Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
... was the only financial provider for their family, and until she lost him, Jasmine says, “We never needed anything.” Among her wishes was a green TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator to use in her IB®: Math Applications and Interpretation class and in future college courses. It’s a wish we were more...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
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
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...ng. Note: The code shown is written for the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. However, all of the projects can also be completed using the TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator. The projects involving the TI-Innovator™ Hub include code adjustments (see inline comments or the files provi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
...line plane. Later in the lesson, students will also adjust for frictional forces. Screenshots from the Free Body Diagrams activity. 4. Work, Energy and Momentum: Work and Power — Physics: Energy Skate Park (HS) This lesson enables students to observe differences in the motion of...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
...teaching the course. They will also be available to answer your questions. The YouTube Live “Monday Night Calculus” sessions begin Monday, Sept. 14 at 7 pm Eastern time, and will continue every other Monday through the end of November. Score! Below, you can download a problem set or two for...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
To STEM and Beyond!
...” They also had an opportunity to use some of the TI STEM Projects, like the “Smart Irrigation System” and “Pet Car Alarm” projects (Figures 2, 3 and 4). Figure 2: Path to STEM Project where students created and coded a speaker from magnetic wire, nail, a strong magnet and a Styrofoam ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...26 ... There’s more pi where that came from We have plenty of Pi Day activities using your TI graphing calculator. Here are two of our favorites: Comparing Pi and Roots In this middle school math activity, students explore how the Pythagorean (or, should it be “pi-thagorean”?) Theorem and the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
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
...on. In addition, they can change global temperatures to see the effect on ocean levels. Screenshots from The Water Cycle activity. 4. Space: Lunar Phases — It’s Just a Lunar Phase It’s hard to study the phases of the moon in a couple of class sessions when it takes about a mont...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
... All of these lingering questions came into focus when the teachers in my school began work with Oklahoma Excel, a statewide networked improvement community dedicated to using the principles of improvement science to study that very goal. Can our students increase their mathematical reasoning ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...omeone who uses pi in the real world. Have students explain why they chose that person and how that person uses pi in their career. Some careers that come to mind include: astronaut, mechanical engineer and carpenter. .1415926…. There’s more Pi where that came from We also have many more pi day ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/waystocelebratepi
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
...d. Let’s take a look at the highlights. The main page contains Python lessons by topics, links to 10 Minutes of Code (for TI‑Nspire™ CX II and TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculators), a collection of smart systems activities, robotic vehicle activities, and organized professional learning o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...display” it won’t know to display the answer. Below is an example of pseudocode for this logic: Get two points → calculate slope → display slope STEP 4: Translate your words to code Now that we have the pseudocode, let’s translate that to TI-Basic code. The first step in our pseudocode is to get ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
TI-84 Plus | Top 10 Features for ACT® | Texas Instruments
...amily of graphing calculators to leverage when taking the ACT. There are 60 questions on the math section of the ACT and you only have 60 minutes to complete them. The TI-84 Plus graphing calculator is allowed during the entire portion of the math section of the ACT.* The questions get more diff...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/actips
BestofChemistry
...lay a fun game to test their knowledge. This is based on the popular Phet simulations. Screenshots from the Build an Atom activity. 4. Atomic Structure and Periodic Table: Elements — Electron Configurations Discovering how the periodic table is organized can be both rewarding an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
Solution 11889: Permission for Copying ROM Code From Texas Instruments Calculators to the Computer.
Solution 11889: Permission for Copying ROM Code From Texas Instruments Calculators to the Computer. Solution 11889: Permission for Copying ROM Code From Texas Instruments Calculators to the Computer. global Solution 11889: Permission for Copying ROM Code From Texas Instruments Calculators...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/data-collection-accessories/general-information/11889
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...oom and set the stage for the big game coming up. A real fan favorite: “Field Goal for the Win” Can’t get much more relevant than this. This TI-84 Plus graphing calculator lesson is suitable for middle grades math through algebra II, and encourages students to model, explore and explain the ...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
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
AP® Precalculus Resources Teachers Love | Texas Instruments
...chool. Expand opportunities for students to earn college credits. Prepare a pathway for more students into STEM fields. During my training to become an AP® Precalculus consultant, many of the topics stood out as excellent preparation for both math and science courses in higher education. Di...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/ap-precalculus-resources-teachers-will-love
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
... Night-Time” Summer reading list for the math and science teachers “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K–12: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning” by Peter Liljedal “Modifying Your Thinking Classroom for Different Settings: A Supplement to Bui...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
Best of Biology
...ile seeing images of cells in prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase. Screenshots from the Addition by Division activity. 4. Genetics: DNA/RNA/Protein Synthesis — DNA Structure, DNA Replication, Transcription and Translation This set of three individual activities bre...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofbiology