Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
... setting it on the part of the stick that is still on the table. Karate chop it and notice the stick doesn’t break. When the paper is placed completely flat on top of the stick, it serves as a large surface area for the air above it to push down on the paper – and by extension, onto the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
...rough the top of the bottle and past the egg. Because the fire burns up the oxygen inside the bottle quickly, and the egg is acting to stop any incoming air by acting as a seal, the air pressure inside the bottle quickly becomes less than the air pressure outside the bottle and above the egg....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Daniel Wilkie
...ade TEACHES WHERE: Woodmont High School in Greenville, South Carolina TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 23 years Daniel in his own words: Why did you become a teacher? I had a couple of good role models when I was going through high school math classes, especially when I was a sophomore. I had an e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/teacherofthemonth
A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
...s: Choose to Challenge. This International Women’s Day, Texas Instruments (TI) engineer, Tracy Hamilton, has her hand up high to show she is committed to “choosing to challenge.” We choose our inner circle. We choose our lifestyle. We choose our beliefs. We choose our careers. I’d ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Jessica Kohout
...ology, AP and regular TEACHES WHERE: Reservoir High School, Fulton, Maryland TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 14 years Jessica in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? I didn't realize that I wanted to be a teacher until my senior year of college, when I got an internship in the National Aquarium i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/teacher-of-the-month
How a TI Calculator and a Few Special Teachers Added up to an Engineering Career at TI
...t was seeing how many answers I could get right in a row. I could have never imagined that today I would actually work as a software engineer for the company that created that very toy! Despite an early beginning using arithmetic for entertainment, I don’t remember ever thinking that “when I g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/eweek2021
ICYMI: Top 10 Webinars of 2019
...ctices that support the implementation of high-quality tasks using TI technology. After finishing a webinar, don’t forget to print a certificate of completion. This may be accepted at your school or district for continuing education credit. If you enjoyed these on-demand webinars, you should a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019webinars
Engineers who code
TIers who code: TI engineers share how they learned to code on their TI calculator Did you know in just 10 minutes, you can learn to code? Coding is more than just a computer language; it requires the same problem solving and curiosity needed for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/engineers-who-code
Can You Hear the Ball Bounce?
...ounce? To get started, you’ll need the following equipment and materials (Figure 2): TI-Nspire™ CX or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator or a computer with TI-Nspire™ software TI-Nspire™ Lab Cradle Vernier microphone A handful of small balls (pingpong, golf, lacrosse — we’re not pick...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ball-bounce-activity
Too Many Choices
...plications and Interpretation | Statistics and Probability Too Many Choices Students investigate the fundamental counting principle, permutations and combinations. Key Steps Students will explore the fundamental counting principle and discover its formula. They will use th...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-too-many-choices
It’s a Two-Way Street
... further develop the understanding of how conditional distributions relate to the data. Step 2 Students are given a problem that they can complete for homework. They are to use what they’ve learned in the activity to calculate the marginal and conditional distributions on their own. S...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-two-way-street
Roll the Dice
...a Programme Applications and Interpretation | Probability and Statistics Activity Overview Students compute sample spaces for coin flips, find the various probabilities associated, and graph the probabilities using the calculator. Roll the Dice Key Steps St...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-roll-the-dice
Exploring Geometric Sequences
...s and Algebra Activity Overview Students graphically analyze geometric series using graphs, and consider the effect of the value for the common ratio and first term using sliders. Exploring Geometric Sequences Key Steps For the first part of this activity, stu...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-exploring-geometric-sequences
Arithmetic Sequences and Series
... Activity Overview In this activity, students will explore arithmetic sequences and series. They will consider the effect of the value for the common difference and first term using Lists and Spreadsheets on the TI-Nspire™ CX II. Finally, they will graphically analyze the arithmetic serie...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-arithmatic
Arithmetic Sequences and Series
...view Students use formulas to find the differences of the consecutive terms, plot a scatter plot of each sequence, and determine that sequences with common differences (called arithmetic sequences) have scatter plots whose points form a straight line. Arithmetic Sequences and Series ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-arithmetic-sequences
Exploring Geometric Sequences
...eries by considering the effect of the value for the common ratio and first term using sliders. Exploring Geometric Sequences Key Steps Students will explore geometric sequences graphically and numerically by varying the values of the common ratio. Clicking on the up or ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-exploring-geometric-sequences
Too Many Choices
...lications and Interpretation | Statistics and Probability Too Many Choices Students investigate the fundamental counting principle, permutations, and combinations. Key Steps Students will explore the fundamental counting principle and discover its formula. They will use di...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-too-many-choices
Exploring Geometric Sequences
...s and Algebra Activity Overview Students graphically analyze geometric series using graphs, and consider the effect of the value for the common ratio and first term using sliders. Exploring Geometric Sequences Key Steps For the first part of this activity, stu...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-exploring-geometric-sequences
Too Many Choices
...me Analysis and Approaches | Statistics and Probability Too Many Choices Students investigate the fundamental counting principle, permutations, and combinations. Key Steps Students will explore the fundamental counting principle and discover its formula. They will use di...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-too-many-choices
Arithmetic Sequences and Series
...view Students use formulas to find the differences of the consecutive terms, plot a scatter plot of each sequence, and determine that sequences with common differences (called arithmetic sequences) have scatter plots whose points form a straight line. Arithmetic Sequences and Series ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-arithmetic-sequences
Too Many Choices
...mme Analysis and Approaches | Statistics and Probability Too Many Choices Students investigate the fundamental counting principle, permutations and combinations. Key Steps Students will explore the fundamental counting principle and discover its formula. They will use th...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-too-many-choices
Exploring Geometric Sequences
...and Approaches | Numbers and Algebra Activity Overview Students explore geometric series by considering the effect of the value for the common ratio and first term using sliders. Exploring Geometric Sequences Key Steps Students will explore geometric sequen...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-exploring-geometric-sequences
Arithmetic Sequences and Series
... Activity Overview In this activity, students will explore arithmetic sequences and series. They will consider the effect of the value for the common difference and first term using Lists and Spreadsheets on the TI-Nspire™ CX II. Finally, they will graphically analyze the arithmetic serie...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-arithmatic
Taylor Polynomials
...and Approaches | Calculus Activity Overview Students will explore the definition of a function through use of a graph, a set of ordered pairs, and an input-output diagram. Taylor Polynomials Key Steps Students will use tangent line approximation to examine ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-taylor-polynomials
Roll the Dice
...B® Diploma Programme Analysis and Approaches | Probability and Statistics Activity Overview Students compute sample spaces for coin flips, find the various probabilities associated, and graph the probabilities using the calculator. Roll the Dice Key Steps St...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-roll-the-dice