Modeling Mantid Striking Distance
In this TI-Nspire activity, students investigate the relationship between how hungry a praying mantis (also called a “mantid”) is and the distance at which the praying mantis will strike (jump) at prey.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-mantid-striking-distance_nspire
Paying off a Loan
In this coding activity, students will write a program that asks for the principle, annual interest rate and monthly payment. The output will display the approximate number of months it will take to pay off as well as the total amount paid.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/paying-off-a-loan
Cybersecurity 3 - Hail, Caesar!
Building on the concepts learned in Activity 2, this activity introduces students to Caesar ciphers. Students will experiment with encoding messages by using a Caesar shift, which is used to switch up the order of letters in the alphabet to transform plaintext into a ciphertext.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cybersecurity-3
Ratios Within and Between Scaled Shapes
This activity allows students to reason about ratio tables, which helps their understanding of what a ratio describes in a context and what quantities in equivalent ratios have in common.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ratios-within-and-between-scaled-shapes
Writing Chemical Formulas
In this lesson, students practice writing chemical formulas for ionic binary compounds.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/writing-chemical-formulas
Cell-ebrating Life
In this lesson, students will explore and learn about the major components of animal and plant cells.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cellebrating-life
FormulaPro
Like the famous "EEPro" and "MEPro" applications bundled with the TI-89 and TI-92, FormulaPro is a complete engineering solution mostly based around equation solving. It comprises a Equation Solving part (700+ equations grouped into 16 subjects/categories) and a Reference part. Made entirely i...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/formulapro
When The Wind Blows
An investigative project based learning activity incorporating math and science through the connections among Chemistry, Physics, and Trigonometry. Project leads to consideration of the feasibility of alternative energy options based on research and local data. Student activities culminate in the...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/when-the-wind-blows
Connecting Ratios and Scaling
This activity allows students to reason about ratio tables, which helps their understanding of what a ratio describes in a context and what quantities in equivalent ratios have in common.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/connecting-ratios-and-scaling
Recipe for a Living World
In this lesson, students will observe the effects of light intensity and wavelength on the rate of photosynthesis in a plant.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/recipe-for-a-living-world
Recombinant DNA
In this lesson, students complete the steps required to clone a single gene and express it in a model organism.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/recombinant-dna
You Are What You Eat
Students are introduced to modeling linear data through an investigation of comparing grams of fat and calories in fast food hamburgers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/you-are-what-you-eat
Vernier - Graphing Your Motion
In this activity, students use a Vernier Motion Detector to measure distance and velocity. Students prepare graphs of motion and analyze them. They compare and match graphs of distance versus time and velocity versus time.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--graphing-your-motion
Stations Activity: Graphing Calculator Boot Camp
Build up students’ core skills with the TI-84 series calculator including tips on how to undo common mistakes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/boot-camp
The Classic Box Problem Exploration- 84
In this lesson, students take the classic optimization box problem and uses multiple mathematical representations to maximize the volume of the box.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/classic-box-exploration@-84
Graphing Transformations
Combine movement and mystery while graphing transformation and piecewise functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphing-transformations
Profit Equations and Calculus
In this activity for the TI-84 Plus CE, students will discuss the graphical and algebraic relationships between a function and its first and second derivatives, namely a profit function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/profit-equations-and-calc_84
Sampling
Students learn about each of the four types of random sampling methods and use the randInt command to find each kind of sample from a given population.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sampling
Relationship of Vertical Angles
Explore congruency of vertical angleshttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/relationship-of-vertical-angles
Is it Normal?
In this activity, students will use the idea of a normal distribution to pull together multiple areas of probability and statistics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/is-it-normal-@normal-distribution
Best Class
Students will create and explore a box plot and histogram for a data set. They then compare the two data displays by viewing them together and use the comparison to draw conclusions about the data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/best-class
Relationship Between Radius and Tangent to a Circle
Generalize that a tangent and a radius form a 90-degree angle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/relationship-between-radius-and-tangent-to-a-circle
Visualizing Fractions
In this activity, students will explore multiplication and division of fractions using several representations to develop fluency. Students will also solve problems involving similarity using proportions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/visualizing-fractions
Building Bridges Between Engineering and Mathematics
In this activity, students walk through an engineering design project that has a cool algebra twist. Students will develop a foundational relationship between mass, force, and gravity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/building-bridges-between-engineering-and-mathematics
Transforming Fish
In this activity, students will discover how pictures formed by graphing ordered pairs can be stretched (and shrunk) by multiplying (and dividing) the coordinates.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transforming-fish