Properties of Solutions: Electrolytes and Nonelectrolytes
In this lesson, students will use a conductivity probe to measure conductivity and determine which molecules are responsible for conductivity of solutions. Alternative procedure for the Vernier Go Direct® sensors with CXII is included in the downloads.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-solutions--electrolytes-and-nonelectrolytes
Fuel for the Fire
This lesson lets students explore a variety of STEM practices and puts them in the role of propulsion engineers tasked with designing and fueling rocket boosters.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/fuel-for-the-fire-@-nasa
STEM on the Fly
This activity challenges students to develop their problem-solving and analytical skills and test linear relationships, Bernoulli's principle and Newton's third law of motion.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/stem-on-the-fly
Path to Stem: Explore Engineering and Electronics
Activities for the TI-Innovator™ Hub with the TI LaunchPad™ Board that explore STEM concepts and develop engineering skills by designing and coding electronics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/path-to-stem_engineering
On-demand Webinars
...demand webinars that show educators how to effectively use TI technology to build student understanding. These webinars are offered for a variety of topics, subject areas and TI technology. They often feature free activities found on the TI Activities webpage. On-Demand Webinars Selec...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/webinars-and-tutorials/on-demand-webinars
Zombie Apocalypse 2: The Humans Strike Back
This activity provides students with a continued inside look at the math and science real-life epidemiologists use to track and curb the spread of diseases through a population.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/stem-behind-hollywood-@-zombie-apocalypse-2
Zombie Apocalypse I: STEM of the Living Dead
This engaging activity provides students with an inside look at the math and science real-life epidemiologists use to track and curb the spread of diseases through a population.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/stem-behind-hollywood-@-zombie-apocalypse-1
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...nts learn how to gather and input the data of circular objects. Students will plot the circumference versus diameter on a graph, then calculate the slope of the data points. What will they observe about the slope? The Ready-made Pi activity is great if class/prep time is short. Or, let students...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/happypiday
5 Fresh Spring Ideas for Your Classroom | Texas Instruments
...ring-themed designs. Choose from two designs, a butterfly or umbrella, with three activities each — so you can pick the difficulty level that’s appropriate for your students. Just download the pack, print them out and you’re all set! Download the piecewise activity 4. Explo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/fresh-spring-ideas-for-classrooms
Helping Students Save for Retirement | Texas Instruments
Retirement isn’t something most people think about when they are young. It just seems so far away. But if you start investing early, the reward will be much larger. When TI’s President and CEO, Haviv Ilan, recently received a handwritten letter (yes, handwritten!) explaining why it i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/retirement-planning-program
Inverse Functions on the TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
...f videos that can help you with just that. Even if you think you know, you may still benefit from hearing another expert talk through important math topics and how to enrich those topics with TI technology. A particular topic that really struck me is “inverse functions.” Why? Students often str...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/investigating-inverse-functions-ti-84-plus-ce
Fall-Tastic Ideas for Your Classroom | Texas Instruments
...u can challenge your students to: Determine the functions that form the full image. Practice transformations to complete the partial image. Develop unique designs with their own math. Piece the activities together to finish the image. Download free activities with thr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/falltastic-ideas-enhance-classroom
Collecting Data With Sensors and TI Tech | Texas Instruments
What do science students get when teachers connect Vernier Go Direct® sensors with TI’s Python-capable graphing calculators? An easy-to-use, portable and wireless data collection system that gets them more engaged in their learning! This combination of learning tools provides fantastic oppor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/match-made-in-stem
5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math | Texas Instruments
...g unit to create an ellipse formula. That formula can be solved by Rover to draw a scaled orbit on poster paper. The students also learn how to use loops in their code as the Rover steps through their formula to solve for the next location. Note: Both these activities are part of a ninth grade ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/using-robotics-to-teach-math
A New School Year, A New You(Tube) | Texas Instruments
...o videos for the TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire™ families of graphing calculators Resources for test preparation Follow-along lessons sorted by subject Popular professional development videos And Shorts! Introducing Shorts! We’re adding all-new shorts to our content rotation. You ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/new-school-year-new-youtube
Middle School Math Meets Python Game Design | Texas Instruments
...to achieve all those goals? My students are always interested in adding some game play to the content! If you’ve never coded before, don’t let that stop you — keep reading. Let me share some pre-built middle school activities to bring coding fun to your classroom. Don’t let the label “middle ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/middle-school-math-python-game-design
Women Who Code: A TI Intern’s STEM Journey | Texas Instruments
...ved from Albania to the U.S. with her parents and younger brother after her family won a visa lottery. While her parents had stable jobs in that developing country, the lack of opportunities for their children was the deciding factor to move. Shahollari said it was a “a big sacrifice” for her fat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/women-who-code-ti-intern-stem-journey
3 Coding Activities for July Fourth Fun | Texas Instruments
July 4 is upon us. To the rest of the world, it’s just another day. But, in the U.S., it’s Independence Day, when the nation recognizes the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Americans celebrate the day with family, friends, barbeques and parades, and end it with a bang...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/3-coding-activities-for-july-4-fun
Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?
...adding:0;margin-bottom:20px}.custom-table-wrapper p{text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid #555}.custom-table-wrapper ul{padding-left:2em;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:15px}.custom-table-wrapper ul li{list-style-type:disc;padding:2px 0}.custom-table-wrapper .right-block{border-left:solid #555...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/why-buy-graphing-calculator
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
Every year for the last 52 years, Earth Day has been on April 22. And in fact, "Earth Week" is celebrated the entire week leading up to Earth Day. Earth Day gives us an opportunity to cherish all that our home provides. This week also provides an opportunity to reflect on our own actions that ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
Get Students Excited About Linear Equations | Texas Instruments
...r you out a little … the upside is the students absolutely love it!” Instead of starting your lesson on writing a linear equation or finding the slope of a line, create an itch that needs to be scratched! Use the two points in this activity to drive the need to use the slope formula and thus c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/get-students-excited-about-linear-equations
Is Your Calculator Approved for Exams? | Texas Instruments
... Resources website .solo-hero.columns.fullimage.copy-halign-left.custom-padding .content { padding-left: 0px;} Texas Instruments calculators are approved for use on most high-stakes tests. Are...https://education.ti.com/en/resources/test-preparation
Forensics Case 9 - Killer Cup of Coffee: Using colorimetry to determine concentration of a poison
In this activity, students will use colorimetry to determine the concentration of a colored species in a solution and use a linear relationship to model Beer's law. They use Beer's law to determine the concentration of iron(III)thiocyanate (FeSCN2+) in an unknown solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-9--killer-cup-of-coffee-using-colorimetry-to-determine-concentration-of-a-poison
Forensics Case 5 - The Ink Is Still Wet: Using colorimetry to identify an unknown ink
In this activity, students identify the ink of a ransom note to match suspects. They identify an unknown ink by its light absorbance characteristics. The experiment set up used is to measure a solutions absorbance of different colors (wavelengths) of light.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-5--the-ink-is-still-wet-using-colorimetry-to-identify-an-unknown-ink
Scientific Notation
This activity gives students an opportunity to see where large and small numbers are used and how scientific notation offers a convenient method of writing such numbers. This will be done both with and without technology.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/scientific-notation-@-ns