Measuring Air Pressure
This activity is intended for my Introductory Meteorology class; an earth science elective intended for Juniors and Seniors. (It was orginally modifed from an Introductory Meteorology Laboratory Assigment taught to undergraduates at Florida State University. However, modifications could be done t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/measuring-air-pressure
Electron Charge Lab
Student may experimentally determine the magnitude of the elementary charge on an electron.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/electron-charge-lab
How Cool are You?
Purpose: You will collect and analyze data on a model of the perspiration process.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-cool-are-you
How Long Ago Did You Have A Mole?
A great activity for mole day (10 / 23) or with radioactive decay! In this activity, students will predict when a 'mole of a substance' was presence. Based upon radioactive decay rate of a substance, the initial amount found, and the mole concept students will create a graph and interpolate wit...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-long-ago-did-you-have-a-mole
Down on the Farm(s)
Students graph data for human population growth versus the number of farms to investigate the relationship between urban expansion and disappearance of green space.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/down-on-the-farms
Kepler's Harmonic Planetary Law
Students graph planetary data that illustrates relationship between distance and period.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/keplers-harmonic-planetary-law
Shedding Light on the Weather with Relative Humidity
In this activity, students will collect the data for temperature and relative humidity and plot the data. They will look for the patterns displayed by the three plots and relate them to their experiences.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/shedding-light-on-the-weather-with-relative-humidity
Like Moths Around a Flame
In this activity, students will examine the historical natural selection model of peppered moths. Students will use the calculator to enhance their understanding of the model by analyzing patterns in long-term data of light colored and dark colored moth populations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/like-moths-around-a-flame
Science TODAY™ - Corn Crop is a Bin-Buster
Using the USA TODAY Snapshot® " data from the USDA Statistics Service website, and information from a USA TODAY article, students will be asked to calculate percent change, do summations of data, observe trends, and offer explanations as to the reasons for those trends in agricultural p...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/science-today--corn-crop-is-a-binbuster
Science TODAY™ - Hurricane Damage
Students will construct a graph and a regression model which shows the relationship between wind speed and the force of the wind. The students will then analyze the math model that fits the data to make predictions from the model.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/science-today--hurricane-damage
Vernier - Water Quality - TDS (Total Dissolved Solids)
In this activity, students will use the Vernier Conductivity Probe to measure the Total Dissolved Solids in samples of water.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--water-quality--tds-total-dissolved-solids
This is for the Birds!
This activity enables students to practice various skills such entering lists, comparing data, and utilizing statistical terms on the graphing calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/this-is-for-the-birds
Ohm's Law
In this activity, students will explore the relationship between current and potential difference for several resistors which obey Ohm's Law. They will experimentally measure the resistance of the resistors. Students will then examine the relationship between current and potential difference us...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ohms-law
Add Them Up
Students explore the total voltage provided by several batteries in a series to a battery-operated device. They graph scatter plots, understand multiplication as repeated addition, and use a pattern to develop a formula. They learn how to develop a formula from a pattern of increasing voltage and...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/add-them-up
Shape Up!
In this activity, students will use the motion detector to record motion, and observe how the direction of movement, speed of travel, and the rate of change of direction and speed affect the shape of a Distance-Time plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/shape-up
I Am Your Density
Students will model data using a linear equation, interpret the slope and intercept values from a linear model, and identify a characteristic property of a substance.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/i-am-your-density
Coming to know F and C
Students will collect room temperatures with temperature probes and graphing calculators, and plot data to generalize rule that relates Fahrenheit and Celsius units.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/coming-to-know-f-and-c
Millikan Oil Drop Experiment Simulation
Students run a simulation on the TI-83+ or TI-84+ graphing calculator to perform a variation of the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment. The goal is to adjust the voltage across parallel plates until a droplet is suspended between the plates. The data can ba analyzed to determine the charge on the dro...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/millikan-oil-drop-experiment-simulation
Index of Refraction: Treasure at the Bottom of the Sea
Refractive index is an important physical property of a substance that can be used for identification, purity determination or measurement of concentration. This activity is designed for the TI-Nspire handheld and intends to help students understand the refraction of light as it moves from one m...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/index-of-refraction--treasure-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea
Force on a Spring
The Learning Check file assesses student understanding of Hooke's Law.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/force-on-a-spring
Motion Graphs
Students will be able to explore distance/time graphs and velocity/time graphs. The graphs will be presented to the entire class through TI-Navigator™. Students will then take CBL 2™'s and calculators and create their own graphs (which are assigned to them). Students will then come back and pr...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/motion-graphs
Crime Scene Investigation - Stride Pattern Analysis with CBR 2
By using the Calculator-Based Ranger (CBR2™), students can plot the distance-time graph of a walking or running person. Students find correlation between the stride distance, velocity, and the height of a person, walking or running at a steady pace and compare that to the stride pattern left at t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/crime-scene-investigation--stride-pattern-analysis-with-cbr-2
Discovering Ohm's Law
In this activity students use Vernier Voltage and Current Probes to investigate Ohm's Law. The students collect data and use their graphing calculators to perform data analysis and "discover" Ohm's Law.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discovering-ohms-law
Distance, Velocity and Acceleration
This activity looks at the instantaneous velocities of a projectile motion. By varying g, Vo, and do students can look at the affects of gravity initial velocity and initial distance on a projectiles flight.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/distance-velocity-and-acceleration
Solar Cookers and Easy Data
Students use a TI-84, Easy Temp and Easy Data to measure the quality of their solar cookers. Hot dogs are heated under the May sunshine after students design, build and test their own solar cookers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solar-cookers-and-easy-data