TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...pate. They could connect to the virtual camp through devices like smartphones. “My interest in STEM has increased because of this experience.” – Sixty-six percent of virtual TI STEM camp participants A few of the highlights from the student survey are: Sixty-six percent of the students...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...and was hired as a math teacher right after graduation. I taught high school math for just under 20 years, served as a district math coordinator for six years, then spent five years at two different national nonprofit organizations supporting math instruction and high-quality curriculum all over ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
... rectangles) and Turtle functions (to make the stars) in the same program. Here’s some Turtle code that makes some of the stars. Note that there are six rows with five stars each and four rows with five stars for the total of 50 stars. This section makes the five-star rows at the proper positions...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
...randint(0, 255), randint(0, 255),randint(0, 255),\ randint(10, W-25), randint(10, H-25), randint(20, 70)) The six arguments are all random integers (three for the color, two for the position on the screen and one for the radius of the balloon). The button cl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...ator™ Hubs in my classroom and had used them with my STEM club after school. My district GEAR UP office asked me if I would host and lead a camp for sixth through ninth grade students. I reached out to the TI STEM Team and borrowed additional equipment to host a camp of 35 young and eager student...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
TI-84 Plus | Top 10 Features for ACT® | Texas Instruments
...make careless mistakes by doing the wrong calculations or misplacing a minus sign. For this reason, I suggest that students save some time and do matrix multiplication, evaluating the determinant, and solving systems on the calculator. Let’s say that you encounter a problem with the matrices abo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/actips
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
...ity to look at something a little more than just as right or wrong,” said Kachur. “There really is no wrong in programing; it's finding an error and fixing it. That is the lasting impact that I hope students take with them and apply to their entire life.” By this time next year, Kachur hopes the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...r and oxygen gas. According to the manufacturer, contact lenses must be placed in a plastic case and soaked in the peroxide solution for a period of six hours. At that point, the concentration of peroxide is so low that if someone were to put the lenses back in their eyes without rinsing with a s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...esting in yourself in order to provide students with the best education possible. Nearly 75% of teachers we surveyed expect to offer some mix or remote and in–person instruction this school year whereas only 2% expect to deliver instruction entirely in-person. Be Flexible ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Which Texas Instruments (TI) Calculator for the ACT® and Why?
...ere to buy here. Related Blogs Top 10 Features of TI-84 Plus for Taking the ACT® Exam Resources from TI Which TI Calculator for the SAT® and Why? Six tips for using the TI-84 Plus CE on the SAT® *SAT and AP are registered trademarks of the College Entrance Examination Board. PSAT/NMSQT is a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/which-ti-calculator-for-the-act-and-why
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
...udents’ progress for final exams. I am head of the math department. All of us in the math department were giving pretty traditional final exams — a mix of multiple-choice and short-response questions make up a typical mathematics exam. Our innovative geometry teacher, Ms. Herr, has recently deci...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
...he ENGINEERING aspect is the requirement to build the sensor using the aforementioned parts and pieces. In addition, they have to test their sensor, fix bugs, adjust design and test again … and again … and again until they get it working properly. They also must find a way to waterproof their sen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
... used the TI-Innovator™ Hub. During our chemical reactions lessons, students use the double-replacement reaction precipitates to create paints by mixing them with various media materials. The TI-Innovator™ Hub has a built-in RGB LED, and students learned how to program/code the TI-Innovator™ H...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
...l functions must be preceded by the “alias” name you chose: y = hoi.sin(x) from math import * — all functions can be used without the module prefix: y = sin(x) And, if you only intend to use one or two of the functions in a module, you can just state which one(s) to conserve memory: fr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...and students with no coding or engineering experience. Texas Instruments has offered the “Path to STEM Projects” for several years. Each of the six units involves small projects that teach necessary skills as they relate to analog and digital input and output, feedback and control systems, a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
...are design that focuses on the nouns (balloons, buttons, objects) in a project rather than the verbs (print, display, =, actions). Of course, we can mix and match the two approaches in designing an application (program) and the three fundamental control structures (sequence, branch and loop) are ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
...a Garden In this classic exploration of a quadratic relationship, students explore and optimize the relationship between the area of a garden with a fixed length of fencing and the lengths of the sides. Students will collect and graph data for multiple setups and then model the relationship with ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
... This or That (If you have between 5–10 minutes) Make a list of items that are related to one another to learn your students’ preferences. Think Netflix or Hulu, mustard or ketchup, pencil or pen. There’s a link to a Google Doc™ here that you can copy and customize for your students. Once you h...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Daniel Wilkie
...ng easier. Since I was comfortable and good at math I thought, ‘I could share this ease-of-learning with others.’ Of course, I changed my mind about six or seven times, but then, I came back to being a math teacher. What advice would you give to your first-year teaching self? Don't be afraid to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/teacherofthemonth
Introducing the TI-Nspire CX II
...t our website: education.ti.com/TI-Nspire-CXII. TI-Nspire CX II Specifications and Features: Color, backlit display Screen size: 320 x 240 pixels (3.5" diagonal) Screen resolution: 125 DPI; 16-bit color Powered by the TI-Rechargeable Battery (included) USB port for computer ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/nspire
A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
...al profession. Then I discovered there were procedures that I wouldn’t be able to stomach, bringing an abrupt end to my medical career. I was in the sixth grade. I had to choose a new profession. Math and chemistry always excited me. I was the student not allowed in the chemistry lab without ov...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
Ingenuity-takes-flight
... flight. The ideas of angular velocity and angular acceleration are used to describe the motion of a rigid object like rotor blades rotating about a fixed axis. Using the information provided above and what they had learned from the video, the students were asked to calculate: The angular ve...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ingenuity-takes-flight
Summer of STEM: Disappearing Cups
...en polystyrene is being produced it exists in a liquid state (like a gooey, thick liquid). As polystyrene is produced, air is injected into the mixture creating small balls that are pressed together to form shapes like cups and the packing peanuts you use to keep your items safe in shipment....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/disappearing_cups
You only get one “first day of school” – use it wisely
...mit to what they can learn in a given year. 4. Break it down in writing: From day one, I want all of my students to know their math ability is not fixed. I’ve been inspired by Jo Boaler and Carol Dweck and want my students to know that there is no such thing as a “math person” and “not a math p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/firstday
AP® Precalculus Resources Teachers Love | Texas Instruments
...quations to model data (linear, quadratic, cubic, quartic, exponential, logarithmic and sinusoidal) and plot the corresponding residual. Perform matrix operations (e.g., multiplication, finding inverses). Teaching support for AP® Precalculus educat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/ap-precalculus-resources-teachers-will-love