Max Area, Fixed Perimeter
The student will use a rectangle of fixed perimeter to find the dimensions of the rectangle of maximum area.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/max-area-fixed-perimeter
Graphing Exponentials
Investigate the graphs of the family of exponential functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphing-exponentials
Linear-Quadratic Inequalities
Explore the solutions of a linear-quadratic and quadratic-quadratic system of inequalities.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linearquadratic-inequalities
Linear Systems and Calories
Set up and solve systems of equations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-systems-and-calories
Dilations with Matrices
In this activity, students will use matrices to perform dilations centered at the origin of triangles. Students will explore the effect of the scale factor on the size relationship between the preimage and image of a polygon.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dilations-with-matrices_1
Graph Logarithms
Investigate the graphs of a family of logarithm functions by changing the a-value over the internal 0 to 4.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graph-logarithms
Exploring Power Functions 2
Investigate power functions by clicking on a slider.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-power-functions-2
Application of Polynomials
Students use the volume formula to find cubic polynomials in order to determine the dimensions of four different-size boxes used for packaging trash bags.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/application-of-polynomials
Application of Linear Systems
Students will solve a real-world problem about parking cars and buses using a system of linear inequalities.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/application-of-linear-systems
Extraneous Solutions
Discover solutions of radical equations and investigate extraneous solutions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/extraneous-solutions
Watch Your P' and Q's
Students use the Rational Zero Theorem to find all rational zeros of a polynomial.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/watch-your-p-and-qs
Birthday Problem
Investigate the probability of two people having the same birthday in a crowd of a given size.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/birthday-problem
The Painted Cube
This lesson involves having the students hypothesize about the different relationships that exist between the size of the cube and the number of cubes that have paint on one, two, three, and zero faces. In order to help students visualize the problem, interlocking cubes could be made available.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-painted-cube
Solving Systems with Row Operations 2
Use matrices as a tool to solve a system of three equations with three unknowns.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-systems-with-row-operations-2
Radio Station KTNS
This lesson involves determining the distance one can hear a radio station as a function of the range of the station.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/radio-station-ktns
End Behavior of Polynomial Functions
Students will use a slider to scroll through the graphs of power functions with a coefficient of positive and negative 1 and determine similarities and differences among the functions. Students will generalize the end-behavior properties of various power functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/end-behavior-of-polynomial-functions
Radical Functions
Students use a nomograph to investigate functions defined by square roots. Nomographs consist of two or more parallel axes, one for inputs and another for outputs. Input, output pairs that belong to the function are graphed as corresponding points on the axes connected by a ray drawn from the inp...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/radical-functions_1
Expanding Binomials
In this activity, students will explore the link between Pascal's Triangle and the expansion of binomials in the development of the Binomial Theorem.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/expanding-binomials_1
Equations of Parabolas
Students draw and measure lines and segments to discover properties of parabolas, specifically that the distance from any point on the parabola is equidistant to the focus and the directrix. They work with parabolas whose vertex is on the origin as well as off the origin and they also with parabo...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/equations-of-parabolas
Day at the Beach
In this lesson, students will explore temperature differences in two sets of sand, one dry and one wet.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/day-at-the-beach
Vernier - What Causes the Seasons?
In this activity, students' will explore how the tilt of the earth's axis results in different amounts of solar radiation at different times of the year, causing seasons. They will simulate the earth's warming using a light bulb that will shine on a Temperature Probe attached to a globe, and inve...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--what-causes-the-seasons
Vernier - Freezing and Melting of Water
In this experiment, the cooling and warming behavior of a familiar substance, water, will be investigated. By examining graphs of the data, the freezing and melting temperatures of water will be determined and compared.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--freezing-and-melting-of-water_1
Roots of Radical Equations
In this activity, students will solve radical equations graphically. Several square and cubic root equations are given for students to graph and find intersections with the x-axis. Students will also use the distance formula to solve an extension problem.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/roots-of-radical-equations
Polar Necessities
Students will graphically and algebraically find the slope of the tangent line at a point on a polar graph. Finding the area of a region of a polar curve will be determined using the area formula.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/polar-necessities
Local Linearity
Students explore zooming in on various functions including piecewise functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/local-linearity