Multiplication & Division of Functions
Students will determine the resulting functions produced from the multiplication and division of two functions. They will explore the graphical representation of the resulting function and support their algebraic solution by determining if the graphs coincide. Additionally, students will evaluate...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/multiplication--division-of-functions
Box Plots & Histograms
Students create and explore a box plot and histogram for a data set. They then compare the two data displays by viewing them together and use the comparison to draw conclusions about the data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/box-plots--histograms
Modeling Daylight Hours
Students are provided with data on the daylight hours for two Canadian cities measured three times per month in 2007. The student's task is to create graphical and algebraic models of the data and to interpret the meaning of each of the parameters in the algebraic models. The student will also ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-daylight-hours
Make the Basket
Students will use parametric equations to model two physical situations: making a free throw (basketball) and hitting a home run (baseball). Students will begin exploring the models by using sliders to change to the angle and velocity of the shot or hit. They will then move the time slider to see...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/make-the-basket
Investigation into the Sine Function
This activity leads the students through an investigation into the zeroes, domain and range of the sine graph. It continues investigating the transformations of the sine graph thus leading to the sinusoidal graph.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigation-into-the-sine-function
Investigating the Sine Function
In this activity, students will use their Nspire handhelds to discover the different attributes of the graph of the sine function. The students will take advantage of the dynamic capabilities of this very unique handheld to explore the amplitude, period, and phase shift of the sine function grap...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-the-sine-function
Investigating Sine and Cosine Functions Graphically
Students will use Sliders on the TI-Nspire to change coefficients of the basic sine and cosine function. Students will investigate how the graph changes by looking at different coefficients. Students will also investigate the sine and cosine graphs by comparing intersection points. Download t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-sine-and-cosine-functions-graphically
Investigating Logistic Functions and Applications
Students will investigate the graphs of logistic functions, function characteristics, and solving logistic equations in Problem 1. Application problems that are modeled by logistic functions are completed in Problem 2-4. This activity is appropriate for Algebra II or Precalculus.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-logistic-functions-and-applications
Inverse Trig Functions
This activity works backwards by giving students the inverse functions and having them discover how they relate to the original functions. By tracing along the inverse function, data is collected and then plotted on a statplot. The variables are then switched on the statplot. The new plot and ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inverse-trig-functions
Infinite Geometric Series
In this activity, students will explore infinite geometric series. They will consider the effect of the value for the common ratio and determine whether an infinite geometric series converges or diverges. Students will numerically analyze infinite geometric series using spreadsheets.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/infinite-geometric-series_1
Linear Equation Games Unit: Activity #9 9 Ball Game
This activity provides a ‘9 Ball Pool Table’ on a graph page. Students are to begin the game by clicking on the ‘play’ button to start the animation of the pool balls. They move the 'cue' ball around and find equations that go through the 'cue' ball, another ball(s) and the hole.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equation-games-unit-activity-9-9-ball-game
Unit Circle template
This is a one page unit circle template that you can copy and paste into a document that you are creating. To make it fit the screen, change the document settings to "float 3," and I used degrees instead of radians for all of the angles up to 180 degrees. You will also want to view in "handheld...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/unit-circle-template
Wrapping Functions
This activity introduces students to various functions of a circular angle. They are shown a unit circle and a point P that can be dragged around the circle. As the point is dragged, different measures are captured, including angle measures, linear distance, and the area of a sector. The activity...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/wrapping-functions
Kansas Chase Activity
In this activity, students will make predictions about how to win a Sprint Cup Championship.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/kansas-chase-activity
Law of Cosines
Students are introduced to the concept of the Law of Cosines. They will explore the concept graphically, numerically, and algebraically. They will discover the Law of Cosines at the conclusion of the activity using TI-Nspire CAS.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/law-of-cosines
400 Meter World Records
Student will find the Med/Med line equation for the world records in the men's 400 meter dash from 1912 to 2000. Students will use scatter plots to graph the list they have typed into a spreadsheet, Students will use the handheld to get answers for work that is required to solve the problem. The...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/400-meter-world-records
What's My Absolute Value
Students will discover what taking the absolute value of a domain will do and what taking the absolute value of a range will do.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-my-absolute-value
Slope and Tangent
This lesson provides opportunities for students to explore the connections between the slope of a line and the tangent of the angle between the line and the horizontal.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slope-and-tangent
Folding Parabolas
In this activity, students graph a quadratic function and investigate its symmetry by choosing pairs of points with the same y-value. They then calculate the average of the x-values of these points and discover that not only do all the points have the same x-value, but the average is equal to the...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/folding-parabolas
Graphs of Tangent, Cotangent, Secant, and Cosecant
The goal of this activity is for students to see how the graphs of tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant are generated and related to the unit circle. A point is animated around the unit circle as data points are captured to create a scatter plot. Students discover a way to relate each of th...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphs-of-tangent-cotangent-secant-and-cosecant
Graphs of Sine and Cosine
The goal of this activity is for students to see how the graphs of sine and cosine are generated and related to the unit circle. A point is animated around the unit circle as data points are captured to create a scatter plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphs-of-sine-and-cosine
Graphing the Tangent to a Curve
Students will graph a function and the graph of the tangent line's slope as a point moves around the curve.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphing-the-tangent-to-a-curve
Proof of Identity
Students use graphs to verify the reciprocal identities. They then use the handheld's manual graph manipulation feature to discover the negative angle, cofunction, and Pythagorean trigonometric identities. Geometric proofs of these identities are given as well.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/proof-of-identity_1
Power Function Inverses
Examine the graphs of power functions with even and odd integer powers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/power-function-inverses
Polynomials: Factors, Roots and Zeroes
Investigate graphical and algebraic representations of a polynomial function and its linear factors.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polynomials-factors-roots-and-zeroes