Friction: Your Friend or Your Enemy?
In this lesson, students explore static and kinetic friction by dragging shoes with different types of soles across a table at a constant pace. Alternative procedure for the Vernier Go Direct® sensors with TI-Nspire CX II is included in the downloads.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/friction-your-friend-or-your-enemy
Solution 17170: Finding the Area Between Curves on the TI-83 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
... Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search How do I find the area between curves on TI-83 family, TI-84 Plus family, and TI-Nspire handheld in TI-84 Plus mode? To find the area between curves please see the below example: Example: Find the area of the region bounded by: f...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/17170
Which Dog Is Roundest? | Texas Instruments
...ur house. The problem is that we have never been able to find a way to merge our love of math with our dogs until we were asked to lead a webinar for Pi Day: “P³ — Puppies, Probability and Pi.” Meet Blue, a 5-year-old female corgi. Of the many dogs in our house, Holly and Blue a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/dog-day-which-dog-is-roundest
35 Years of T³™ Mentorship and Community | Texas Instruments
...ol received a GEAR UP grant, and she was put in charge of spending the money. Her principal approached her and said, “Hey — let’s get these [TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculators and TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator™ Systems]. Oh, and why don’t we go to the conference [T³IC] too?” They took two math teac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/35-years-t3-community-teacher-leader
Get Energized With the T3™ Professional Learning | Texas Instruments
...d SAT® exam prep to calculus, coding, TI technology skills and more. Each workshop provides 12 hours of in-depth learning by focusing on a specific topic and support materials. We understand it’s important to have the graphing calculator to take with you, so TI technology is included with your re...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/professional_learning
5 Fresh Spring Ideas for Your Classroom | Texas Instruments
...a step on their calculator? These helpful posters have your back! This poster set covers 10 common functions with quick keypress reminders. You can pin these posters all around your classroom in three different colors to match your new spring theme — all free and ready for you to download and p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/fresh-spring-ideas-for-classrooms
Summer Reading List for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
..., meaningfulness, competence, accountability and autonomy. “It’s time to reread this book and think about how I want to start the school year keeping in mind student motivation in the mathematics classroom.” “Motivated” is a guidebook for teachers unsatisfied with questions met by silence...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
Inverse Functions on the TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
... videos that can help you with just that. Even if you think you know, you may still benefit from hearing another expert talk through important math topics and how to enrich those topics with TI technology. A particular topic that really struck me is “inverse functions.” Why? Students often stru...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/investigating-inverse-functions-ti-84-plus-ce
Fall-Tastic Ideas for Your Classroom | Texas Instruments
When the leaves start turning hues of red and gold, it’s that time of the year for pumpkin spice lattes, harvest-themed decor and fun activities that transform your classroom into an autumn oasis. We’ve rounded up a collection of fall-inspired teaching and decoration ideas to help infuse you...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/falltastic-ideas-enhance-classroom
Collecting Data With Sensors and TI Tech | Texas Instruments
...is made possible with the help of the Vernier EasyData® App for the TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators and the Vernier DataQuest® App for TI-Nspire™ technology. Now, TI graphing calculators have the capability to connect with Go Direct sensors, providing customers even more options for ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/match-made-in-stem
6 Resources to Jump-Start the School Year | Texas Instruments
...calculators, and refresh their minds on menu locations and how to do basic things on their calculators. Download versions for the TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire™ CX families of graphing calculators. Video-based product tutorials. TI offers on-demand learning that’s great...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/tiresources
A New School Year, A New You(Tube) | Texas Instruments
...ed to make finding the videos you’re looking for quicker and easier. Here’s a taste of what you’ll find: How-to videos for the TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire™ families of graphing calculators Resources for test preparation Follow-along lessons sorted by subject Popular professional development vi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/new-school-year-new-youtube
Calculators and Order of Operations | Texas Instruments
