Mechanical Advantage
In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between resistance force and effort force for the inclined plane and the lever.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/mechanical-advantage
Two-Dimensional Collisions
Students observe animations of two-dimensional elastic collisions of spheres and then calculate linear momenta and kinetic energies.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/twodimensional-collisions
A Little Light Work
Students will study graphs of light intensity at various distances from a light sensor. They will use power and linear regressions to determine the relationship between light intensity and distance from the light source. They will also develop their own models for the relationship.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/a-little-light-work
Forces on an Inclined Plane
In this lesson, students will collect data on the magnitude of the force acting on an object resting on an inclined plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forces-on-an-inclined-plane
Electromagnetism
Students use an animated diagram of a magnetic field and a coil. Students rotate the coil and determine the number of magnetic field lines passing through the coil at a given angle. Students graph the relationship and then consider the rate of change of the magnetic field.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/electromagnetism
Gradient of a function
This activity introduces the notion of the gradient of a curve. Initial exploration involves a dynamic tangent where students can use prior knowledge of the gradient of a straight line to determine if the slope is negative, zero or positive. The second stage of the activity goes one step further ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/gradient-of-a-function
The River of Life
In this lesson, students will calculate the volume of blood in their own bodies based on a linear regression.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-river-of-life
Friction and Inclined Planes
Students explore the relationship between mass, coefficient of friction, and motion down an inclined plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/friction-and-inclined-planes
35 Years of T³™ Mentorship and Community | Texas Instruments
...f professional learning with three days of in-person, hands-on, face-to-face instruction (usually in the summer). The remaining instruction is held online, generally in two-hour segments, over the school year. These virtual meetings cover math or science concepts, leadership skills and qualities,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/35-years-t3-community-teacher-leader
Collecting Data With Sensors and TI Tech | Texas Instruments
...ossible, in part, due to TI’s newly released Go Direct Python module, the first in a series of releases that will enable the use of Vernier’s popular line of wireless sensors. Connect Go Direct sensors to TI graphing calculators for fast data collection. Why collect data with...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/match-made-in-stem
Middle School Math Meets Python Game Design | Texas Instruments
...is activity is scaffolded. You’ll give students the base code in a premade TI-Nspire™ CX II file or TI-84 Plus CE Python file. Students will write 12 lines of code to generate the random problems. If you choose, students will use the Pythagorean theorem and write seven more lines to calculate the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/middle-school-math-python-game-design
5 Teacher Tips for Classroom Management | Texas Instruments
...rse, different teachers often think up different classroom management styles to figure out exactly what works for them and their own students. Karen Kline implemented a clever folder system in her classroom that students use to turn in completed work. No more stacks of graded papers, and she even...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-teacher-tips-classroom-management
Solutions To Keep Your Students Learning All Summer | TI
...d at TIstemProjects.com. Finally, congratulations to all teachers reading this blog who are approaching (maybe even sprinting) to the finish line of another school year! Pat yourself on the back, and a fellow educator too, for all the amazing work you did this year to impact young lives ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/keep-students-learning-all-summer
Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...t a quick overview on the new format and tips from a science teacher on prepping for the big day. Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam AP® exams will be administered differently this year. Get a quic...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/scienceapexams
How To Avoid 5 Common Grant Writing Mistakes | Texas Instruments
...t didn’t follow instructions. Obvious errors on smaller grants can include not following basic directions like what font type to use, word limits, line spacing, margins and page or section limitations. The more critical mistakes are not paying attention to any legal instructions. Large gran...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-common-grant-writing-mistakes
Get Students Excited About Linear Equations | Texas Instruments
...e loves to create and do hands-on projects with his students. Learn through playing — build a slide whistle to examine linear equations Play … create … try something different! If you do that, you will sometimes stumble into/ onto something that you can use to enga...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/get-students-excited-about-linear-equations
Forensics Case 9 - Killer Cup of Coffee: Using colorimetry to determine concentration of a poison
In this activity, students will use colorimetry to determine the concentration of a colored species in a solution and use a linear relationship to model Beer's law. They use Beer's law to determine the concentration of iron(III)thiocyanate (FeSCN2+) in an unknown solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-9--killer-cup-of-coffee-using-colorimetry-to-determine-concentration-of-a-poison
Exponential Reflections
In this activity, you will investigate the inverse of an exponential function. You will also investigate the symmetry of the exponential function and its inverse.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exponential-reflections_1
The sum of the interior angles of regular polygons
The students will construct triangles within regular-sided polygons to determine the sum of the interior angles. They will then, using statistics, create a linear regression to determine the relationship between the number of sides of a regular polygon and the sum of its interior angles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-sum-of-the-interior-angles-of-regular-polygons
Transformational Puppet
This activity allows students to practice their skills of reflecting on a line and translating on a vector. The instructions don't ask for creativity but students who finish early can enjoy being creative with this activity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformational-puppet
Elevator: Height and Velocity
Introduce ideas related to rectilinear motion.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/elevator-height-and-velocity
Parallel Lines and the Transversals that Cross Them!
Students will explore the relationships between angles formed by parallel lines crossed by transversals. While there are other activities that may address similar topics, the questions presented to students in this activity bring a fresh perspective to student discovery.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parallel-lines-and-the-transversals-that-cross-them
Creating Perpendicular Bisectors
Construct the perpendicular bisector of a line segment in several different ways and consider the role of circles in the construction.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/creating-perpendicular-bisectors
Points, Lines, and Distance
Investigate the distance between two points, a point and a line, and two lines.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/points-lines-and-distance
Points, Lines, and Planes
Explore the relationships between points, lines, and planes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/points-lines-and-planes