Five Ways Math Teachers are Superheroes
...t. It will definitely remind you why you work tirelessly day-in-and-day-out to get your students excited about math. Here are our top 5 takeaways: #1 – Math teachers change students’ perceptions of math! You might hear your students say, “I hate math.” But, they really do love when they unders...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/mathteacherschangetheworld
To STEM and Beyond!
...ool and had students come one day a week for the entire school year. They even learned how to code music and play it on the TI-Innovator™ Hub (Figure 1). We learned so much and had such a great time learning together. After seeing the positive impact on these students after school, I approached m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...ew ways of doing our jobs and connecting with students. As we venture into the uncertainty of what another school year will bring in the age of COVID-19, I am still hopeful that I can connect with my students and provide numerous learning opportunities. A few of years ago, I wrote “Tips for Sur...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...ivalent of two months of their grade-level math computational skills over the summer.* And, when kids return to school in the fall, about nine out of 10 teachers will spend as much as three weeks on review, because of summer learning loss. The good news – your friends at TI have come up with fi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...spire™ CX Premium Teacher Software or TI-Nspire™ CX or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. Don’t have the software? Click here to get started. 1. Skills of Science: Building and Interpreting Graphs This is a great activity to help students learn about using graphs to represent the results...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
... Rice University to integrate art into coding. Fast Facts About Alice: TEACHES WHAT: AP Computer Science and AP Computer Science Principles, 9th-12th grade TEACHES WHERE: Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 13 years Alice in her own words: Why did you become...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...gh School, is taking Advanced Placement math classes and excelling thanks to her Orion TI-84 Plus Talking Graphic Calculator. She is one of more than 2,200 students nationwide who can now continue to learn and grow alongside her peers throughout high school, college and beyond. The Orion TI-84 P...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...n one of his all-time favorite hobbies, chess. Let’s start the game clock! John Urschel, MIT mathematics PhD student and former NFL player Problem 1 | Chess On a chessboard, it takes a king, on the h4 square, six moves to reach the b4 square. How many different, six move routes could the king ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
... don’t know whom to sit next to. Following are some suggestions for making seating charts work in classrooms where students change each hour. Method 1: Note cards taped on desks This is my current favorite, even though it is a little time consuming. Print out your class rosters and create blank ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
...of improvement science to study that very goal. Can our students increase their mathematical reasoning and justification skills? In the fall of 2019, the teachers in my department began to think seriously about these questions. Our work began to revolve around a quote shared with us by Doug R...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...Graph Entry/Edit. Instead of Y= that you are used to seeing on TI-84 Plus family graphing calculators, the TI-Nspire CX model uses function notation f1(x)=. I like the opportunity to introduce function notation with my students if they haven’t yet encountered it. Several items that are found on T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...that individuals who have a deeper understanding about personal finances are better prepared for financial management and long-term economic success [1]. Three strategies that we can use to help our students build a foundation for financial literacy are further educating ourselves, becoming famil...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...l phenomena helps them to “see” how these particles interact and react while making learning fun and teaching them how to become scientists. In 2015, I attended the T³™ International Conference in Philadelphia. At this conference, I was first introduced to TI technology for my chemistry class...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
... And keep in mind that the calculator is not needed for every question; it is sometimes better not to use a calculator because it will slow you down. 2. Know the Test The Math-Calculator section of the SAT® exam is 55 minutes long and contains 38 questions. There are 30 multiple-choice questions...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
The Heartbeat of STEM
...e™ CX II Graphing Calculator” activity, students need to complete three different challenges to demonstrate the function of a heart. In challenge 1, students set up a simple circuit using the breadboard on the TI-Innovator™ Hub and a red LED. They also need to write a program to get the LED t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
... your students if the line is incorrect. Coding is always a process of testing and correcting code. Note about the command plt.line: The 3 and f1(3) are the x,y-coordinates of the first point of the line segment being plotted, and the 5 and f1(5) are the x,y-coordinate of the last point. Th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
...nge. For example: How far away was the person at seconds? How far at seconds? At 2 seconds? At 2.75 seconds? So over which interval, 0.3 to 1.6 or 2 to 2.75 seconds, was the person moving at a faster average rate? How do you know? A conversation like the above, especially after the s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
...cale from 1 (not confident) to 4 (very confident). Or it could be in the form of a “stat coin” wager. Would you wager 800 stat coins? 400 stat coins? 200? 100? On a scale of 1 (not confident) to 4 (very confident), how confident are you in your answer to the question “should you switch doors?”...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
...acher will be to help the next generation find their passions and hopefully expose them to the STEM skills they need to be successful members of the 21st century workforce. If you can integrate STEM concepts into problems your students are passionate about, where they feel they are part of the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
Hit a high note exploring the math behind music
... a high note in class. Try these lessons below to help explore the math and science behind music: Characteristics of Exponential Functions (Algebra 1): In this activity for TI-Nspire, students explore the properties and characteristics of exponential curves. Students will compare and contrast t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/math-behind-music
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
... was when Corey demonstrated the draw-to-scale strategy. I think this could be so enlightening to students. This could get a student in the teens to 21, and maybe get the mid-20s students to upper 20s. This could mean a student gets a scholarship.” This strategy makes use of the fact that the vas...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
... for you, your students and your sub. Check out these three featured video resources for your substitute teacher to use when you’re away 1. Families of Functions If your students are learning how to graph parent functions, TI’s Families of Functions is the go-to video reso...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
...vation. The challenge: Create an autonomous and efficient watering system to deliver spring showers to our May flowers. A little background … In 2015, we brought the Engineer Your World (EYW) course, developed for high schools by The University of Texas at Austin, to our Pomfret School campus....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...ass, your teaching and their learning) can be asked using an online survey or paper-and-pencil to be handed in. Questions can be open-ended or have a 1-to-5 scale that students can use to rate their level of agreement with a statement. You might include questions about particular activities or ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
5 Teachers You Should Be Following on Instagram Right Now
...achers are sure to help you survive the school year. Keep scrolling to meet some of our favorite teachers to follow on Insta, in no particular order. 1. Mrs. Rory Yakubov(@iteachalgebra) This mother, dog-lover and long-time Algebra teacher shares anchor charts, foldables and math posters that ar...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/5-teachers-to-follow-on-instagram