Learning to Do Linear Regressions
This activity compares children's age to height to teach linear regressions. The handout includes notes for students and teachers with a step-by-step lesson on how to do 3 types of linear regressions - Best Fit line, Median Median Line and Least Squares Line.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/learning-to-do-linear-regressions
Depreciation
In this activity, students perform computations involving depreciation of assets. They will study methods such as Straight line depreciation, Sum of the digits method and Double declining balance depreciation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/depreciation
Linear Equations for Which the Difference between the Coordinates is Constant
This activity allows students to explore situations in which points with a constant difference between coordinates are graphed. With TI-Navigator?s display, students can determine that an oblique line is formed from such points. This oblique line always has intercepts equal to the constant diff...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equations-for-which-the-difference-between-the-coordinates-is-constant
Linear Equations for Which the Product of the Coordinates is Constant
This activity allows students to explore situations in which points with a constant product of x-coordinate and y-coordinate are graphed. With TI-Navigator?s display, students can determine that a curve is formed from such points. This curve is in quadrants 1 and 3 if the product is positive or...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equations-for-which-the-product-of-the-coordinates-is-constant
Linear Equations for Which the Quotient of the Coordinates is Constant
This activity allows students to explore situations in which points with a constant quotient of coordinates are graphed. With TI-Navigator?s display, students can determine that an oblique line is formed from such points. This oblique line always passes through the origin with a slope equal to ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equations-for-which-the-quotient-of-the-coordinates-is-constant
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
Transformations: Two Functions or Not Two Functions
Students create original artwork using all functions and conics studied throughout the course. Lines and absolute values, conic sections and whatever else they can stick in a "y=" are combined with some calculator tricks to make works of art that the students are really proud of.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations--two-functions-or-not-two-functions
Hurricane Hunters: Tracking Katrina and Rita
In this activity students will use data collected on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to study functions, predictions, and probability models. Students will track the two hurricanes to see how the paths of the hurricanes affected the Gulf Coast of the United States. Students will use list, graphs, a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hurricane-hunters-tracking-katrina-and-rita
Here’s Looking at Euclid
Students explore several ways to calculate the Greatest Common Divisor and Least Common Multiple, including using Euclid’s Algorithm.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/heres-looking-at-euclid_1
Defining the Parabola
The teacher will graph a horizontal line and plot a point using TI-Navigator™, and the class will provide the points that create a parabola.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/defining-the-parabola
Light at a Distance: Distance and Light Intensity
In this activity, students will use a light sensor to record the light intensity at various distances from a bulb. They will compare the data to an inverse square and a power law model.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/light-at-a-distance-distance-and-light-intensity
Buying Your First New Car!
With a high interest topic, this activity graphs an exponential "decay" (depreciation) with a linear graph (car payments) and finds the intersection between the two graphs. Students groan when they watch their new cars "decay."https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/buying-your-first-new-car
Let's Play Ball with Families of Graphs
This activity is designed for students to use real-time data to generate a family of parabolic graphs. The data set will be generated by graphing the heights of a ball bounce with respect to time. Students will determine the regression equations to the graphs and determine their relationships. ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/lets-play-ball-with-families-of-graphs
An Introduction to Inverse Variation
In this lesson, students will explore the properties of inverse variation functions by analyzing a scatter plot that is produced by the students. This lesson uses the Activity Center in TI-Navigator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/an-introduction-to-inverse-variation
Geometric Sequences & Series
Students find common ratios of geometric sequences on a spreadsheet and create scatter plots of the sequences to see how each curve is related to the value of the common ratio and/or the sign of the first term of the sequence.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/geometric-sequences--series_1
Beebopper Shoe Store adapted from CPM Mathematics 1-Algebra 1
The purpose of this activity is to allow students to collect data, use that data to create list and graphs. The students can then answer questions related to how to best stock the Beebopper Shoe Store. The students then use the data and graph to determine if there is a relationship between a pers...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/beebopper-shoe-store-adapted-from-cpm-mathematics-1algebra-1
Ball Toss Activity
Students receive data from tossing a ball into the air. They are to graph it, set a window, and analyze the height, how long it was in the air, etc. They then find an equation that models the data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ball-toss-activity
Balloons
...g it takes the balloon to deflate. They will enter this information in to their lists and then graph the scatter plot. Teachers can then use the Navigator System to screen capture the graphs and discuss them. Teachers can also use the Navigator to compile all of the lists for a better scatter ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/balloons
Order Pears
Students investigate ordered pairs by graphically exploring the coordinates of a point on a Cartesian plane and identifying characteristics of a point corresponding to the coordinate.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/order-pears
The Ordinary Man
Students estimate the heights of people and compare the estimates to the actual heights in a scatter plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-ordinary-man
Light Years Away
Students develop models for a light year and compare numbers written in scientific notation and in standard notation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/light-years-away
Power Patterns
Students investigate patterns that show relationships between powers and roots. They learn to identify strategies to be used to find important patterns in data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/power-patterns
Quilt Block Areas
Students will draw and color scaled drawings of traditional quilt block designs. They then find the appropriate fraction, decimal, and percent of the overall design for each color.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quilt-block-areas
The Ordinary Man
Students will estimate the heights of various celebrities in inches. They will convert inches to feet, and they will interpret the calculator results to express the estimated heights in feet and inches. Finally, they will graph the estimated heights and actual heights of the celebrities.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-ordinary-man_1
Find the Square Root...
Students who understand the basic concept of square roots learn how to evaluate expressions and equations that have rational and irrational solutions. Students also explore solutions to equations and investigate the differences between exact and approximate solutions using the calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/find-the-square-root