Mission Imagination
...ngth and nutrition to how to detect and prevent potential collisions with orbital debris. The winning team of students proposed a vertical garden to capitalize on limited space to feed the astronauts and developed intricate plans for reinforcing the spacecraft’s outer hull to protect against spac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/may/mission-imagination-winners
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
...y High School, just outside of Palm Beach, Florida. High school senior Faith Southwick, who is the first person in her school’s history to receive an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, nominated Marr for inspiring her love of math and helping to facilitate her military career. WATCH A VIDEO O...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...the high school I attended in Sugarland, Texas. I was instantly captivated by the LED backlit screen and graphing capabilities. To simply type in an equation and have the visual in seconds, it made pre-calculus and calculus so much easier to understand. From conics to quadratics, the options were...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
...e and high school physics, the ghost of Dead Man’s Curve engages students in explorations of electromagnetism, the relationship of wavelength, and frequency and practical applications of electromagnetic principles with the TI‑Nspire™ CX or TI‑Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. Unrav...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...nology. Like previous years, TI instructors led collaborative coding sessions using TI software and technology. But this year, instead of using a graphing calculator, Shads were equipped with a perpetual license of the TI-Nspire™ CX Student Software, which will be updated with Python this fall....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
...ir calculators incorrectly and usually have no idea why their answer is wrong. Inevitably, they end up raising their hands during tests with profound questions. The answer the calculator gave them isn’t an answer choice. So much for being the secret weapon! The reality is that many students lack ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
As a child, every new year my dad would ask my sisters and me to write down our New Year’s resolutions. On top of my list was always, “get straight A’s and exercise every day.” To this day, that has never happened. Ever. In 2019, after a lot of life transitions, I discovered that I was frequentl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
Five Ways Math Teachers are Superheroes
...love when they understand – and that you make the effort to help them get it! #2– Math teachers make math fun! Math teachers know how to ÷ and conquer their math class to make it the life of the party! #3 – Math Teachers get to know their students. Math teachers relate to their students a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/mathteacherschangetheworld
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
Any day is a better day with a little π (pi). Let’s celebrate Pi Day with some fun, meaningful activities that show students how the mathematical constant shows up in real life. 1: Happy Pi Day Activity Worksheets Choose from two quick-start activities; Ready-made Pi or Homemade Pi. In thes...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...e summer brain drain, is a real thing. The National Summer Learning Association reports that students lose an equivalent of two months of their grade-level math computational skills over the summer.* And, when kids return to school in the fall, about nine out of 10 teachers will spend as much as ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
Albuquerque schools using high-tech devices to teach math
TI technology is changing the way Albuquerque Public School students learn math. Read the Story TI technology is changing the way Albuquerque Public School students learn math. Albuquerque schools using high-tech devices to teach math Texas Instruments Albuquerque schools using high-tec...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/october/ti-tech-in-use
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
...“Girls and Code, Montreal Movement”. Fun fact: English is not her first language, it’s French! Estefannie of @estefanniegg Estefannie is an embedded apps software engineering lead (makes apps for big robots) by day, and a YouTube content creator by night. During her day job, she programs in C++ ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
...t problems visually, concretely and abstractly. We have to teach all kids —those who are visual learners, those who like numbers and those who like graphs. It’s important to have students understand that it’s not about simply getting the answer but about understanding the thinking process and mat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
5 Teachers You Should Be Following on Instagram Right Now
..., TX math teacher taught in Thailand over the summer and is back in Texas guiding students through algebra and geometry. Prepare for major classroom envy --- hers looks like it belongs in the pages of a lifestyle magazine. 5. Rachael(@rise.over.run) This teacher means business. She shares what ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/5-teachers-to-follow-on-instagram
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...gtousethis.' I ask them: Do you ever have to think? Do you have to reason through a problem? Do you have to use your critical thinking skills? I also apply it to other areas of their lives. For example, if you play sports, do you have to do jumping jacks as a warm-up to that sport? Yes. Do you ev...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth
Decorate Your Classroom With TI | Texas Instruments
...t. Students can stick them on the back of their TI calculator covers for a quick reference, whether they’re using TI-84 Plus CE or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators. These helpful stickers are created by @iteachalgebra, a New Jersey algebra and geometry teacher. Check out her Instagram pag...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/classroom-decorations
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
...late that will make you look boo-tiful! Time to get this party startled! Give ’em pumpkin to talk about! Learn how to use your graphing calculator and equations to “carve” a jack-o’-lantern on an imported image on a TI-84 Plus CE or TI-Nspire™ CX family graphing calculator. M...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
... Southwest Pilot WTEN-TV (ABC): Tech Valley student wins national STEM contest While in Dallas, Alex met with veteran Southwest Airlines pilot, Captain Adam Schindall, who consulted on STEM on the Fly. The fun, free activity and accompanying video, that stars Alex, puts students at the contr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...g code to perform operations are deepening their understanding of the underlying mathematics. And remember, if they can code it, then they know it. Happy coding! Are you curious about how to introduce your students to computational thinking? Writing a program to demonstrate their understanding...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
...articipants to work/study from home, if possible. To better understand what “flattening the curve” means, and to explore how epidemics/pandemics can happen, we can use models and simulations. A mathematical model is a useful tool for describing natural phenomena, such as the epidemiology of the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
...sparkle to your end-of-semester lesson plans.--> 1) Let It Snow Help your students learn to write a program to make snow fall on the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator. 2) “Jingle Bells” Plug your TI graphing calculator into the TI-Innovator™ Hub and write code to play your favorite holiday tu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
TI-84 Plus CE App for Chrome OS™ Operating System
...the educational institution accredited by an association recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the State Board of Education, or by their equivalents in other countries. Subscription Period - ...https://education.ti.com/en/product-resources/eula-chrome-app
Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 3 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
Take the Math (X)pression Quiz to discover your math personality! Plus, you’ll have a chance to enter our sweepstakes and earn cool prizes. Start the quiz >> Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 3 | Texas Instruments – U.S. global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/math-xpression-quiz/question-3
Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 1 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 6 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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