...ed on television, my heavy eyelids closed, and I learned personally how true this is. I find myself in a bustling saloon in the Wild West sipping liquid courage, when a troublemaker writes 6/2(2+1)=1 on a bar napkin and throws it down on the table like a gauntlet. I hear myself say, “The...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/calculators-and-order-of-operations
5 Study Tips from a Student #StudyGrammer | Texas Instruments
...stractions.” A simple tip she offers to stay dedicated and keep up a routine is to treat yourself with some form of positive reinforcement, like a piece of candy for completing a new chapter. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ˗ˏˋsophia´ˎ˗ (@girlmeetsdesk) ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-study-tips-from-a-student-studygrammer
Expressions of Love for TI-Cares™ Support | Texas Instruments
...ay to get teachers excited about PD and see new tools available.” 🌹 “Thank you for hiring super customer-oriented service people! I love the TI-Nspire™ product and encourage my students to learn as much about their use in my classroom and on district and national tests.” 🌹 “She provided m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/ti-cares-customer-support-love
Middle School Math Meets Python Game Design | Texas Instruments
...fun practice, but isn’t that a lot of coding? No, it’s not! Because this activity is scaffolded. You’ll give students the base code in a premade TI-Nspire™ CX II file or TI-84 Plus CE Python file. Students will write 12 lines of code to generate the random problems. If you choose, students will u...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/middle-school-math-python-game-design
5 Teacher Tips for Classroom Management | Texas Instruments
... community shared was relationship building. As a fun way of building relationships with students, LeAnn Neel Romine suggested having them pick a word that matches the first letter of their name. Then using those nicknames all year. For example, “Annie Algebra.” Another helpful...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-teacher-tips-classroom-management
Women Who Code: A TI Intern’s STEM Journey | Texas Instruments
...ed from Albania to the U.S. with her parents and younger brother after her family won a visa lottery. While her parents had stable jobs in that developing country, the lack of opportunities for their children was the deciding factor to move. Shahollari said it was a “a big sacrifice” for her fath...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/women-who-code-ti-intern-stem-journey
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2022 | Texas Instruments
...ulator. Let your students be creative! “It showed me some fun things to do with my students and their calculators while getting into the Halloween spirit.” — Michelle Keating, Lewis County High School (Tennessee) World of Pi Presented by Karen Campe and Irina Lyublinskaya Teachers...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/2022-webinars-top-10
Solutions To Keep Your Students Learning All Summer | TI
...n informal challenge where you pose a problem for students to think on creatively. Try using past TI contest prompts and related student videos to inspire your students to get creative themselves. By simply sharing past entries with interested students, you may inspire some to work on their own d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/keep-students-learning-all-summer
Assessing Student Thinking | Texas Instruments
...cluding: Notice and Wonder Contemplate then Calculate Math Talks Once a safe environment has been achieved, the stage is set to focus on helping students learn to provide meaningful feedback. It all starts with us, the teachers. While setting the stage, we are modeling what good feedbac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/assessing-student-thinking
Why Buy a Graphing Calculator?
...0}.wb .wb-header a{height:auto}} As the most recommended graphing calculator brand by teachers, Texas Instruments (TI) has a long history of helping students succeed in math and science. When considering a graphing calculator, there are many reasons why TI amounts to a smart, long-term inve...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/why-buy-graphing-calculator
How To Avoid 5 Common Grant Writing Mistakes | Texas Instruments
...y budget narrative? How will this project continue when the specific grant funding is gone? Mistake #4: Focusing on the wrong needs A pitfall for many grant writers is incorrectly identifying the need they want the funder to address. It tends to happen in one of two ways … the fir...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-common-grant-writing-mistakes
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...nts can visualize in their own communities really engages them and led me to create a project based around the problem of plastic pollution. I was inspired by another innovative invention called Mr. Trash Wheel, which is found in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and prevents trash that runs off the Jones...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
Fan’s Favorite Features on TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
...ator allows students to see functions and their features from a graphical perspective.” – Amy on Facebook Transformation app A core learning topic for math students is transformations, and the integrated Transformation Graphing App makes for a powerful learning and exploration tool. It’s a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/five-fan-favorite-features-ti84plus