Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
... access to the required sensors, and manipulate variables within the code tied to the customer’s design constraints. This easy on-ramp freed kids to explore questions about plant physiology and consider how dry the soil should become (and how quickly that might happen) between watering cycles. Th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...ing changes in their class performance. The set of four questions opens the door for us to communicate constructively about improving our math class experience for everyone. Respond and Move Forward After I read my students’ evaluations, I respond back to the class within a few days. I choose s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
5 Teachers You Should Be Following on Instagram Right Now
...rious millennial describes herself as a math teacher to hormonal high schoolers. Her life goal: fill up all the pages of her passport by the time it expires in 2021. Follow Esther for funny daily stories and math memes. 4. Kathleen(@misscraftymathteacher) This Houston, TX math teacher taught in...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/5-teachers-to-follow-on-instagram
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...he organizers — during this virtual summer camp, but the feedback from the students highlighted the value and long-term impact of this hands-on STEM experience. One of the advantages of the configuration where students wrote code on the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator was that they didn’t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
... class notes, and discuss issues such as rounding decimals to a certain place value, if that is important for you. Be clear with students about your expectations in advance of testing, and model examples of both calculator and non-calculator questions. Separate the Sections When creating yo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...d learned about these challenges through our own careers, both prior to and since working together at TI. Although we don’t consider ourselves to be experts in teaching math, Curtis and I have learned a lot from our classroom days, our time supporting educators across the country with professiona...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...doing each day. If I notice several of them aren’t getting a concept, I will change my lesson plan and bring in new materials and activities to help explain the same concept in a different way until they understand it. What are fun or unique ways you teach your students? By nature I’m a designer,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
... another song by building a similar list. Be sure to share your work with @TICalculators online. Lists summary Multiplying a list by a number “expands” the list by that factor. List comprehension is a convenient way to build a list. Be careful when trying to make a copy of a list. Use the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Who knew math had moves?
Veteran math teacher turned first-year computer science teacher, Katie Brown, wasn’t quite sure what to expect when she learned Texas Instruments was bringing its’ new robotic car, the TI-Innovator Rover, to share with her pre-AP computer science class. But after one 50-minute class period, she ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
The expression “seeing is believing” is usually true. But in science education, many of the concepts can be quite difficult for students to observe because they can be very small, very large, very fast or very slow. So how can we provide students with an experience of science phenomena in the co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
...n types. Download the Calculating Cats and Bats worksheet bundles » I want to teach your BRAAIINS! Add a creepy twist to an exponential growth lesson with zombies! Exponential growth and decay are often taught in the context of human populations, but what about zombie pop...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...: Be rational, get real! Another fun way to celebrate pi is to have your students dress up like someone who uses pi in the real world. Have students explain why they chose that person and how that person uses pi in their career. Some careers that come to mind include: astronaut, mechanical engine...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/waystocelebratepi
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...e IB® math curriculum, we have shared with the participants thoughts on the first round of exams in May 2021, including how to write the Mathematics Exploration IA, and the tips and tricks students can use with their TI-84 Plus CE or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators. You can listen to all pa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
...de the .tns files if you want to download them to study the code and take a crack at editing to make it uniquely yours. There are also two PDF files explaining the programs in more detail which can help you take the code and do something a little different with it. Example 1: Just Popped By...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
...students combine the physics of vibration/sound with electricity and coding to build their own speaker. Link to Activity 5. Mechanical Engineering – Exploring the Depths! Physical Science Mechanical engineers are responsible for designing machines big and small – from the engine under the hood o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
...vities, robotic vehicle activities, and organized professional learning opportunities such as on-demand webinars. There are so many resources to explore, I could go on for pages. However, as a teacher, I know time is precious so I’ll stick to the highlights. More specifically, I’ll highlight ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
...mation to yourself until you feel like the kids have grappled with this problem long enough. Tip 3: Science is perfect. Lab equipment is not. Don’t expect to see a perfectly straight line. Your data collecting instruments probably aren’t up to NASA’s snuff, so expect what scientists and engineer...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator
... are sharing secrets on how to get started coding with your TI calculator. Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator Kimberly Gonzales, Coding Expert Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator website ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/learntocode
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
If you are a teacher like me, you probably always have lots of ideas. I certainly do! Thank goodness I also have a circle of friends that share my passion and help me bring those ideas full circle. Many of my ideas seem to have a common theme: Provide fun, learning, engaging, real-world experien...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
... accompanying video, that stars Alex, puts students at the controls of an intercontinental airliner as they cruise through the math and science that explain how wings work. Students will develop their problem-solving and analytical skills as they apply linear relationships, Bernoulli's Principal ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
...d key then the stat key. You will notice that L1 is the first option. Press the graph key to see the screenshot below. Change your equation in Y1 to explore. Tip 4: Storing Window Setting You can store your favorite window setting into memory and recall it at any time. Press the window key and...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...amiliar mathematical procedure – computing the slope of a line between two points – to demonstrate computational thinking and a few coding concepts. Expressing a problem and a solution in a way that a computer, or human, can carry it out is computational thinking. Coding on the calculator is one ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
When math teacher Jessica Kachur joined the faculty of Kenosha Unified School District’s Indian Trail High School, she embarked on a mission to start an after-school coding club. Her goal was to ensure that math students had an opportunity to get together and explore the important, life-long ben...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
Celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month
...h Awareness Month, here are four TI-Nspire activities to use in your classes – whether you teach algebra, calculus or statistics. 1: German Tanks: Exploring Sampling Distributions In this activity, your students will be challenged with the same problem the WWII Allies’ generals had: How do you ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/mathawarenessmonth
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
... and ponder counterexamples, we in turn provide space for curiosity, ownership and courage. Finkel reminded us that answers and facts end learning experiences, while questions and conjectures extend learning experiences. There is power in beginning a learning experience with inquiry rather than...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways