Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...ano notes with integer frequency must be an A note in some octave. Problem 5 Solution: This is a famous example of decision making in football (and a fun application of the quadratic formula). The key is that because there is so little time left, if the opponent scores, the game is over. If you d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...room. Follow her on Twitter @Kim_math. Take a chore and make it into a game! Read 3 ways to make seating charts you and your students will love. 3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts Kim Thomas – High School Math Teacher and Life-Long Learner 3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts w...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...ere were ways that they could safely save and invest money (microsaving apps, Roth IRA, interest yielding savings and checking accounts, index mutual fund). This time, some of the three friends decided to place their saved money into a Roth IRA account that yielded an annual percentage rate of 9%...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
...women to pursue careers in engineering. Recently, Marie was a panelist at an International Women’s Day event and “Girls and Code, Montreal Movement”. Fun fact: English is not her first language, it’s French! Estefannie of @estefanniegg Estefannie is an embedded apps software engineering lead (ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
...e represented the mathematician formerly known as Fibonacci! “Finding Fibo!” 3. Now, the art! This spiral is wonderful, and it becomes more fun when you unleash students’ creative artistic abilities. Two images that I found were the Fibonacci elephant and the Fibonacci parrot. Makes you...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
World-Emoji-Day
...ot too much of a surprise, but is that your go-to emoji as well? If not, do you see your favorite here? Fun fact: World Emoji Day is July 17. Why that date? Image courtesy of Emoji Timeline. Th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
...what would it take to make the U.S. flag? (Warning: You might need some patience to go with your patriotism!) Tip: You can use both ti_draw functions (to make the red, white and blue rectangles) and Turtle functions (to make the stars) in the same program. Here’s some Turtle code that m...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...hange my lesson plan and bring in new materials and activities to help explain the same concept in a different way until they understand it. What are fun or unique ways you teach your students? By nature I’m a designer, I love designing lesson plans or things. I love anything that has open-ended ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
... To make a copy of a list use the special list method .copy(): a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] b = a.copy( ) Using the .copy() function creates two separate lists containing the same values. Here’s another Shell demo: Example: Make a list of prime numbers The follo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Who knew math had moves?
...San Antonio for the T³ International Conference, volunteered their time to go into schools and help students see how learning math and science can be fun. Since September, TI has been visiting schools around the country, teaching students how to use their graphing calculators to program Rover to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
It’s that chilling time of the year again — no, not testing season — Halloween! Lift spirits in the classroom with these three spooky, fun math activities. Students will never know you tricked them into learning math concepts. Plus, we’ve included a costume template that will make you look boo-...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...taking an IB® exam, we also need to review the calculator polices. Each calculator is only allowed to do so much for a student, therefore some of the functions on the handhelds are restricted and must be turned off. TI calculators can be put in Press-to-Test mode that will do this without much ef...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
Sines of Spring Sweepstakes | Texas Instruments
Explore spring ideas and resources to spruce up the classroom. Enter today for a chance to win a new TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator in fun colors. Sines of Spring Sweepstakes | Texas Instruments global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/sinesofspringsweepstakes
Designing Your Classroom With Purpose
...lement your curriculum. As I prepare for a new year, the first thing that always pops into my mind is my classroom: the setup, the layout, the functionality, the organization … and, of course, the aesthetic. I want every square inch to serve as a resource or reference for my students. And ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/classroomdesign
Science Activities for Heart Health Month | Texas Instruments
...rtbeat of STEM. She highlights “The Plumber: Modeling the Four-Chambered Heart” where students complete three different challenges to demonstrate the function of a heart using TI-Nspire™ CX technology and the TI-Innovator™ Hub. Give one of these exciting activities a try and make your teachin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/science-heart-activities
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...he lesson, there is even an optional hands-on activity to explore freezing point depression. Get your students ready for the activity by sharing this fun video of Urschel churning up some tasty physics in your classroom. The bottom line (or final score, in this case) … When the final whistle i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
...hink it’s time to dig a little deeper into the power of modular programming on these remarkable platforms, and discover why using modules can be more fun, or can certainly at least save you time. Modules give us a powerful way to reuse common code These custom “support” files are easily sh...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
... Manager for science and STEM education at Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments’ Path to STEM projects provide students stepping stones to learn fundamental concepts in electrical engineering through short hands-on activities using breadboards, wires and electronics components. Students will...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
...with its own color, size and position, and self is used to refer to each one’s attributes and methods. Example: b1 = balloon(255, 0,0, 100, 100, 50) makes (constructs an instance of ...) a red (255,0,0) balloon with a center at (100,100) and a radius 50. The __init__ method assigns eac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...o TESTS. The AP® Statistics exam requires a deep understanding of the concepts, but also an ability to carry out statistical computations. So what functionalities on your calculator are best to know and use of when taking the exam? We highlight 6 features of the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats
Get Out and #SpreadMathLove
...ound the U.S. and, ultimately, the globe, through some supercute exclusive trackables. These trackables are small tokens that come in five different, fun “math buddy” designs: Acutie on Duty Buddies² Infinitely in Love Irrational Love of Pi Far Out Fractals, Man So how can you p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/geocaching
Three Pawsitively Fun TI-Nspire Math Activities
...Nspire activity on our website. 3. Dog Days or Dog Years Students will explore input/output relationships as they describe domain, range, and linear functions in the context of converting dog ages into human years. For more information, download the Teacher Notes (PDF). You can view and downlo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/dog_blog
Going Back to School With Stations
...he syllabus, procedures, routines, etc. Finally, students will sign and return the form for homework. Syllabus quiz. “Birthday Coding Fun” station Students will learn the basics of coding on the TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator as they create a program that will enable a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtoschool_stations
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2021
...ed by Deb Nutt and Marian Prince Find some real-world activities to engage your students. Use algebra to catch a ball rolling off a ramp, and bring functions to life with the prospect of buying used cars. Geometry Grab Bag Presented by Karen Campe Have you only dipped your toe into the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2021webinars
5 Springtime Math Resources for Teachers | Texas Instruments
Sunshine, flowers, bugs and showers — spring is here! With all the fun going on outside, everyone’s attention in math class may be a bit divided. You can keep math minds focused with spring-themed ideas to bring inside the classroom. With a rainbow of decoration options, low-prep w...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/fresh-spring-ideas