How a TI Calculator and a Few Special Teachers Added up to an Engineering Career at TI
...ify functionality, such as: “Does the calculator return 4 for 2+2?” These tests are important because they can be rerun every time the code changes without needing a person to complete this tedious and repetitive task. I would not be in this job without a lot of fabulous women before me who pa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/eweek2021
The Long Road to My STEM Career
..., which does not endorse TI products. Policies subject to change. Visit www.act.org. Microsoft is a registered trademark of its owner. About the author: Ada Woo, Ph.D., Senior Director of Strategy Implementation & Operations for ACTNext™, serves as chief of staff for the R&D and innovation uni...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
Engage Students With This Real-World Earth Day Activity
...traw2020. In addition, you can watch a webinar that takes you through the activity using Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators. About the author: Tom Reardon has taught mathematics in Ohio at Fitch High School for 35 years and part time at Youngstown State University for 39 years. As a ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/earthday
Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Virtual Teaching
...comment struck a chord: “You don’t seem nearly as mean in person as you do online.” Snow realized that by just focusing on teaching the curriculum, without paying attention to his tone, he was not coming across in an approachable manner. Since then, he has made an effort to infuse humor into his ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/distance-education
How To Use the TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators To Succeed on the ACT®
... concept, you don’t even have to see the graph to know the answer. No calculations are necessary. Of course, I would be pretty happy if a student thought to use the value of the discriminant in order to find which values for b would yield no solutions for the quadratic. I’m convinced too many...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/digital-act-84
Best of Biology
...nt “parents” that they must identify the possible genotypes. Screenshots from the Punnett Pea Predictor activity. About the author: Erick Archer is a Market Strategy Manager at Texas Instruments and works with science and STEM teachers in the implementation of TI technolo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofbiology
Building a Band With Famous Mathematicians
...n the Euclidean Fibonacci Pythagorean Sword-Play Band (or EFPSPB for short) … Pythagorean ratios not only define the 13 notes of the chromatic scale, those same intervals define the placement of the frets (the small bars of metal across the fingerboard) on a guitar. “So I imagine it as Pythagoras...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/june/music-in-math
Mission Celebration: Use Math to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
...rs, using their TI-NspireTM CX graphing calculators. In the lunar lander challenge, students attempt to guide the Eagle module to Tranquility Base without running out of fuel. In the first activity, Fuel for the Fire, students connect math and science, build reasoning and problem-solving skill...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/july/missioncelebration
Solution 26350: Recommendation for Disinfecting TI Handheld Products.
...roducts? Texas Instruments is concerned about the health and safety of students using personal and school-owned calculators and recommends cleaning methods that meet CDC and WHO guidelines. To disinfect a TI calculator in an effort to help prevent the transmission of a virus or other illness: 1. ...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/general-information/26350
Predicting White Blood Counts
Students find equations, which best-fit the data, using different regression models built into their calculators. The best method of handling this data, is to break the data into sections and fit different periods of time with different equations. Using their models, they predict when the patie...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/predicting-white-blood-counts
Murder in the First Degree - The Death of Mr. Spud
Students model the process of cooling and use a cooling curve to simulate a forensic scenario to predict the time of death. They use technology to find an exponential plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/murder-in-the-first-degree--the-death-of-mr--spud--ti83
Electromagnetics
Describes how to use the TI-89 to solve Laplace's equation for two-dimensional electrostatic problems. The separation of variables method provides exact solutions but is restricted to specific geometries. The relaxation method is applicable to any geometry, but it provides only an approximate s...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/electromagnetics
The Antics of Statistics
Students learn/review some of the different measures of statistics and see how to use those measures to analyze a data set. Students also participate in a discussion about how statistics can be used to achieve a variety of results.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-antics-of-statistics
Solution 26112: Texas Instruments Software Activation Compatibility Using Disk Imaging, Disk Cloning, and Disk Ghosting.
...on software requires the user to login and this needs to take place after the disk image has been deployed to the individual computers. There is no method available to include an Account-Based Subscription as part of a disk image. A user can login after the disk image has been deployed as long a...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/sofware-apps/general-information/26112
Solution 26790: Troubleshooting Equivalent Expressions Giving Different Answers on the TI-Nspire™ Family Handheld and Computer Software.
...test the equivalence of these numeric expressions using the TI-Nspire handheld and computer software, the device will return a "false" statement even though both expressions are equal to each other. Using floating-point arithmetic, the numeric expressions may differ by as little as 1E-13 (1*10^-1...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-nspire-family/troubleshooting-messages-unexpected-results/26790
Single-sensor data collection for TI-Nspire™ CX family graphing calculators
...ta collection fun, faster, more accurate and more intuitive to users. Make data collection seamless EasyLink® and graphing calculator compatibility chart Vernier EasyLink® USB sensor interface As an adapter, EasyLink® connects more than 60 standard Ve...https://education.ti.com/en/products/data-collection/single-sensor-data-collection-for-ti-nspire-graphing-handhelds
Webinar: Differentiation in AP® Calculus | Texas Instruments
...ivatives are one of the "big three" tools of calculus. Join us as we present methods for reviewing differentiation to help prepare students for the upcoming AP® Calculus exam. During this webinar, you will learn about: How TI-84 Plus CE and TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators can be u...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/for-teachers-and-teams/online-learning/on-demand-webinars/2024/mar-5-2024-reviewing-differentiation-to-prepare-for-the-ap-calculus-exam
Webinar: Teach Python in CS Classrooms | Texas Instruments
... you can explore activities based on CSTA standards. During this webinar, we examine how to use this resource to put a complete unit together on conditional statements and loops. We explore basic activities to teach the building blocks, then progress to activities that pull multiple skills toge...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/for-teachers-and-teams/online-learning/on-demand-webinars/2024/mar-7-2024-standards-aligned-python-activities
Do You Hear What I Hear? Sound and Music Come Alive With Coding in a STEM Project
...he TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator and the TI-Innovator™ Hub with TI LaunchPad™ Board. You will also explore introductory coding concepts in Python and investigate the science of speakers, microphones and human hearing. Two classroom STEM teachers will share their journey using coding and ...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/for-teachers-and-teams/online-learning/on-demand-webinars/2021/october-12-2021-sound-and-music-come-alive-with-coding
Beginning Coding: Using TI Technology To Create Python Programs
...ology: TI‑Nspire™ CX Technology Presenters: Amin Lalani, Toni Norrell Beginning Coding: Using TI Technology To Create Python Programs Come code with us in Python, an easy-to-learn programming language used by many colleges, universities and major companies. Texas Instruments ma...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/for-teachers-and-teams/online-learning/on-demand-webinars/2021/april-20-beginning-coding-using-ti-technology-to-create-python-programs
2021 T³™ International Conference | T3IC | Texas Instruments
...ng if you can do it TI booth Learn about our latest products and resources for virtual and in-person teaching, including STEM projects using the TI-Innovator™ system. Get connected with TI Educational Technology Consultants and the TI-Cares™ customer support team...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/t3-international-conference-2021