Inverse Fun
Investigate inverses of functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/inverse-fun
Hose Problem
Investigating the behaviour of water jets from a hose. Suitable for Year 10 extension or Year 11 students. Graphing parabolas, features of quadratic functions, regression lines. Using TI-Nspire.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hose-problem
Analyzing an Electricity Bill
This investigation guides the students through using a piecewise function to model an electric bill.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/analyzing-an-electricity-bill
Given the Graph of a Parabola, State its Equation in Vertex Form
This activity is designed for students to study on their own. It is designed in a 'StudyCard' format. A graph of a parabola will be shown. The student is asked to find the equation of the parabola in vertex form: y = a*(x - h)^(2) + v. Press enter on the double up arrow in the Ans... section t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/given-the-graph-of-a-parabola-state-its-equation-in-vertex-form
Solving Systems of Linear Equations from Four Perspectives
Using the on-screen directions and the more detailed directions here, students will investigate four ways to solve systems of linear equations: graphically, numerically, with a data table and by matrices. Some prior familiarity with the basic functions of the TI-nspire CAS is needed. Students sho...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-systems-of-linear-equations-from-four-perspectives
Exploring the Cycloid Curve
The TI Nspire's animation feature is used to show how a point on a rotating circle creates the cycloid curve. Students then examine the parametric equation of the cycloid. Finally, students are tasked with going online to investigate the terms brachistochronous and tautochronous and their relat...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-the-cycloid-curve
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
Lights on the International Space Station
In this lesson, students will discover how various factors affect lighting by using different types of flashlights and battery strenghts.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/lights-on-the-international-space-station
When The Wind Blows
An investigative project based learning activity incorporating math and science through the connections among Chemistry, Physics, and Trigonometry. Project leads to consideration of the feasibility of alternative energy options based on research and local data. Student activities culminate in the...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/when-the-wind-blows
Vernier - Chill Out: How Hot Objects Cool
Students use a temperature probe to collect data as the warmed probe cools. Students investigate Newton's law of cooling and model cooling data with an exponential function. They fit the data to a mathematical model after analysis.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--chill-out-how-hot-objects-cool
Matholutions Activity
...ls and how they plan to achieve them. What additional prompts will you think of? When done, consider displaying student goals around the room to give inspiration, encouragement and support accountability. The Matholutions Bulletin Board Décor is a companion piece to this activity.--> Empo...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/matholutions-activity
Normal Distribution
Collecting Data paper, pencil and a coin A quiz has 6 true false questions. You do not get to see the quedstions, but instead will flip a coin for each of your answers. Perform the following steps to see how many questions you can answer correctly without seeing the questions. Step 1 Flip a co...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/normal-distribution
Approximating the Area Under a Curve
In this activity, students will explore approximating the area under a curve using left endpoint, right endpoint, and midpoint Riemann sums.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/approximating-the-area-under-a-curve
What is a linear pair?
Use Cabri to investigate relationship of linear pairs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/what-is-a-linear-pair
Boats in Motion
Students explore the motion of a boat going up and down the river. They will be instructed to solve the resulting system of equations algebraically and graphically.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/boats-in-motion
Data Collection for Bar Graphs
Students collect data outside of the classroom, organize their information into a bar graph within their groups, and then contribute their data to Navigator in the form of 2 lists to view and discuss as a classhttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/data-collection-for-bar-graphs
REAL LIFE REAL WORLD Activity: Air Traffic Control
In this lesson, students will model and solve air traffic control problems with geometry software. The Cabri Jr. application will be used to construct a model of the problem situation and concepts from trigonometry and proportions are then applied to find the solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/real-life-real-world-activity-air-traffic-control
End Behavior of Polynomial Functions - 84
This lesson involves determining the similarities and differences among functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/end-behavior-of-polynomial-functions_1
ASA Triangle Congruence
1.Construct an triangle and select two angles and the contained side to copy to a second triangle. 2.Measure sides and angles to visualize congruence properties 3.Try to alter the properties of their construction by moving the vertices of the original trianglehttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/asa-triangle-congruence
The Amazing Race: Algebra Edition
This is a full lesson, and the guided practice section utilizes the Navigator system. The independent practice is the game The Amazing Race (explained in the PDF).https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-amazing-race--algebra-edition
Shortest Distance Problem
This is a great follow-up to the Introduction to Properties in Reflections. Students may have trouble producing a scaled drawing. Using a scale of 1 to 5 works well. See the figure below for a possible scaled construction.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/shortest-distance-problem
Perimeter of a Rectangel with Fixed Area
Students will investigate the relationship between the base of a rectangle with area of 35 or 36 and its perimeter.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/perimeter-of-a-rectangel-with-fixed-area
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Traffic" - What is Random
In "Traffic", Charlie lectures about randomness, explaining that 'our brains misperceive evenness as random and wrongly assume that groupings are deliberate'. In mathematics, we expect to see some clustering, or an occasional appearance of a pattern, when examining truly random events. In this ac...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--traffic--what-is-random
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "The Art of Reckoning" - Spies Like Us
In "The Art of Reckoning," Charlie discusses the security of a prison. "It's a hyper-secure system, but prisoners have nothing to do except think about how to crack it. Like two opposing armies." Charlie explains that analyzing such a situation involves determining the 'probabilities of penetrati...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--the-art-of-reckoning--spies-like-us
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Take Out" - Outliers
In "Take Out," Amita and Charlie help the FBI track financial transfers from the US to Mexico . There are so many transfers that it is difficult to find the specific transfer. Charlie explains that it is 'a matter of using a target-specific optimization model. Something called Outlier Detection.'...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--take-out--outliers