Chi-Square Distributions
Students compare the Chi-Square distribution to the standard normal distribution and determine how the Chi-Square distribution changes as they increase the degrees of freedom.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/chisquare-distributions_1
Comparing Prices
Students will compare average U.S. gasoline prices per gallon for two years. Then they will use the mean and standard deviation (SD) and the median and interquartile range (IQR) to measure the center and spread of price data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/comparing-prices
Comparing Two Means
In this activity, students will test hypotheses concerning means of two populations. They calculate the test statistic and the critical values and then graph the critical region and plot the value of the test statistic.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/comparing-two-means_1
MacLaurin Polynomials
Students will use TI-Nspire technology to explore MacLaurin polynomials. They will develop polynomials that approximate very special functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/maclaurin-polynomials_1
Confidence Levels for Means
Students will interpret a confidence level as the average success rate of the process used to produce an interval intended to contain the true mean of the population. Students will recognize that as the confidence level increases, on average, the confidence interval increases in width.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/confidence-levels-for-means
Confidence Levels
Students will interpret a confidence level as the average success rate of the process used to produce an interval intended to contain the true mean of the population. They will recognize that as the confidence level increases, on average, the confidence interval increases in width.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/confidence-levels
Confidence Intervals for 2 Sample Proportions
Do senior citizens and college students have different memories about high school? The activity Confidence Intervals: 2-Sample Proportions involves investigating random samples from two populations from a large Midwestern city with respect to the question: "When you were in high school, did you h...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/confidence-intervals-for-2-sample-proportions
Properties of Logarithms
Logarithms are just another way of writing exponents. Just like exponents, logarithms have properties that allow you to simplify expressions and solve equations. In this activity, students Will discover some of these properties by graphing and confirm them with algebra.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-logarithms
Solving Systems of Linear Equations with Row Reductions to Echelon Form on Augmented Matrices
This activity shows the user how to interpret a system of linear equations as an augmented matrix, row reduce the matrix to echelon form, and interpret the output to give a unique solution, generate infinite solutions, or conclude no solutions exist. The activity also shows how to check unique so...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-systems-of-linear-equations-with-row-reductions-to-echelon-form-on-augmented-matrices
Cancer Clusters
Students will investigate cancer incidence rates in a number of states. Hypothesis testing is introduced and used along with a two-proportion z-test to compare cancer rates. This activity helps students to determine when a difference in data is actually statistically significant. This should enco...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cancer-clusters
Stretching the Quads
In this activity, students will stretch and translate the parabola given by y = x2 and determine the effects on the equation. Students will also explore finding the vertex and zeros of a parabola and relate them to the equation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/stretching-the-quads
NASA - Space Shuttle Launch
Student examine the ascent stage of a NASA space shuttle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--space-shuttle-launch
NASA - Space Shuttle Guidance, Navigation, and Control Data
In this activity, students will see how the position of the shuttle is deteremined and how the GNC officer ensures that the space shuttle arrives at its pre-determined destination as outlined by mission objectives.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--space-shuttle-guidance-navigation-and-control-data
NASA - Space Shuttle Ascent
This activity will engage students in a space shuttle launch and introduce them to the different events that take place during the space shuttle's ascent into space.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--space-shuttle-ascent_1
Intersecting the Solutions
In this teacher-led activity, students will learn to solve systems of equations graphically. They will learn the relationship between the algebraic and graphical solutions and create equations that draw upon this connection.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/intersecting-the-solutions
Move Those Chains
In this activity, students will explore the Chain Rule. Students are asked to make a conjecture of the derivative of f(x) = (2x + 1)2 based on the Power Rule. They are then asked to graph their derivative function and compare it to the graph of f´(x). They will then examine "true" statements abou...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/move-those-chains
How Many Solutions?
Students graph systems of linear functions to determine the number of solutions. In the investigation, students are given one line and challenged to draw a second line that creates a system with a particular number of solutions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-many-solutions
Are They Truly Random?
Students will develop lists of random numbers generated by the TI-Nspire handheld. They will explore their set of numbers and engage in a discussion of whether the random number generator is truly generating numbers at random. In addition, students will look at statistical models of their num...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/are-they-truly-random
Half-Life
Students will explore exponential decay through an experiment and use the gathered data to generate an exponential regression equation. Students will then repeat the process with a data set and forecast future results.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/halflife
The Second Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Students make visual connections between a function and its definite integral.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-second-fundamental-theorem-of-calculus_1
Areas In Intervals
Students use several methods to determine the probability of a given normally distributed value being in a given interval. First, they use the Integral tool to find areas under the curve and to the left of given values. Students continue the activity to find probabilities for which the correspond...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/areas-in-intervals
But What Do You Mean?
In this activity, students learn about the concept of mean or average, in addition to learning several ways to find the mean on the TI-Nspire handheld (including using a spreadsheet and the mean command). Students also use these methods to find the mean when given the frequencies of each number i...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/but-what-do-you-mean
Box Plots Introduction
This lesson involves representing distributions of data using box plots. The emphasis is on helping students understand the relationship between individual data values and the five-number summary. Students will move data within a dot plot and observe the changes within the corresponding box plot...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/box-plots-introduction
The Derivatives of Logs
Students will use the Chain Rule to find the derivative of more complex exponential and logarithmic functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-derivatives-of-logs
Exploring Asymptotes
In this activity, students will explore asymptotes and singularities, paying particular attention to the connection between the algebraic and graphical representations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-asymptotes