The Long Road to My STEM Career
...ach the subject? Probably. Would it have made a difference for me? Yeah, I think so. In a Microsoft® study about STEM from 2018, 91% of fifth- to twelfth-grade girls said they are creative. But only 37% of them think STEM jobs involve creativity. What the data are telling us is that girls don’t ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Virtual Teaching
...g. Teaching in a virtual environment requires a different skill set, and students will react differently. His advice: “Try not to be so hard on yourself, and show yourself some grace. It will take time to get adjusted, and you have to accept the fact that it’s not going to happen on the first day...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/distance-education
Customize your TI calculator with a 3-D printed case
...nt portfolio of pencil holders, drawer organizers and multipurpose tools. What’s his motivation for creating the cases? Galu said he often finds himself using the case of his graphing calculator as a straight edge when he’s drafting designs. But, because the slide cases are beveled, they aren’t i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/3d-slide-case
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2021
The start of a new year is the perfect time for setting new goals and prepping for the next few months of classes. Perhaps your goal is a large, year-long project, or maybe it’s a small, daily habit that you’d like to implement. Either way, one of the best ways to keep yourself motivated is by ha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2021webinars
ICYMI: Top 10 Webinars of 2019
The start of a new year is the perfect time for setting new goals and prepping for the next few months of classes. Maybe your goals are huge, year-long goals or maybe it’s a small, daily habit that you’d like to implement. Either way, one of the best ways to keep yourself motivated is by having ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019webinars
Best of Biology
...nd break down the molecules that are used to create DNA. Next, they’ll explore “DNA Replication” to see the process of how DNA can make copies of itself and how that relates back to mitosis. And finally, students will dig into how DNA leads to the creation of vital proteins through the processes ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofbiology
Can You Hear the Ball Bounce?
... CX II graphing calculator or a computer with TI-Nspire™ software TI-Nspire™ Lab Cradle Vernier microphone A handful of small balls (pingpong, golf, lacrosse — we’re not picky!) Connect the microphone to one of the three analog ports on the TI-Nspire™ Lab Cradle. To avoid adding a page to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ball-bounce-activity
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Tim Collier
... who ultimately made me realize that I’d like to give back and teach others, just like they did for me. Teaching is my calling, and I wouldn’t feel fulfilled doing anything else. "Focusing on building relationships with students is much more important than teaching rigorous math lessons." Tim ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/february/teacherofthemonth
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Stacy Thibodeaux
...ng to me about what they are finding difficult" Stacy Thibodeaux, TI Teacher of the Month What advice would you give to your first-year teaching self? First, believe in yourself more. Second, it is important to form relationships with your students early on in the school year. In the beginnin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/april/teacherofthemonth
Calculus + Graphing Calculator = More Teachable Moments
... graph of a simple rational function, namely f(x) = \frac{x^{2}-1}{x-1}, having a removable discontinuity. Normally, I would have drawn the graph myself on the blackboard — a line with a prominent “hole” circled at coordinates (1,2). This time, I asked my students to graph it on their calculators...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/september/calculascalcs
Free Resources for AP® Calculus by @TICalculators
...lutions for each part of the question using technology are shown, and then possible extensions to the question or other topics the question lends itself to are explored as well. These videos will give you great perspective on using free-response questions as a platform for teaching relevant and c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/january/free-resources-for-ap-calculus
Madness in March Underscores the “M” in STEM
...orse? Student interest in STEM careers remains stagnant, and even if they were interested in STEM, they aren’t equipped for success: Less than half of high school graduates express an interest in a STEM field (“The Condition of STEM 2017,” ACT®) Only one-half of 1% of students plan to ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/mathmadness
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Lisa Goddard
... understand a concept they’ve been struggling with." Lisa Goddard, TI Teacher of the Month What advice would you give to your first-year teaching self? I would say continue to try and find a way to always make learning fun for the students. I work on trying out different activities, instead of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/march/teacherofthemonth
Mole Activity
This activity is intended to help students gain an understanding of the mole concept. By determining the molar mass of the element at each station, students will be able to identify the element. Students will learn that the molar mass of each element is unique and different, although the number...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/mole-activity
Vernier - Microscale Acid-Base Titration
In this activity, students' will use a pH sensor to determine the change in pH during a titration of a known concentration of NaOH and unknown concentration of HCl. Students' will determine the concentration of unknown HCl.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--microscale-acidbase-titration
Vernier - Dissolved Oxygen
Students use the Dissolved Oxygen Probe to measure the concentration of dissolved oxygen in water from streams and rivers. They correlate the availability of dissolved oxygen to temperature, pressure, and salinity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--dissolved-oxygen
Vernier - Conductimetric Titration and Gravimetric Determination of a Precipitate
Students use a Conductivity Probe to measure change in conductivity during a chemical reaction and determine the equivalence point of the reaction They determine the mass of the product and calculate the molar concentration of the reactant solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--conductimetric-titration-and-gravimetric-determination-of-a-precipitate
Vernier - Determining the Mole Ratios in a Chemical Reaction
Measure the enthalpy change of a series of reactions. Determine the stoichiometry of an oxidation-reduction reaction in which the reactants are known but the products are unknown.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--determining-the-mole-ratios-in-a-chemical-reaction
Hooke's Law
Students study Hooke's Law. They understand that stretch on a spring is directly proportional to the force applied to the end of the string. Students observe a spring being stretched as candies are added to a cup attached to the spring. They learn to graph scatter plots, analyze linear function, ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hookes-law
Hooke's Law: The Rest of the Story
Students study Hooke's Law. They explore the linear behavior of a spring as it is pulled downward and understand that stretch on a spring is directly proportional to the force applied to the end of the string. Students create scatter plots, calculate slopes, and discuss positive and negative slopes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hookes-law-the-rest-of-the-story
Millikan Oil Drop Experiment Simulation
Students run a simulation on the TI-83+ or TI-84+ graphing calculator to perform a variation of the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment. The goal is to adjust the voltage across parallel plates until a droplet is suspended between the plates. The data can ba analyzed to determine the charge on the dro...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/millikan-oil-drop-experiment-simulation
Median and Interquartile Range
In this lesson students are introduced to the median and, by taking the median of each half of the data, to quartiles and the interquartile rangehttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/medians-and-iqrs-bc
Proportional Flag
Students will use the concepts of similarity to create a scale drawing of the national flag, that is large enough to cover most of a football field.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/proportional-flag
What's Half of a Half of a Half?
Students will use a physical model to determine what happens when they repeatedly halve a piece of paper, and then they reassemble the pieces into a whole. They then use an algebraic model to analyze the same situation, which leads to an introductory discussion of limits.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-half-of-a-half-of-a-half_1
Creating piece wise functions using CBR system
In this lesson, students will use the CBR ranger to model walking distance over time. They will walk away from the sensor, back towards the sensor and finally away from the sensor over an interval of 10 seconds. The result should be 3 lines. They will then use algebra skills to get the three eq...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/creating-piece-wise-functions-using-cbr-system