World Population
Students use their handhelds to explore world population data from the years 1950-2006. They will develop various equations to model the data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/world-population_1
Tessellations
Students will explore tessellations of triangles and quadrilaterals. They will use the transformation tools of symmetry, reflections, rotations, and/or translations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tessellations_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
Transformtions and Tessellations
In this activity you will construct a variety of transformations. In Problem #1 you will create a reflection of a pentagon, in Problem #2 a translation of a regular hexagon, in Problem #3 a rotation of a quadrilateral in two ways, in Problem #4 a dilation of a triangle. In each case you will ob...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformtions-and-tessellations
Side Length, Perimeter, and Area of a Rectangle
Explore the effects of changing base (or height) of a rectangle on it's perimeter and area.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/side-length-perimeter-and-area-of-a-rectangle
Similar Figures
Observe what happens to ratios of pairs of side of rectangles and triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/similar-figures
Transformations With Lists
Students use list operations to perform reflections, rotations, translations and dilations on a figure, and graph the resulting image using a scatter plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-with-lists_1
Perpendicular Bisector
In this activity, students will explore the perpendicular bisector theorem and discover that if a point is on the perpendicular bisector of a segment, then the point is equidistant from the endpoints. This is an introductory activity, where students will need to know how to change between pages, ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/perpendicular-bisector_1
Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
Students will use the graph of the sine function to estimate the graph of the cosine function. They will do this by inspecting the slope of a tangent to the graph of the sine function at several points and using this information to construct a scatter plot for the derivative of the sine. Students...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/derivatives-of-trigonometric-functions
Average Value
Examine areas as integrals and as rectangles for given functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/average-value
A Tale of Two Lines
Demonstrate a visual justification for l'Hôpital's Rule.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/a-tale-of-two-lines
Transformations: Reflections and Rotations
This activity is designed to be used in a middle-school or high-school geometry classroom. An understanding of labeling points in the coordinate plane is necessary. This is an exploration using reflections to move a polygon about the coordinate plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations--reflections-and-rotations
Transformations: Rotations
Explore clockwise and counterclockwise rotations to discover the properties of the pre-image and image of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-rotations
Transformations: Rotations
Explore clockwise and counterclockwise rotations to discover the properties of the pre-image and image of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-rotations_1
Transformations: Translations
Investigate what a triangle will look like when it is translated horizontally or vertically.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-translations
Area Function Problems
Understand the relationship between the area under a derivative curve and the antiderivative function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/area-function-problems
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
Infestation to Extermination
Students investigate exponential growth and decay through the situation of infestation and extermination.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/infestation-to-extermination_1
Implicit Differentiation Tangent Line Problem
How to solve Implicit Differentiation Tangent Line Problem in a Ti-Nspire Cas CXhttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/implicit-differentiation-tangent-line-problem
Points of Concurrency in Triangles
In this activity, students will use their Nspire handhelds to discover the different points of concurrencies in triangles. The students will take advantage of the dynamic capabilities to discover the circumcenter, incenter, and centroid of triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/points-of-concurrency-in-triangles
Possible Lengths of Sides of Triangles
The first problem in this activity has students explore the varying length of the third side of a triangle when 2 sides are given. They will discover that the length of the third side must be between the difference and the sum of the other 2 sides. The second problem extends this idea of the le...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/possible-lengths-of-sides-of-triangles
Properties of Isosceles Triangles
In this activity and by using the Nspire handhelds, students will discover the different properties and attributes of Isosceles Triangles. The students will take advantage of the dynamic capabilities of this very unique handheld to explore the different attributes of the Isosceles Triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-isosceles-triangles
Exploring Special Right Triangles
In this acvtivity, a 30-60-90 degree triangle is constructed for the student to explore. The student is asked to construct a 60 degree angle to give them an understanding of the construction. They will drag the vertex of the triangle and collect sample data. After they collect the data it is us...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-special-right-triangles
Corresponding Parts of Similar Triangles
Change the scale factor (r) between similar triangles; identify the corresponding parts and establish relationships between them.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/corresponding-parts-of-similar-triangles
Calculator City
Students help Calculator City determine where to place the statue of Mr. Tex Instruments by finding the circumcenter and incenter of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/calculator-city