AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
... will be the same format as prior years, several features of the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator will still be useful for you. In this post, I have compiled a list of 6 of the most important statistics features to know for the TI-84 Plus CE. 1: Regression Analysis It is unlikely that you will ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstats2021
DIY TI Codes Contest
...se as a guide for writing your own challenge prompt: Student teams must imagine and design a solution that automates or optimizes a process or product related to (insert theme here). The end goal is to use coding and TI technology to build a model of the product. To help you out, here are...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
...aval Academy, and I was a small part of that, it’s unbelievable.” Faith Southwick, of Park Vista High School outside of Palm Beach, Florida will be inducted into the US Naval Academy class of 2023, the first student in the history of her school to be appointed to the academy. She credits her Calc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
Score Big on the ACT® With These Tried-and-True Tips for the Math Section
... first introduced in 2018. In fact, ACT® provides an online practice test so that you can get the feel of what it is like to take an ACT® exam on the computer. Try it! You will notice there is a TOOLS drop-down menu containing: a highlighter, a line reader (focuses your attention on one line at ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-19-2021-act-tips
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
You can't spell Calculus without the letters C, A, and S, but a Computer Algebra System has unforeseen potential in any math class that requires algebraic thinking. (Try to find one that doesn't!) I'll be the first to admit that I wasn't sure I was a “CAS fan” when first introduced to it. I didn...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
...re using TI calculators with Chromebook™ notebook computers in your classroom, please tag @TICalculators on social media, or reach out to your local Educational Technology Consultant. Chromebook™, Chrome OS™, Google Drive™ and Google Slides™ are trademarks of Google LLC. About the auth...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...p students achieve in math and science. The girls in my troop really enjoy the STEM and coding activities, which got me thinking recently, “How can I combine my work experience with my passion for Girl Scouts?” This is my Girl Scout troop, Dublin Troop 408, on a zip line adventure in Col...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
It’s Computer Science Education Week, an annual event for partners and educators to come together and encourage students to try computer science. In 2015, I was introduced to coding with students when I became part of an after-school organization with a team of teachers, students and professi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
...cond Law activity. 3. Forces and Motion: Free Body Diagrams This activity has several simulations that let students interact with forces due to weight and normal force on an incline plane. Later in the lesson, students will also adjust for frictional forces. Screenshots from t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...udents. If it were in my classroom, there would be a number that we would tear down each day with a Calculus meme on it. Instead, I’m using Remind to communicate with my kids. Teach the structure of the test. No matter if the test is on papers (admin 1 and 2) or online (admin 3), this year th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
...ng landscape in the math classroom. AP® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, TI products. Policies subject to change. Visit www.collegeboard.org. About the author: Curtis Brown currently works as the Math Segment manager at Tex...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
To STEM and Beyond!
As a chemistry teacher, I have always been intrigued on how to do what the engineering design and computer science teachers do in their classes. “Why,” do you ask? We are educating the future workforce. Our students are being trained and taught for jobs that haven’t even been created yet. The ev...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...ills for the future One of the things I missed most was hands-on learning when I was virtual and hybrid last year. I am hopeful that this year we can complete STEM Projects together. I want to foster collaboration, creativity and critical thinking with my students. Incorporating STEM projects int...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...ots from It’s Just a Lunar Phase activity. Life science topics 5. Cells and Heredity: Cells — Cell-ebrating Life This is a great introduction to cells and organelles. Students take a voyage into both animal and plant cells and get an in-depth look at the organelles within. They wi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
... could this benefit my computer science students?” Menus? Yes! First, keywords can be menu driven or directly typed. The menus can help when introducing and reinforcing new topics. Students don’t have to remember the exact syntax; they only need to recognize which one to select. It also avoid...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
...e TI technology — combined with your coding, design and building skills — to create a model of a solution that automates or optimizes a process or product.--> Gear up, innovators! Prepare to put your creative and coding skills to the test for the 8th annual TI Codes Contest. Whether you’re a sea...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2025-2/p0-save-the-date
BestofChemistry
...enshots from the Periodic Table activity. 2. Atomic Structure and Periodic Table: Periodicity of Properties This lesson is great for introducing the concepts of periodicity and the periodic table. The lesson provides some history about the development of the periodic table, how it wor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
... the molecular level can be tough for students to grasp. The Science Nspired site has amazing simulations that can be viewed and studied on the individual student’s calculator instead of only on the teacher computer/projector screen. One of my favorite simulations is the Light Me Up! activity....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...ted on the activity. All can be downloaded here. Go ahead, and get your students in the game! (You can also watch the on-demand webinar where we introduced this activity.) “Ice Cream, Cool Science” Now if you and your students are more all about the snacks and yummy eating on the big day, you ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...tudents will build, code and test a working speaker. The speaker is built with a plastic or foam cup , a magnet, iron nail, soda straw and breadboard components. TI can loan you this project to try with your students if you’d like. Contact the TI STEM Team at STEM-Team@ti.com if you’d like to bor...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
...perhaps teach you a thing or two about your class. But with many schools across the country starting virtually, getting to know your students, with a computer screen between you and them, has its challenges. For starters, a virtual setup makes it harder to read students’ facial expressions, and i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Monday Night Calculus: Your Questions, Our Answers
...p in the sequence of teaching the course. They will also be available to answer your questions live. For the spring of ’22, we are updating our schedule. The YouTube Live “Monday Night Calculus” sessions begin Monday, January 10, at 8 p.m. Eastern time, and will continue through April. Also, th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mondaynightcalculus
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...oom. In this follow-up post (part 2), I intend to present ideas for how CAS can be utilized to benefit the algebra II classroom. Finding a lowest common denominator In my algebra I post, the Factor tool was employed as an approach to motivate students to recognize patterns between the prime ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
Using TI-Nspire™ Technology To Creatively Solve ACT® Math Problems
... CX graphing calculator, you can graph each answer choice without solving the equations for y (this saves a ton of time). How? By using the Relations command on a graphs page. Another great method is to use the Such That command on TI-Nspire™ technology to substitute numbers into the equat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/actmathproblems
Prime Summer Reading for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
...Thinking Classroom for Different Settings” “Routines for Reasoning” and “Teaching for Thinking” “Beyond the Bake Sale” “STEM Education NOW” “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” “The Ghost Map” Books for math students: “Sir Cumference Series”...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/summer-reading-for-math-teachers