5 Tips for a Healthy, Happy Exam Week | Texas Instruments
...ime, how do you keep yourself healthy and calm? Vanessa Vakharia, known as The Math Guru, has been in your shoes. In fact, when Vanessa was in high school, math class was a huge struggle. Thanks to some amazing teachers and life-changing learning environments, she’s a math lover, math teacher a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/5-tips-for-a-healthy-happy-exam-week
Let’s Get Back to the Basics
As the new school year kicks off, there are many lessons that teachers are exploring to challenge and strengthen their students. We have created one activity that can help you assess your students’ understanding of key math concepts, identify their different learning styles and strengths, and ge...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtothebasicsactivity
How a TI Calculator and a Few Special Teachers Added up to an Engineering Career at TI
...n early beginning using arithmetic for entertainment, I don’t remember ever thinking that “when I grow up, I’m going to be an engineer.” In fact, in school I never felt that I was very good at mathematics, and it wasn’t one of my favorite subjects. I always loved computers and technology but was...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/eweek2021
The Long Road to My STEM Career
... I couldn’t commit that little table to memory. I didn’t do well in that class. I failed miserably with a low F! Eventually, I recovered, and in high school I applied to join an exchange program to the U.S. I landed in Alabama. Culturally, physically, psychologically, I could not have been furth...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
Using TI-Nspire™ Technology To Creatively Solve ACT® Math Problems
One of the keys to doing well on the ACT® math exam is to be open to solving problems in non-traditional ways. The average ACT® score of the students at my school is a 30. Many of my students, who could solve problems the traditional way, choose alternative methods that might be faster or easie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/actmathproblems
Engage Students With This Real-World Earth Day Activity
...” Using the average straw length of 7 3/4 inches and the diameter of the earth as 7,926 miles, calculate the answer using these steps: These screenshots from a TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator represent solving how many times a day’s supply of plastic straws in the U.S. would wrap aroun...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/earthday
7 Reasons Why Python on the TI-Nspire™ CX II Graphing Calculator Is a Must-Have for Your Classroom
...hat strengthens the use of TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators and software in math classes. Educators can now connect coding in Python to math, science, physical computing and robotics on a single platform. This update introduces students to one of the most popular and powerful programming ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/7-reasons-why-python-is-a-must
Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Virtual Teaching
...rom the classroom to an online environment is that relationships have already been formed. You have been with these students for a better part of the school year. And, don’t just talk at the kids. Create a conversation like you’re used to doing in class. Keep it interactive and fun. 3. Structure...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/distance-education
Customize your TI calculator with a 3-D printed case
...surance Engineer for Texas Instruments, created the prototypes in his free time and is sharing them on Thingiverse, a thriving design community for discovering, making and sharing 3-D printable things. So far, he’s created dozens of different 3-D printable designs and he’s excited to add calculat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/3d-slide-case
ICYMI: Top 10 Webinars of 2019
...can knock one out in no time! Algebra Through Calculus: Domain and Range of Functions Hosted by Corey Boby and Kim Thomas AP® Calculus Readers discuss domain and range of functions in this second session of our “Algebra Through Calculus” series. Algebra Through Calculus: Seeing Structure ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019webinars
A case for handheld graphing calculators
... important issue runs deeper than you realize. There is little debate about the effectiveness of graphing calculators to help students learn math and science. The real question is about how students access this tool. While the vast majority of students already have a handheld graphing calculator,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/may/why-graphing-calculators-add-up
Engineers who code
TIers who code: TI engineers share how they learned to code on their TI calculator Did you know in just 10 minutes, you can learn to code? Coding is more than just a computer language; it requires the same problem solving and curiosity needed for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/engineers-who-code
STEM Challenge
Fifteen teams of middle-school STEM students rise to the TI Orion Space Capsule Challenge in Sarasota, Fla. Fifteen teams of middle-school STEM students rise to the TI Orion Space Capsule Challenge in Sarasota, Fla. STEM Challenge Texas Instruments STEM Challenge website ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/stem-challenge
Prime Summer Reading for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
School’s out for summer! That means it’s time to relax, recharge and find a good book to read. What are math and science teachers reading this year to combat summer brain rot? We asked you, our teacher community, for ideas. This summer reading list features a hot mix of teaching practices,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math | Texas Instruments
... a look at a few specific activities where educators are effectively using the Rover to elevate student understanding and engagement in both math and science. Using Rovers in reflections and transformations in geometry Exploring interior and exterior angles using the Rover Coordinate plane...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/using-robotics-to-teach-math
Top 6 calculator functions to know for AP® Statistics | TI
...riables Checking Conditions Inferential Procedures 1: Regression Analysis While it’s unlikely that you will be asked to draw a scatterplot on the exam, being familiar with how to create and analyze a scatterplot of bivariate data could prove crucial. You may be given a scat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/top-6-calculator-functions-ap-statistics
TJ Warren Donates TI Calculators
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Jack Kilby Day
...w for sure what next great invention will make history like the integrated circuit, what we do know is the students in your classrooms are the future scientists, engineers and mathematicians that will envision and create the solutions to our world’s greatest problems. In celebration o...https://education.ti.com/en/success-story/jack-kilby-day
Give me Five
In this activity, students will discuss and describe the center and spread of a univariate data set by way of a five number summary and visually by a box & whisker diagram. Students will then apply this knowledge to real life applications to enhance their ability to understand this math in stat...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-give-me-five
AP® Calculus Resources
...e finding both the Surface Area and Volume of several 3D objects. 3D Surface Area and Volume In this activity, students will discuss and use multiple ways to answer financial questions involving loans, compound interest, amortization tables, saving money using annuities, an...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities
Applications and Interpretation
...e finding both the Surface Area and Volume of several 3D objects. 3D Surface Area and Volume In this activity, students will discuss and use multiple ways to answer financial questions involving loans, compound interest, amortization tables, saving money using annuities, an...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Tim Collier
...x concepts to life for his students. Fast facts about Tim: TEACHES WHAT: precalculus, calculus and algebra III TEACHES WHERE: McAlester High School in McAlester, Oklahoma TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 31 years Tim in his own words: Why did you become a teacher? The short answer is that te...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/february/teacherofthemonth
Graphing Calculators Are Now Approved for the AP® Biology Exam, but What Else Can I Do With Them?
... wondering what can be done with graphing calculators other than graphing and calculating. To answer this question, let’s take a look at a few of the Science Practices for AP® science courses as published by the College Board®. Within each practice, there are examples of how a Texas Instruments (...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/april/graphingcalculatorsapproved
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Stacy Thibodeaux
...na, who strives to instill a love of learning in her students. Fast facts about Stacy: TEACHES WHAT: Chemistry TEACHES WHERE: Southside High School in Youngsville, Louisiana TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 18 years Stacy in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? In college, I was a ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/april/teacherofthemonth
Building a Band With Famous Mathematicians
...Envision the Euclidean Fibonacci Pythagorean Sword-Play Band (or EFPSPB for short) … Pythagorean ratios not only define the 13 notes of the chromatic scale, those same intervals define the placement of the frets (the small bars of metal across the fingerboard) on a guitar. “So I imagine it as Pyt...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/june/music-in-math