Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...day job, I consult with schools and districts, mostly in the Midwest, on how to effectively use Texas Instruments (TI) technology to help students achieve in math and science. The girls in my troop really enjoy the STEM and coding activities, which got me thinking recently, “How can I combine my ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...o-use resource can be utilized in several ways: As a teaching and learning tool inside and outside the classroom As independent study and review To augment a flipped classroom It is modular — you only use what you want or need! And students can work at their own pace. Ex...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
TI’s Response to COVID-19: We Are Here for You
... to offer weekly webinars and highlight on-demand recordings that support professional learning and a sense of community. PARTNERSHIP: For more than 30 years, teachers have trusted us to help them teach math and science. We are as committed as ever to being your trusted partner as we navigate th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/coronavirusresponse
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
How many times have you heard an administrator, professional development presenter or master teacher say, “100% engagement”? I have lost count. Would you believe me if I said there really is a way to engage all of your students, even the most distracted, most reluctant learner? 100% engagement i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...o be scanned for the AP readers to grade electronically. Practice good penmanship and write dark enough for the scanning process. I am using a variety of resources and considering different perspectives. The TI in Focus: AP® Calculus Resources are a great way to refresh teacher knowledge on a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...who have a deeper understanding about personal finances are better prepared for financial management and long-term economic success [1]. Three strategies that we can use to help our students build a foundation for financial literacy are further educating ourselves, becoming familiar with financia...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...data on the chemical phenomena helps them to “see” how these particles interact and react while making learning fun and teaching them how to become scientists. In 2015, I attended the T³™ International Conference in Philadelphia. At this conference, I was first introduced to TI technology for...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
The Heartbeat of STEM
...m to control the model. Students become familiar with coding by using the easily accessible menu-based system within TI calculators. These activities are available using multiple platforms and languages: TI-Basic (TI-Nspire™ CX, TI-Nspire™ CX II or TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculators) and Pyth...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
Origins of the Monty Hall problems “Let’s Make a Deal” was a variety game show that started in 1963 and was co-created and co-produced by Monty Hall. The format of “Let’s Make a Deal” involves selected members of the studio audience making deals with the host. The audience member would ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
World-Emoji-Day
...ferent RBG color values and, as soon as they pressed “control r” to run their code, they would quickly (and proudly) turn their calculator to their friends to share what they just created. This project allowed for student choice and creativity, and they were not afraid to make mistakes and worked...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...aught up with the students and teachers of the five finalist groups from the 2022 TI Codes Contest to get their feedback and insights into their experiences. If you have not heard of the TI Codes Contest before, or are not sure if the contest is for you, read on. Their words, enthusiasm and id...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
...chool math subjects, including geometry and algebra I and II. Lesson one of the Smart Space geometry video series. An introduction to ratios for middle school classes. Most of the Smart Space videos range from 15 to 25 minutes in length. What’s more, the lessons...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
...ea to working out real symbols and problems. What is your primary goal for students? To have them love math. To have students know that they can be successful at math and that mistakes are OK. In fact, mistakes are better than OK, they’re wonderful and we need them. If my students are making mis...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...vator™” project to extend our students’ engineering skills and their appreciation of water conservation. The challenge: Create an autonomous and efficient watering system to deliver spring showers to our May flowers. A little background … In 2015, we brought the Engineer Your World (EYW) cours...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...rganizers — 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 nee...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...2 or int(n/2)+1 yield the smallest vertex angles. Try it yourself. See the online lesson in TI Codes for all the details and step-by-step instructions. On another patriotic note, the U.S. flag is another great opportunity to put coding skills and art to work for this holiday. In the same...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...he heart of the code is … a list: Python code for part of the song “Jingle Bells.” Each element of the list myscore contains three pieces of information about each of the notes of the song: the note name, the note length and the lyric associated with that note (usually just a sy...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
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
...les » Bonus: DIY Calculator costume! This calculator costume is eerie-sistible to math teachers. Download the template and instructions for an easy DIY costume. Follow the basic instructions, or customize your costume to fit your own spooky style. Add an intense math screen ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
... of garbage when creating new neighborhoods or businesses. In the “Garbage Problem” activity for the TI-84 graphing calculator, students realize how much garbage we create, which can lead to great discussions about finding reasonable solutions to a problem we have yet to solve. Link to Activity 2...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
...eynotes (Yes,you can still register!) “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” by Peter Liljedahl This easy read includes easily applied and practical recommendations. It also includes relevant research on what actually matters in helping all students learn mathematics. “Thi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...to one of their peers to make sure they understand it. Coding also gives students valuable exposure to writing programs, which can be a powerful experience. STEP 1: Never programmed? Have them at Hello! If you’ve never programmed with your calculators, start by displaying “HELLO WORLD” on the scr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
... students were talking about mathematics and finally accepting that calculus is not memorization and imitative calculations. I am so excited to introduce you to the why and how of Mixed Six activities. I happened to be on Twitter one Saturday morning in early March and saw a post by Ben Gordon...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...ive ways to keep your teaching skills sharp is the same thing we encourage our students to do over the summer: read. We polled some of our favorite educators for the books they turn to for inspiration. Below are our top 10 books, with high SPF (summer professional fun) levels, to dive into this ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...ward a successful school year. Connect with Colleagues Social distancing can create feelings of loneliness and isolation, but there’s a large and friendly community of educators looking to make connections and be a part of something bigger. Try following a few math and science education experts...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020