Exploring Hyperbolas
Students will explore the hyperbola by investigating links between its standard equation form and its graph. They will also discover the center and the focal lengths of the hyperbola as well as see applications of the hyperbola in the real world.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-hyperbolas
Heart and Lungs - The Beat Goes On
In this lesson, students will study the effect of exercise on heart rate, respiratory rate, and airflow in and out of the lungs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/heart-and-lungs--the-beat-goes-on
Balancing the Plank
In this lesson, students will simulate a teeter-totter where people and objects of different masses are placed.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/balancing-the-plank
Trig Ratios
Explore the ratios to develop the concept of the trigonometric functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/trig-ratios
Needs of Living Things
In this lesson, students will describe and identify the survival needs for both plants and animals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/needs-of-living-things
2021 TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
...oU The Potato GroupNewark, Ohio p0jU2EQPmMo NaviGatorSan Diego, California vZvc1LZ80Cs yxs bionicsLafayette, Colorado AcX9qemFgyg Panther Aid World SecurityChandler, Arizona dGLimMmW4Aw ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2021
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...-Nspire™ Technology Implementing STEM Practices with TI-Nspire™ Technology Exploring TASC Topics in Mathematics with the TI-30XS MultiView™ Scientific Calculator Exploring TEKS Topics in High School Mathematics with the TI-84 Plus Family Connecting ...https://education.ti.com/en/educators/district-school-leader-resources/onsite-workshops/listing
Find the Frequen-Z!
...ogram correctly. Design testing and iteration are a big part of the learning process. The activity requires a thorough understanding of sound, wavelength and frequency, as well as how feedback and control systems work – a lot of learning goes into the project. The teacher accomplishes the goal of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/july/survived-the-zombie-outbreak
Mission Imagination
...cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko encountered in the first year-long mission aboard the ISS. The problems ranged from what to eat in space for optimal strength and nutrition to how to detect and prevent potential collisions with orbital debris. The winning team of students proposed a vertical garden to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/may/mission-imagination-winners
Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
...o two congruent trapezoids and two congruent triangles. These trapezoids and triangles were used to make the rectangle shown below (figure 2). The length of the side of the square is 21 units and so its area is 441 square units. The length of the rectangle is 13 units and the width is 34 units. S...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
Score Big on the ACT® With These Tried-and-True Tips for the Math Section
...the figure that is described. I foresee geometry problems taking much longer using the digital format. Instead of being able to write the angle or length of a side directly on the figure, you have to redraw the figure from scratch on your paper and then label appropriately. Some digital tools wil...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-19-2021-act-tips
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...h school physics classes, students will explore topics like: The electromagnetic spectrum, visible light, ultra violet and infrared Wavelength and frequency Radio waves, gamma rays and RFID technology Speed of light And more It’s time to find out if there’s a ghost ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
...sical science and high school physics, the ghost of Dead Man’s Curve engages students in explorations of electromagnetism, the relationship of wavelength, and frequency and practical applications of electromagnetic principles with the TI‑Nspire™ CX or TI‑Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...) #1 — First, you need to ask the user for the original message and the shift number. #2 — The length will be used to determine how many times the loop needs to change characters. #3 — Creates an empty new variable. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...n strategically circle back to previous content and fill gaps while staying anchored in grade-level concepts. Focus and build on students’ strengths, rather than on their deficits. Although it’s natural to think about the gaps and learning losses that are an expected result of the disruptio...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...Students will explore the relationship between the visible light spectrum and photosynthesis in this illuminating lesson. Students control the wavelength of light with a clicker, and they can see how the stomata in a leaf respond. They may be surprised by what they find. Screenshots from t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
"This calculator changed my life.”Lillie Pennington, Junior, Turpin High School, Cincinnati, Ohio THE CHALLENGE Lillie Pennington, 17, can keep up with any high school student when it comes to academics. The Turpin High School junior took Advanced Placement history as a sophomore and scored a fi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...ctions, lists and variables you have used on any of the pages. Insert a new problem when you are ready. For example, I can enter lists of forearm length and height on page 1.2, graph a scatterplot and line of best fit on page 1.3, and calculate to make predictions with the linear equation on pag...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...ig. 8. Graph saving compared with 18% rate. The students can then extend the data over a three-year (figure 9) and eight-year (figure 10) length of time. They will better notice that in the eight-year graph the data is not linear, which shows that the money invested at 18% is growing at ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
... my favorite activities is where students use three different liquids — water, acetone and alcohol — and the temperature sensor to determine the strength of the intermolecular forces of attraction between the molecules. The rate of cooling, and thus evaporation, allows students to see the data, e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... Let’s look at a few examples: 1. The squares Using “the sequence,” you can create a visual of it using the sequence value to represent the length of an edge of a square. They can be creatively arranged in such a manner as to create this image. Recognize this? “Finding Fibo!” 2. Wh...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
Hit a high note exploring the math behind music
...weights and vibrations. Ultimately, this led to his discovery that the pitch of a vibrating string is proportional to and can be controlled by the length of the string. Strings that are halved in length are one octave higher than the original (the shorter the string, the higher the pitch). That’...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/math-behind-music
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
...lessons, download this Quick Reference Guide. Explore more of Families of Functions 2. Smart Space Smart Space features full-length math lessons, which can be particularly useful for teachers planning on being away from their students for a week or more. This video library g...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
... to change students' minds about math. Fast Facts About Katie: TEACHES WHAT: High School Mathematics Content Specialist TEACHES WHERE: Washington County Public Schools in Maryland TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 19 years Katie in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? I think it was an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...udents were able to participate in person in the summer of 2022, Bishop organized another camp with TI technology. This camp was focused more on strengthening math fundamentals like ratios, rates and proportions. We wanted to learn more about both these camps and how other educators could cond...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors