7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
...e of personalized education.” — Yong Zhao, Ph.D. “The Impact of Identity in K–8 Mathematics: Rethinking Equity-Based Practices” by Julia Aguirre, Karen Mayfield-Ingram and Danny Martin Filled with insightful descriptions and recommendations on impactful, high-quality and equi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...eady for more, you could try one of the STEM projects. For FREE, the TI STEM Team will lend you the equipment, provide instructional videos, and even jump on a Zoom call with you should you need more assistance. Two of my favorite introductory projects to work through with students are the Digita...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...will need to perform the calculation. It is easiest to define a variable called slope. Then, perform the calculation. slope:=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1) Finally, just as stated in the pseudocode, you need to display the result. To do this, use the “Disp” command. Disp slope Below is a screenshot that shows t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...ulus review immediately. I decided to focus on these six tasks: Factual Recall Carry out a Procedure Classify a Mathematical Object Prove, Show, Justify Extend a Concept Critique a Fallacy I revised it numerous times over the weekend and then contacted my friend Tony Record. By the way,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
...all steps to understand exactly what she is doing,” said Kachur. “Her first exposure to coding was on the TI-Nspire and she's really getting it. It’s just great to watch.” Junior Jahnai Harley said, “I joined the Coding Club because I wanted to learn more about computer science and thought it'd b...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
Celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month
Math has an impact on just about every aspect of our lives including some that we don’t often think about. Math helped change the outcome of WWII, it also shows up in the way we drive our cars and the way we manage our finances. In celebration of Math Awareness Month, here are four TI-Nspire act...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/mathawarenessmonth
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
...their students. In an effort to use data as a reflection tool, it is important for educators to consider how formative assessment is implemented to adjust teaching practices and learning strategies. In order to select and implement these strategies, educators must consider how the instructional p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
... of creativity and being agile and able to make connections across many fields. The most impactful inventors often cross domains rather than focus on just one area. Recommended by Director of Teaching and Learning at Trinity School and award winning T³™ National Instructor Jill Gough, the books p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...ow that if someone were to put the lenses back in their eyes without rinsing with a saline solution it would still be pretty safe. (You are basically just using a solution of oxygenated water at this point, which is not harmful to the eye.) The problem with this cleaning solution is that several ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...t know about you, but I’ve spent countless hours on a computer trying to find student typos, including a missing, or extra, space or tab. Python just became more portable If your students use the TI-84 Plus CE Python, Python is now in the palm of their hand, and they don’t need an internet ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...ng out where you are, where you are headed and how you plan to get there. Remember, this year’s voyage will require a lot of course corrections and adjustments along the way. Celebrate meeting key milestones, incorporate lessons learned and, most importantly, be willing to turn the wheel as you s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
... as their teacher. Rising senior Lauryn and rising sophomore Connor Johnson, waiting to surprise their mother and math teacher, Kimberly Karaman, the July winner of TI’s Spread the Math Love Contest. Connor said he was up late one night scrolling Instagram (don’t tell his mom) and saw a post abou...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
...ls are built from after-the-fact observations, for example, fitting a polynomial regression to a set of observed COVID-19 cases. Empirical models are justified solely by how well they extrapolate and predict future values. This type of model has several weaknesses. They are only as good as the da...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
Creative Assessments I teach at St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee. A few years ago, our excellent junior English teacher, Ms. Goodman, started having the juniors do four-minute, TED-style talks instead of taking a final exam. Our awesome chemistry teacher, Ms. Dunlap, started a C...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
...tc.). Students start out with 40 reactant pennies and zero product pennies. They move the pennies from the reactant to the product side and back with just a few simple rules: move ½ of the reactant pennies to the product side and then move ¼ of the product pennies to the reactant side; any time s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
NASA Events Calendar
...in Purus Condimentum Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus. Justo Risus Sem Fusce Fermentum Vulputate Adipiscing Dapibus Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibul...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/nasa-event-calendar
BestofChemistry
... for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their own ideas. Take a look at some of the best chemistry activities below. These are just a few of the many activities available for free with your TI-Nspire™ CX Premium Teacher Software or TI-Nspire™ CX or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
This is the breadboard. It functions as an output platform for students to read collected data with red, blue and green LEDs. Science Olympiad, a national science/STEM competition organization, just added a new high school event called Detector Building. In the 35-year history of Science Oly...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
...TI calculator into a virtual love note. Press the graph key to check out what we see. Want to change the color of the graph to red? Of course you do. Just arrow to the line color before Y1, and select RED. To fill out your heart, press STAT, then select 1:Edit. In L1 and L2, enter points that you...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
Science Activities for Heart Health Month | Texas Instruments
Science Activities for Heart Health Month It’s American Heart Month and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. What better time to explore cardiovascular health with your students? Here are several science lessons that will get your heart pumping! The first activity uses the T...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/science-heart-activities
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...s in your classroom. The bottom line (or final score, in this case) … When the final whistle is blown, we all hope our team is the big winner. And just like when the bell rings at the end of class, we hope we have engaged and motivated our students, connected their learning to their interests,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
John Honeycutt, the only science teacher at Keota High School in rural Oklahoma started the semester determined to develop his students’ leadership skills. He assigned the junior class a special project where they would work in pairs on a “proof of concept” that they would later demonstrate to t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
... * — 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: from math import sin, cos (no parentheses after the function names) Writing a module On the TI-8...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
Put a paint stick on the edge of a table with a little less than half the length hanging off the table‘s edge. Now, karate chop it. Did it break? Of course not. It just flew off the table, still intact. Now, do the same set up – this time laying a large piece of newspaper across the part of the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
...he result of the birthday program: A class in a module: TI-84 Plus CE Python The same code structure works on the TI-84 Plus CE Python. Just write the balloon.py module containing the balloon class and then write the birthday.py program, importing the balloon.py module: ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes