The Slope of the Tangent Line (Part1)
In this activity, students use the CellSheet™ Application to approximate the slope of a line tangent to a curve.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-slope-of-the-tangent-line-part1
The Study of Slope
This is a PROGRAM that can be used on any TI-8X+ There are 6 levels that takes the students through the process of checking their ability to recognize slope, calculate slope, form linear functions that satisfy given information.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-study-of-slope
Home for the Holidays
Thanksgiving Holiday activity for Algebra students. Linear data taken from the internet and used to create a linear model of the class data.Students will then discover the slope of the line is the speed of the car in miles per hour. Activity can be modified to be used for Algebra I or Algebra II....https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/home-for-the-holidays
Maximizing Your Efforts
Students write an objective function and graph the system of inequalities to find the maximum profit from selling two types of game players.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/maximizing-your-efforts
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
Operating on Matrices
Students learn how to add, subtract, and multiply matrices, as well as find the determinant and inverse of a matrix.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/operating-on-matrices
Taxes & Tips
Students explore the taxes and tips percentages commonly used in stores and restaurants. They will first develop the pattern of converting a percent to a decimal.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/taxes--tips_1
Old MacDonald's Pigpen
Students solve a standard maximum value problem using the calculator. Students help Old MacDonald build a rectangular pigpen with 40 m fencing that provides maximum area for the pigs. They graph scatter plots, analyze quadratic functions, and find maximum value of a parabola.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/old-macdonalds-pigpen
Modeling and Simulating Projectile Motion
This activity provides participants the opportunity to model and simulate projectile motion using a program and the TI-83/84 family of graphing calculators. It is a preliminary in-class activity used prior to actual launching an air-powered rockethttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-and-simulating-projectile-motion
Transforming Polynomial Functions
Students will understand patterns, relations, and functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transforming-polynomial-functions
Double Tree
Students visually explore geometric sequences by modeling the growth of a tree that doubles in height every year.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/double-tree
Transformers (Matrices)
Students explore a special subset of the transformations of a square called the symmetry group. They also find inverses of each transformation in the symmetry group. They then delve deeper into the algebra behind transformations, connecting them with matrix multiplication. Last, students extrapol...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformers-matrices
Floral Shop Math
Students will create quadratic functions that model revenue collected and profit earned from selling bouquets in a flower shop. The students will use graphing calculators to identify the maximum value for each function. Once they identify the ordered pair that contains the maximum value the st...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/floral-shop-math
Cutting Corners
Students' will continue to develop the idea of quadratic equations and parabolas.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cutting-corners
Finding a Line of Best Fit
Students make a scatter plot of heart rate versus age data and draw lines of best fit using three different methods - by hand, using the upper and lower quartiles, and using the handheld's regression feature.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/finding-a-line-of-best-fit
Definitions and Laws of Exponents
These StudyCards™ stacks cover definitions of natural number exponents, zero, and negative integer exponents, as well as the First, Second, Third Laws of Exponents. Parts 1 through 4. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, Ch. 1.4, 6.2.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/definitions-and-laws-of-exponents
Exploring The Golden Arches
Using given nutritional information of popular items from McDonald's, the students will develop and test a conjecture based on the given information. The students will analyze the two-variable data using the graphics calculator by creating a scatter plot and regression equation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-the-golden-arches
Do You Have a Temperature? - TI-83
In this activity, students represent and analyze climate data. They use linear regressions to understand the relationship between temperatures measured in the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales and examine conversion factors.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/do-you-have-a-temperature--ti83
Applications of Parabolas
Students look for both number patterns and visual shapes that go along with quadratic relationships.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/applications-of-parabolas
Finding Linear Models
Students graph a scatter plot, find average rate of change, develop a linear model, find a linear regression and a median/median line for a set of data graphed in a scatter plot, and predict profit.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/finding-linear-models
Factoring Composite Numbers
Students will review some of the terms associated with prime factors. A Frayer Model (Square) is provided allowing the teacher to assess students’ knowledge of the concept prime.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/factoring-composite-numbers
Arithmetic and Geometric means
This activity relates the concepts of the arithmetic and geometric means of two numbers. Students, with the aid of their TI calculators and TI-Navigator system, compute the arithmetic and geometric means for four different pairs of numbers. They send their results to the teacher's computer where ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/arithmetic-and-geometric-means
Cricket Thermometers
In this activity, students investigate the relationship between temperature and number of cricket chirps. They learn to find the other value of a function when given one value of a function. Students use linear regression and plot a set of ordered pairs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cricket-thermometers
Unit Circle
Students discover the relationship between the trigonometric functions sine, cosine, and tangent and the side length ratios of a right triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/unit-circle
Bewildered Babies
After making charts and using logic to list possible label arrangements, students compare their results with the output of the combinations formula and nCr command.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/bewildered-babies