem tackles a subject from chess to cryptography -- things students are naturally interested in – an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...are posed with a scenario that they might very well find themselves in one day. Three friends (Friend A, Friend B and Friend C) were able to secure a job at the local fast food restaurant chain. They are averaging around 40 hours a month at $15 an hour. Before any mathematics questions are posed,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
#NCTMregionals Kansas City 2018 Recap
Thanks for stopping by the TI booth or joining a session at #NCTMregionals Kansas City. We loved meeting all of you! You can check out some of the resources we shared, and download the materials from your favorite exhibitor workshop below. Texas Instruments Staff at the NCTM Kansas City Booth ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/nctm-kansas-city
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...g, registration, logistics and class management for the camp, and the TI STEM team provided the technology loan and instruction. The students — majority middle schoolers, 40% girls, 44% from rural schools — designed and programmed a “digital mood ring.” This was all done virtually — over Zoom...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...d a while loop and introduce some random values into the program so you can put on a great show. Happy Independence Day, U.S.A.! About the author: John Hanna is a retired teacher splitting time between sailing in New Jersey and mountain biking in Florida (did he get that backwards?), still get...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...structures, not just numbers or strings. Check out the other list methods found in the Python documentation. Happy winter! About the author: John Hanna is a retired teacher splitting time between sailing in New Jersey and mountain biking in Florida (did he get that backwards?), still get...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists