How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...ing so much fun, they didn’t even realize they were learning important math and science skills. And, the STEM Squad has several other visits up their sleeve. Who knows? TI’s STEM Squad may pop up at a school or summer camp near you. #2. Experiment with TI’s STEM activities We’re currently having...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
#NCTMannual 2018 Recap
...s to real-world observations. TI-Nspire™ CX technology Link to presentation>> Rate of Change: Algebra to Calculus What if you could help students see slope not as an equation to memorize, but as a representation of real events? We got out of your seats to model relationships between position and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/nctm2018
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...sophomore and scored a five – on a scale of one to five – on the final. Lillie also happens to be legally blind. The fact that Lillie can’t see never slowed her down – until the end of her sophomore year at Turpin High School. Lillie’s lack of sight jeopardized her chance to use her gift for math...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...personal challenge, and the process of writing them out on visual aids helps me remember without having to look at the seating chart. I also continuously ask high school students to write their names on their papers. The note cards enable me to see their names while they write them―starting on da...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
... students increase their mathematical reasoning and justification skills? In the fall of 2019, the teachers in my department began to think seriously about these questions. Our work began to revolve around a quote shared with us by Doug Roberts, our T³™ in-classroom systemic coach. He said: “...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...re found on TI-84 Plus buttons are in TI-Nspire CX menu options: Window/Zoom, Trace, and Analyze Graph. To edit a function definition that was previously entered, display the entry line and press the up arrow to return to f1(x). If the labels for the functions are in the way, move them: find th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
...mmunities and the world. She uses her platform across the edtech ecosystem to advocate for STEM and creative learning through making while simultaneously challenging communities through the lens of digital equity and diversity. Marie of @girlknowstech Marie-Philippe Gill is a fourth-year softw...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
... for test day. And keep in mind that the calculator is not needed for every question; it is sometimes better not to use a calculator because it will slow you down. 2. Know the Test The Math-Calculator section of the SAT® exam is 55 minutes long and contains 38 questions. There are 30 multiple-c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
The Heartbeat of STEM
... and ending with the left ventricle. Students add in sounds after each cycle to beep like an EKG machine. They can also figure out how to speed up or slow down their cycles and to calculate heart rate. Challenge 3 is where students must put their skills to the test. This challenge models ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... a statue of him marking his grave. A little fact about Fibonacci is that his name wasn’t Fibonacci. He was born Leonardo Pisano. Pisano was posthumously given the nickname Fibonacci (derived from filius Bonacci, meaning son of Bonaccio). Now that we have that possible bit of mathematical trivia ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
World-Emoji-Day
... to share what they just created. This project allowed for student choice and creativity, and they were not afraid to make mistakes and worked tirelessly (can you say debugging code?) to correct them. Just look at some of the creative ones they came up with: There were a few students wh...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...h sometimes.” — NaviGator How we thought of our idea for the project was based off of a motive that we had to increase the amount of time sleeping. (NaviGator) We bounced ideas off of each other for a few days until we eventually decided between two. We did a poll with the who...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...® Statistics and served as a College Board® AP® Statistics Reader for four years and has been a T³™ National Instructor since 2001. Watson has previously served on the Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics Board in a variety of positions, including president. Watson is currently working at ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
#NCTMregionals Kansas City 2018 Recap
...ansas City Booth TI Exhibitor Workshops at #NCTMregionals Kansas City 2018 Rate of Change: Algebra to Calculus What if you could help students see slope not as an equation to memorize, but as a representation of real events? Get out of your seats to model relationships between position and tim...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/nctm-kansas-city
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
...os, this resource covers a wide range of geometry topics with a series of full-length lessons for your students to watch, including: Dilations Translations Rotations Reflections One of six geometry lessons covering dilations. To make it even easier for your sub to fill i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
... different components contributed to that grade. Before we had an online grading portal for students to check their progress, I would print out grade slips so students could clearly see each test, quiz and project grade, along with ratings for homework and participation. If I stopped after repo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...Beyond Basics section of TI-Basic programming on the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator as the conclusion of the Basketball Game. The code here is translated from the TI-Basic version online and adapted for the Python environment: A close inspection of the code above re...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...s allows the program to run even if there is no TI-Innovator™ Hub attached. Also, timing of the notes is handled with the time() function, not with a sleep() function. This is more accurate. play_note( ) creates the sound on either the TI-Innovator™ Hub or its external speaker. Note that...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
...f a phenomenon as you can get! Explaining to students how atomic structure works will only get them so far. Having them see it by building atoms through the addition and subtraction of sub-atomic parts will help them gain a better understanding of structure and charge. This simulation is an adapt...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...y discussion on the accuracy of students’ work. For some added fun, have students plot the circumference vs. diameter on a graph. Then, calculate the slope of the students’ data points — yet another way to find pi! 2: Have your Pi and eat it, too! Have you heard of the Buffon’s needle proble...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/waystocelebratepi
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...h a calculator is necessary varies based on the topic of the question and the level of the exam. Students taking the Applications and Interpretations SL or HL exams, are allowed to use their calculators on each paper: 1, 2 or 3 (HL only). Students taking the Analysis and Approaches SL exam can on...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
...en you don’t care what key is pressed (except for [esc]), but if you want to use other key values to perform specific actions it is better to build a slightly different structure like this, which is a segment of the buttons project: k is initialized to be...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
...= m*a. In our activity, the mass of the washers is the dependent variable and the downward force on the force sensor is the independent variable. The slope of the regression line is approximately 9.8 – which you will recognize from your physics classes as the gravitational constant, g. So all tha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
...ut you can view more of my favorite tips and tricks for the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator in this PDF. Tip 1: Viewing the Graph and Table Simultaneously Did you know that you can see your graph and the table at the same time? Press y= and type your equations. In this screenshot below we use Y1...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
In this post, we will go through a few introductory steps to help you get started writing simple TI-Basic programs on your TI-Nspire CX handheld. We will use a familiar mathematical procedure – computing the slope of a line between two points – to demonstrate computational thinking and a few cod...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath