Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... I am not one to question things too critically, but why is it that animated fish get lost so easily? We can save that for another blog post. Because I am a math guy, and with all of this “looking,” I thought that perhaps we should do a little “Finding Fibo!” Yup, Fibonacci — that Fibo is qui...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
...e at a grocery store from open until close. These don’t have to be linear. Have students talk about how things change in relation to one another, and use vocabulary like: increasing, decreasing, at a constant rate, and at an increasing/decreasing rate. The goal is to associate the features of the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
...e? If you know about this problem and you know the answer, feel free to skip ahead! Image courtesy of Cepheus on Wikimedia. An instructional arc for teaching probability Probability is one of those content areas that seems to get pushed to th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
World-Emoji-Day
.... But, I do remember emails that sent images in the signature, some basic, some complex and some from people who had way too much time on their hands using ASCII art. As an early user of the TI-80 … something (TI-81, TI-83 and TI-84 graphing c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Hit a high note exploring the math behind music
Sure, math probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of music. But, surprisingly, the creative art of music is intimately tied to the structure and logic of math. Some of these concepts are easy to explain, while others are probably better suited for someone professionally...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/math-behind-music
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
They say “Time flies when you’re having fun.” You might not believe it, but time also flies when you are delivering math professional development workshops. For those of you who don’t know us, we are a married couple who recently celebrated their 25th anniversary and have been leading Teachers T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
Did you know World Water Day happens on March 22 every year, and it’s about focusing attention on the importance of water? What better chance to have your students put their coding and engineering design process to work while investigating water scarcity! The World Bank reports that 40% of th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
You’ve been using TI graphing calculators in your teaching, and now it’s time for testing. Whether you are giving a short quiz, a chapter test or end-of-term exam, here are some tips for how to use TI calculators successfully on class assessments. Determine the Objectives The TI-84 Plus famil...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
Have you heard of “Room to Grow: A Math Podcast”? For the last two years, I’ve had a standing call on my calendar with Curtis Brown, the Math Segment Manager at Texas Instruments. Our conversation on these calls is typically focused on the challenges that math teachers face, and what we thought o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
In the U.S., Independence Day is soon upon us (for the rest of the world it’s the fourth of July). The national holiday celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Americans honor the day with family and friends, cookouts and barbeques, parades and … fireworks. Ea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
It’s that chilling time of the year again — no, not testing season — Halloween! Lift spirits in the classroom with these three spooky, fun math activities. Students will never know you tricked them into learning math concepts. Plus, we’ve included a costume template that will make you look boo-...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
It’s prom season, and it can be hard to keep your students from daydreaming about prom night. How about an activity that will grab their attention while you sneak in some programming skills? Plus, be sure to encourage your students to participate in our TI Promposal Contest. It will provide extra...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
... STEM camp through a GEAR UP grant in the summer of 2018. I had the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculators and TI-Innovator™ Hubs in my classroom and had used them with my STEM club after school. My district GEAR UP office asked me if I would host and lead a camp for sixth through ninth grade student...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
Thanks for joining our Facebook Live office hours. If you missed it or want to watch it again, the video link is included below. Five of my favorite tips are highlighted below, but you can view more of my favorite tips and tricks for the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator in this PDF. Tip 1: Viewi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
In the spring of 2022, I was looking for some innovative ways to review my AP® Calculus students for the AP® exam. I read Peter Liljedahl’s book, “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics,” in the summer of 2021 and decided to implement some of the strategies from his book. My calculus classe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
TI-84 Plus | Top 10 Features for ACT® | Texas Instruments
Unfortunately, it’s clear the global pandemic will be with us well into the winter. This means continued limitations in test center capacity and inevitable cancellations throughout the remainder of the year. The ACT continues to add seats and sites as they work with local test centers to add ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/actips
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
Python is now on the TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator. As a computer science teacher myself, what does this mean for my students? What are your first thoughts? When I first heard this, I wondered, “How is this different from programming Python on other platforms? How could this benefit my...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
Which Texas Instruments (TI) Calculator for the ACT® and Why?
I have found that there is some confusion about which calculators are allowed for use on the ACT® exam. First, let’s look at which TI calculators are prohibited according to the ACT® calculator policy. TI Calculators Prohibited on the ACT® Calculators with built-in or downloaded computer algeb...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/which-ti-calculator-for-the-act-and-why
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
Calculus is the study of rates of change and of lengths, areas and volumes. Often, students have a hard time grasping the concepts of calculus, and even more, making connections among them. Dynamic visualization is a good tool for helping students to visualize and interact with the mathematics. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
TI-84 Plus CE App for Chrome OS™ Operating System
TI-84 Plus CE App for Chrome OS™ Operating System global website rev2021-03 ENGLISH Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus CE App for Chrome OS™ Operating System License Agreement APPLICATION: TI-84 Plus CE App ...https://education.ti.com/en/product-resources/eula-chrome-app
Sines of Spring Sweepstakes | Texas Instruments
Explore spring ideas and resources to spruce up the classroom. Enter today for a chance to win a new TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator in fun colors. Sines of Spring Sweepstakes | Texas Instruments global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/sinesofspringsweepstakes
Math (X)pression Quiz | Social Butter-Pi
Take the Math (X)pression Quiz to discover your math personality! Plus, you’ll have a chance to enter our sweepstakes and earn cool prizes. Start the quiz >> Math (X)pression Quiz | Social Butter-Pi global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/math-xpression-quiz/social-butter-pi
Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 2 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
Take the Math (X)pression Quiz to discover your math personality! Plus, you’ll have a chance to enter our sweepstakes and earn cool prizes. Start the quiz >> Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 2 | Texas Instruments – U.S. global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/math-xpression-quiz/question-2
Math (X)pression Quiz | Question 3 | Texas Instruments – U.S.
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Math (X)pression Quiz | Calculated Constant
Take the Math (X)pression Quiz to discover your math personality! Plus, you’ll have a chance to enter our sweepstakes and earn cool prizes. Start the quiz >> Math (X)pression Quiz | Calculated Constant global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/math-xpression-quiz/calculated-constant