Why am I Charged?
In this lesson, students will use a simulation to understand from a macroscopic view, what actually occurs microscopically when a metal and a nonmetal react.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/why-am-i-charged
Build an Atom (HS)
In this lesson, students will simulate, observe, and manipulate the variables that affect the structure and, therefore, the properties of an atom.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/build-an-atom-hs
TI-92 Plus Operating System
This free upgrade replaces your existing operating system. TI Connect™ for Windows® or TI Connect™ for Macintosh® is required to install this update. This free upgrade replaces your existing operating system. Version 2.09 includes the recently released 2.08 features below: An easy to navigate icon desktop Create you own app categories Now compatible with the TI Keyboard New Trigonometric and Hyperbolic functions Clock and date f...https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/7124F929015D4DF6A7BD2A0FE143D8BC/92ti92plusoperatingsystem
TI-89 Operating System
This free upgrade replaces your existing operating system. TI Connect™ for Windows® or TI Connect™ for Macintosh® is required to install this update.This free upgrade replaces your existing operating system. Version 2.09 includes the features below: An easy to navigate icon desktop Create your own app categories Now compatible with the TI Keyboard New Trigonometric and Hyperbolic functions Clock and date functionality St...https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/6D741EBCB35245FB96B4D7EA0CAC0220/89ti89operatingsystem
2018 TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
... Second runner-up:The Chemistree Most practical solution:Going for Brake Most impressive prototype:Hypersomnia Most creative video:The BMS Scare Bears Honorable mention:The MAGNETizing Men H...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2018
How I overcame my fear of mathematics and finally understood the world
...today’s technology gives our children an opportunity to focus on mastering higher mathematical concepts. From the movement of objects through space (physics) to the speed of physiological reactions (biochemistry), math is the crux of an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the world. You d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/overcoming-fear-of-math
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-Nspire™ CX Graphing Calculator
...ch type of inferential procedure to do. Key words like “provide evidence” or “significant” are indications that you are being asked to test a pair of hypotheses. “Estimate” or “confidence” gives indication that an interval is appropriate to answer the question. Be sure familiarize yourself with e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstatstipsfornspire
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...ch type of inferential procedure to do. Key words like “provide evidence” or “significant” are indications that you are being asked to test a pair of hypotheses. “Estimate” or “confidence” gives indication that an interval is appropriate to answer the question. Be sure to be familiar with each ty...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstats2021
Hands-on STEM activities in honor of Jack Kilby
... you and your students have fun envisioning what’s next. S in STEM: The science of zombies In this activity, students make a zombie brain to test a hypothesis for counter-attacking the zombie contagion. Download the lesson here. Ever wondered what you would do in a zombie apocalypse? Most of us...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/september/kilby-day
Mission Imagination
NASA and TI are excited to announce the design challenge winning team. A team of five seventh graders from Hyde Park Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada has won the mISSion imaginaTIon design challenge from Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) (TI) and NASA. The national competition asked students fro...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/may/mission-imagination-winners
Build It With TI: Science Olympiad
...About the authors: Mike Smith is the National Detector Building Supervisor, T³™ National Instructor for over 27 years, and a classroom chemistry and physics teacher for 43 years. Erick Archer is the Science/STEM Strategy Manager for Texas Instruments. *While supplies are available. Help...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/scienceolympiadresource
roboticsweek2021
Did you know that the best way to understand how something works is to take it apart and examine the insides? That’s why “teardown” videos are so popular — they show us what’s on the inside of everyday products without having to worry about reassembling them. In celebration of National Roboti...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
...ld be like without having awe moments? In fact, researchers have explored the benefits of awe and have found that it is good for us! Eight reasons why awe makes your life better In this article by Summer Allen, research suggests that awe can make you happier, healthier, humbler and more connect...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
Score Big on the ACT® With These Tried-and-True Tips for the Math Section
... head without writing anything down when testing in the digital format. In my experience, this leads to mistakes. This year, my school is employing a hybrid model for teaching, which means I always have some students who are remote learners. Even for those students, I have them print out the test...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/1-19-2021-act-tips
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
...c opportunities to explore, look for patterns, use patterns and build learning. To reach all learners, we provide multimodal learning opportunities. Why would we not add coding to our multiple representation toolbox of physical, analytical, graphical, verbal and numerical representation? Another ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...ike we’ve witnessed with COVID-19. See humans turn to zombies on your graphing calculator. This activity also explores a little about physiology and the human brain, and how epidemiologists integrate science and math to curb the spread of diseases and flatten the curve. Students ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...The five different ring colors represent all the colors of the flags of the world. To set the stage for exploring some sports-themed activities, why not have your students first get in the mindset by coding their favorite country’s flag. If you have some artistic students, they can use the TI...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School
...e seventh-grader Zachary Dusza. Who knows? TI’s STEM Squad may pop up at a school or summer camp near you. Tweet at us, @TICalculators, and tell us why the STEM Squad should visit your school. And if you are curious, here is where the STEM Squad has been so far: Charleston, South Carolina Au...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemsquad
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
...n to introduce some of TI’s STEM Projects as well as learn how to code using Python, all on the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. People ask me why I teach coding/programming in the context of a STEM classroom. My response is always the same: My students — our students today — are in compet...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
...ents to analyze the science to decide if there’s even a ghost of a chance that a ghost is haunting the highway. Designed to complement middle school physical science and high school physics, the ghost of Dead Man’s Curve engages students in explorations of electromagnetism, the relationship of wa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
...ocus on Python to teach math, Python to enhance math or computer science that uses math? I decided the answer to all the questions above was, “Yes!” Why make it one size fits all? Therefore, this is a “choose your own adventure” in coding blog. Find something that strikes your fancy. Some project...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...e of relationships, as our students, like us, are experiencing an increased amount of stress, trauma and uncertainty. Building trust, expressing empathy and connecting on a human level is more important than ever for educators and the students and families they work with — a prerequisite for any ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
... has been teaching mathematics at the San Antonio high school, in the Northside ISD, for 15 years. Tristan Pepper explaining to his former teacher why he nominated him as his math hero during a surprise pep rally at Earl Warren High School. “I was really nervous as to how he was going to take ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
...treating yourself in the moment, but setting your future self up for success. That may include taking the stairs instead of the elevator, eating healthy instead of snacking, drinking water instead of soda, and sleeping instead of scrolling through your Facebook or Instagram feed. To help you ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
Five Ways Math Teachers are Superheroes
How often do you hear students say things like, “I’m not good at math,” or “I don’t like math,” or “Why do I have to learn this?” In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Month, we visited Plano East Senior High School outside of Dallas to ask students how they really feel about their math teac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/mathteacherschangetheworld