Collecting Pens (Continued)
In this activity, students learn how to instruct the calculator to collect and organize the results from several trials of a simulation designed to find out how many boxes of cereals a customer would have to buy to collect all six color pens. Students enter a prewritten program, analyze the resul...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/collecting-pens-continued
Collecting Pens
Students explore simulation strategies to solve real world problems involving probability and randomness. They use the Monte Carlo procedure to simulate the collecting of six different colored felt-tipped markers from boxes of Kellogg's cereals. They examine and analyze summary statistics and sta...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/collecting-pens
How Do You Measure Up?
In this activity, students graph scatter plots to investigate possible relationships between two quantitative variables. They collect data and analyze several sets of data pairing the two quantities.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-do-you-measure-up
Exploring Quadrilateral Properties Using Cabri
Students will use Cabri Jr. to learn about the properties of quadrilaterals as well as learn about the relationships between quadrilaterals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-quadrilateral-properties-using-cabri
Function of a Circle
Students use Cabri,Jr. to construct a circle and its radius, measure both the circumference and the radius, and then collect data showing the relationship between the two. Using the TI-Navigator students input their data into lists and see the scatterplot of the collected data displayed on a coo...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/function-of-a-circle
Sequence of Bounces Activity - Modeling Motion
This activity serves as a follow-up to Activity 12 in the Explorations book, Modeling Motion: High School Math Activities with the CBR by Linda Antinone, Sam Gough, and Jill Gough (Texas Instruments Incorporated, 1997).https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sequence-of-bounces-activity--modeling-motion
Coordinate System
Students demonstrate understanding of coordinate system and ordered pairs using Activity Center.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/coordinate-system
Say What You Mean!
This is a fun activity that has students determining how grades could be adjusted should a curve be given. Students will experiment with lists and stat plots to determine if their adjustments create a line or a curve when plotted on a graph.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/say-what-you-mean
Discovering Integer Rules (Multiplying/Dividing)
Students will determine rules for integer operations using the calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discovering-integer-rules-multiplyingdividing
Estimation Games
Students use the calculator to compute products of numbers and to find answers to division problems. The activity is designed to help students develop number sense with the operations of multiplication and division.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/estimation-games
Parabolic Applications
Students will analyze a parabola graphed from word problems. Students will use the calculator to find the roots and vertex of the graph to answer questions based on the word problems.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parabolic-applications
Graphing Calculator Scavenger Hunt
Students will use the TI-84+ graphing calculator to complete this Scavenger Hunt.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphing-calculator-scavenger-hunt
Exploring Sinusoidal Functions - 84
Students systematically explore the effect of the coefficients on the graph of sine or cosine functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/getting-triggy-with-it
What's in a Name? Explorations in the Coordinate Plane from Manipulative to Graphing Calculator
Students will plot points in a coordinate plane and reflect those points across the axes using a MIRA and then using the graphing calculator STAT, STAT PLOT, and GRAPH menus graph the image on the graphing calculator screen.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-in-a-name--explorations-in-the-coordinate-plane-from-manipulative-to-graphing-calculator
What's My Line?
This activity focuses on strengthening student understanding of connections among graphical, tabular, and algebraic representations of simple linear functions. They enter a simple program that allows them to determine the equations for lines, in the form Y = AX + B, based on tabular and graphical...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-my-line
The Shrinking Dollar
Students examine the long term effects of inflation. They compute the increase in cost price due to compounding of inflation rates every year. They recognize that this increase in cost price is exponential.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-shrinking-dollar
How Far Did You Walk?
In this activity, students will find the distance traveled when the velocity is constant by examining the area under the Velocity-Time graph and applying the formula d = r * t. They will also find the distance traveled for motion when the velocity is not constant by approximating the area under t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-far-did-you-walk
Eileen's Work Week: Solving Systems of Inequalities
Student solve a real-life application problem of systems of inequalities.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/eileens-work-week-solving-systems-of-inequalities
Evaluating a Function Rule
Students will evaluate functions using assigned values for one variable.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/evaluating-a-function-rule
Finding Patterns and Graphing Functions
This activity has students' find patterns in the areas and perimeters of a given series of figures. Students' then use graphing calculators to graph the values and to find linear and quadratic functions to describe the patterns.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/finding-patterns-and-graphing-functions
Constructing Lines from Individual Points in the Activity Center
Students will understand that a line is made up of many points that all follow the same rule.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/constructing-lines-from-individual-points-in-the-activity-center
Box It Up
Students take a numerical and tabular look at finding the maximum value of an open box constructed by folding a rectangular sheet of material with cutout square corners. They also understand the concepts of independent and dependent variables.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/box-it-up
Breaking Spaghetti
Students will do a lab where they keep track of the number of strands of spaghetti versus how many "weights" it takes to break the spaghetti. They will enter lists and create a scatter plot. Students will also find the equation for the line of best fit. The TI-Navigator System can then be used...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/breaking-spaghetti
Transformations, Reflections and Translations
Students will discover how to move a function up, down, to the right or left or reflect it.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-reflections-and-translations
Expanding Space Station
Students will find and compare function rules for a given pattern. They also evaluate variable expressions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/expanding-space-station