AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
... will be the same format as prior years, several features of the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator will still be useful for you. In this post, I have compiled a list of 6 of the most important statistics features to know for the TI-84 Plus CE. 1: Regression Analysis It is unlikely that you will ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstats2021
DIY TI Codes Contest
...se as a guide for writing your own challenge prompt: Student teams must imagine and design a solution that automates or optimizes a process or product related to (insert theme here). The end goal is to use coding and TI technology to build a model of the product. To help you out, here are...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
Score Big on the ACT® With These Tried-and-True Tips for the Math Section
... first introduced in 2018. In fact, ACT® provides an online practice test so that you can get the feel of what it is like to take an ACT® exam on the computer. Try it! You will notice there is a TOOLS drop-down menu containing: a highlighter, a line reader (focuses your attention on one line at ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-19-2021-act-tips
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
...didn't necessarily want my AP® Calculus students to find derivatives, or my algebra students to solve equations simply by pushing buttons. Thankfully over time, my vision for CAS and its utility has grown. CAS isn't only a way to find the answers. When used appropriately, it can support explor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
...re using TI calculators with Chromebook™ notebook computers in your classroom, please tag @TICalculators on social media, or reach out to your local Educational Technology Consultant. Chromebook™, Chrome OS™, Google Drive™ and Google Slides™ are trademarks of Google LLC. About the auth...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
Texas Instruments (TI) teamed up with NASA earlier this year to host the TI Codes Contest, where students could compete in teams to put their programming, problem-solving and creativity into practice in a space-themed challenge. We asked students to think of ways to improve a process or product...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...p students achieve in math and science. The girls in my troop really enjoy the STEM and coding activities, which got me thinking recently, “How can I combine my work experience with my passion for Girl Scouts?” This is my Girl Scout troop, Dublin Troop 408, on a zip line adventure in Col...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...in this series, “What Slope Means, and Four ‘Flavors’ of Slope.” Review 15 parent functions and their transformations There are also modules for 14 common parent functions as well as a module focused on applying transformations to a generic piecewise function included in this video resource. He...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...How could I utilize the skills learned in this elite group of students for all of my students? I was then introduced to the Texas Instruments TI-Innovator™ Hub with TI LaunchPad™ Board. My students were already using the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator in our science classrooms for calculatio...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...but is certainly exacerbated by the pandemic: teaching students with unfinished learning from previous grades. Some key principles can help make this complicated situation more manageable. But before we think about teaching and learning math, some foundational ideas should come first. I’ll echo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
... in previous years, but if you look carefully, it was there. For instance, many students learned self-discipline by participating in virtual lessons, completing assignments and managing their time in ways that “regular school” didn’t require. Some students learned that they could engage with cont...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
...cond Law activity. 3. Forces and Motion: Free Body Diagrams This activity has several simulations that let students interact with forces due to weight and normal force on an incline plane. Later in the lesson, students will also adjust for frictional forces. Screenshots from t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
...same interest and confidence in math and science, so when an opportunity to partner with Girl Scouts of Northeast 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 m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
To STEM and Beyond!
...ith Vernier sensors. I was intrigued and followed up with training sponsored by TI on STEM in the classroom, where I was then introduced to the TI-Innovator™ Hub. I was hooked! Seeing all the engaging ways that were currently available for my students to learn coding and STEM projects using this ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...ills for the future One of the things I missed most was hands-on learning when I was virtual and hybrid last year. I am hopeful that this year we can complete STEM Projects together. I want to foster collaboration, creativity and critical thinking with my students. Incorporating STEM projects int...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...ots from It’s Just a Lunar Phase activity. Life science topics 5. Cells and Heredity: Cells — Cell-ebrating Life This is a great introduction to cells and organelles. Students take a voyage into both animal and plant cells and get an in-depth look at the organelles within. They wi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... what they discover and share. Happy Fibonacci Day! About the author: Brad Posnanski (@POSitive_MATH) teaches algebra I, precalculus, Introduction to STEM and AP® Computer Science Principles at Comsewogue High School on Long Island in New York. He has been teaching for 26 years and als...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
... could this benefit my computer science students?” Menus? Yes! First, keywords can be menu driven or directly typed. The menus can help when introducing and reinforcing new topics. Students don’t have to remember the exact syntax; they only need to recognize which one to select. It also avoid...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
...ible than past viruses and has spread across the globe quickly as a result. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control have recommended social distancing to “flatten the curve” — an effort to reduce the potential for transmitting the virus from one person to another and ho...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
BestofChemistry
...enshots from the Periodic Table activity. 2. Atomic Structure and Periodic Table: Periodicity of Properties This lesson is great for introducing the concepts of periodicity and the periodic table. The lesson provides some history about the development of the periodic table, how it wor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
... the molecular level can be tough for students to grasp. The Science Nspired site has amazing simulations that can be viewed and studied on the individual student’s calculator instead of only on the teacher computer/projector screen. One of my favorite simulations is the Light Me Up! activity....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...ted on the activity. All can be downloaded here. Go ahead, and get your students in the game! (You can also watch the on-demand webinar where we introduced this activity.) “Ice Cream, Cool Science” Now if you and your students are more all about the snacks and yummy eating on the big day, you ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
...ble platforms, and discover why using modules can be more fun, or can certainly at least save you time. Modules give us a powerful way to reuse common code These custom “support” files are easily shared among my many Python programs and can be shared with others. When developing a Python ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
...perhaps teach you a thing or two about your class. But with many schools across the country starting virtually, getting to know your students, with a computer screen between you and them, has its challenges. For starters, a virtual setup makes it harder to read students’ facial expressions, and i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...oom. In this follow-up post (part 2), I intend to present ideas for how CAS can be utilized to benefit the algebra II classroom. Finding a lowest common denominator In my algebra I post, the Factor tool was employed as an approach to motivate students to recognize patterns between the prime ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2