You Asked – TI Answered: Enabling Student Career Success Through Products Developed With and for Teachers
...3-D printers to smartwatches. The goal was to develop a programmable project system that students could use to get their hands-on engineering design experience, as early as middle school. A group of students in the Dallas area used it to design a smart water system that solved an irrigation probl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/products-with-a-purpose
Five Tips for High School STEM Camps
...o say the least. This year, a team from Texas Instruments set out to find ways to excite students about math and science by giving them a meaningful experience in solving a real-world STEM problem. We launched an after-school club in which students could get hands-on experience in coding and engi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/five-tips-for-high-school-stem-camps
Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
This is a saga of a (nearly) career-long passion to promote computer programming in school. First, some history. ... I always found mathematics “easy” because it made sense and decided to become a mathematics teacher in high school because I could explain things to classmates better than the te...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
Hands-on STEM activities in honor of Jack Kilby
...ood science activity, students will investigate chemistry and life sciences principles, observe processes such as titration, and engage in designing experiments, predicting outcomes and testing their hypotheses. Grab your TI-Nspire™ CX handheld and download the files for your students. Want to lo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/september/kilby-day
mathyoga
...wski, to introduce you to math yoga. So, grab a yoga mat, some comfortable clothes, a water bottle, and let’s celebrate International Day of Yoga by exploring yoga’s flexibility in math class. Why math yoga, you might be asking? While it started as a bit of a joke at Perry High School in Canto...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
...meal you had or a magic show that left you speechless. Can you imagine what life would be like without having awe moments? In fact, researchers have explored the benefits of awe and have found that it is good for us! Eight reasons why awe makes your life better In this article by Summer Allen, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
ICYMI: TI’s Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2020
...0 minutes) During this video lesson, we will show you how to use a virtual zombie apocalypse to help students learn important math concepts such as exponential and logistic growth. And, we also weave in some interesting science topics along the way. Important disclaimer: No zombies were harmed i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-5-2021-top-videos
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
...s in the future in a similar way.” For his prize, TI will fly Marr to San Francisco, California, this summer, along with his wife, for a tour of the Exploratorium, a renowned collection of exhibits that draw together science, art and human perception. “I can’t believe it. This is a dream come tr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
How to Start the Year on a Math High
As we settle into the new school year, we find ourselves in the perfect position to set the tone in our math classes. We’ve all experienced students who are hesitant learners — they come in with the mindset that they hate math or aren’t good enough to make it through the school year. If this att...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
... He was clearly touched by all of the attention and excitement from his students and school staff. “It was genuinely a very important and meaningful experience that I think I will probably remember for the rest of my life.” The BAMFFs were all smiles as Ms. Meinke handed Mr. O his check for $1...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...s popular activity is a sure bet to be a class favorite. With just a little planning, teachers can even take the ideas provided in this activity and expand on them across multiple lessons if they want. It’s a fun way to create a continuous learning experience for students. Armed with their gra...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
... students, who have never met in person, collaborate in different states to brainstorm an idea, design and build their prototype, and create a video explanation. They plan to donate their TI prizes to continue STEM learning in their respective high schools. The Germaphobes explain their co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...letes but also for fans of the sports they represent. Many of us will be glued to our televisions watching the “best of the best” do their thing and experiencing the excitement and drama of it all from our couches. Educators will be among those mesmerized with the stories they see but may fin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
...mmediately knew I wanted to nominate these two boys when I heard about the contest,” said Putterman. In her submission, she wrote, “My motivation is exponentially better because of their energy and curiosity, and they inspire me to bring my best game to teaching every day.” As part of their priz...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
...-hattan, like a football stadium, the park or an electric charging station. Talk about a crash course in programming! Most of the kids have no prior experience and leave as confident programmers. “It’s not really that hard after you get used to it. It’s really easy to control and navigate,” said ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
Are your students struggling with graphing the parent functions or how to graph transformations of them? Texas Instruments is here to help teachers — and students — with a video resource that contains over 250 short colorful animated videos with over 460 examples that illustrate and explain these...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
... after-school organization with a team of teachers, students and professional mentors. Along with Nanoracks and Valley Christian Schools, we sent an experiment up to the International Space Station. We learned how to use a microprocessor to run our experiment — I was intrigued. How could I utiliz...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
... Pt-On(132+N,120-10N²,1,20): End Add some Halloween flair to your next coding lesson by helping students write a spooky program. Explore exponential growth with zombies Exponential growth and decay is often taught in the context of human populations, but what about zombie pop...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...eate a game to practice number sense used in factoring quadratics. This activity can be used with the TI-Innovator™ Hub. The Power of Exponents (pre-algebra and higher) — Students create a game to generate a base number with either a positive or negative exponent for practice. This...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...ine. “It’s incredible to see how this partnership was able to overcome those challenges and provide students all over Canada with the opportunity to experience coding and help students see how STEM comes to life,” said Peter Balyta, president, Texas Instruments Education Technology. Like previo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...onships are the most important aspect of our work. The global pandemic has heightened the importance of relationships, as our students, like us, are experiencing an increased amount of stress, trauma and uncertainty. Building trust, expressing empathy and connecting on a human level is more impor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
...and really great,” said Meyer. He has been teaching mathematics at the San Antonio high school, in the Northside ISD, for 15 years. Tristan Pepper explaining to his former teacher why he nominated him as his math hero during a surprise pep rally at Earl Warren High School. “I was really nervou...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
...not consistently in classrooms they weren’t learning math as they would have without the pandemic. Shifting our perspective to focus on the positive experiences students had, though, allows us to understand that learning did occur. It may not have looked the same as in previous years, but if you ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
...d to solve problems and, as a result, make conceptual errors even with the help of a calculator for computations. I find it helpful to let students explore their calculators without giving them any instructions on how to use it. Most students can use a simple four-function variety, but rarely do...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
...om management, and of course, engagement. Before you even start implementing this cycle of questioning, it is important to set some ground rules and expectations. I call my classroom a “no blurt zone.” I know allowing those few students to shout out their answers may help the flow of a lesson, bu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies