NASA - Newton's Cool in the Pool
To prepare for spacewalks, astronauts train at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). NASA also uses the NBL to develop flight procedures and verify hardware compatibility -- all of which are necessary to achieve mission success. In this problem, students are presented with a power outage, in...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--newtons-cool-in-the-pool
Matrix Multiplication
Examine matrix multiplication to identify the conditions necessary to be able to multiply two matrices.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/matrix-multiplication
Creating a Midpoint Quad
Explore special outer and inner quadrilaterals formed by the connected midpoints and investigate the area relationships.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/creating-a-midpoint-quad
When The Wind Blows
An investigative project based learning activity incorporating math and science through the connections among Chemistry, Physics, and Trigonometry. Project leads to consideration of the feasibility of alternative energy options based on research and local data. Student activities culminate in the...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/when-the-wind-blows
Sales Contact
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Data Collection Sensors
...BNC electrode. Requires an additional signal source, such as LabQuest 2 running the Power Amplifier app or a computer running the Power Amplifier Function Generator Software, to control the Power Amplifier output. Requires a Gas Pressure Sensor. Software does not support baseline adju...https://education.ti.com/en/product-resources/data-collection-sensors
Webinar | Back to School with Hands-On STEM Learning: Connecting Vernier Go Direct® Sensors and TI-Nspire™ CX II Graphing Calculators
Webinar | Back to School with Hands-On STEM Learning: Connecting Vernier Go Direct® Sensors and TI-Nspire™ CX II Graphing Calculators webinars website T³™ Professional Development | For Teachers and Tea...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/for-teachers-and-teams/online-learning/on-demand-webinars/2024/sept-24-2024-connecting-vernier-go-direct-sensors-and-ti-nspire
Snowflake Points
Students will connect the centers of snowflakes with a line preferably by applying the point-slope formula.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/snowflake-points
Midsegments of Triangles
Students explore the properties of the midsegment, a segment that connects the midpoints of two sides of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/midsegments-of-triangles
Angle Bisectors and Medians of Quadrilaterals
In this activity, students will construct angle bisectors and medians in quadrilaterals and explore the properties that appear to be true for four-sided figures. They may find it necessary to review the definitions and properties of special quadrilaterals in order to construct the figures.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/angle-bisectors-and-medians-of-quadrilaterals
Right Triangle Vocabulary
Using Activity Center, students will "march" to the appropriate triangle segment. This activity allows the entire class to demonstrate understanding of vocabulary words necessary to start right trianlge trigonometry: opposite side, adjacent side and hypotenuse side. This activity is a good cl...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/right-triangle-vocabulary
Special Midpoint Quadrilaterals
Midpoint Quadrilaterals are quadrilaterals that are formed when consecutive midpoints of a quadrilateral are connected. This activity will use Cabri® Jr. to investigate what properties an exterior quadrilateral has if its midpoint quarilateral has some special properties of its own.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/special-midpoint-quadrilaterals
Exploring the Equation of a Circle
Use Cabri® Jr to connect a circle's equation to its location on a coordinate grid and the size of its radiushttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-the-equation-of-a-circle_1
Central versus Inscribed Angles in Circles
Using Cabri Jr. to explore the connection between central and inscribed Angles along with their arc measure.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/central-versus-inscribed-angles-in-circles
The Golden Ratio
The students will engage in a hands on activity to determine how they fit into the golden ratio which is considered the mathematically perfect ratio. Is it necessary or important to relate to this number?https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-golden-ratio
Area of a Regular Polygon
This activity has the students derive the formula for finding the area of a regular polygon. Demonstrating the procedure of constructing a regular polygon in front of the class maybe necessary depending on the students prior experiencehttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/area-of-a-regular-polygon
Investigating Lengths of Segments in a Triangle
In this activity, students connect the midpoints of two sides of a triangle, to draw the midsegment of the triangle. They investigate how the length of this segment relates to the third side of the triangle. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristics and properties of 2- and 3-dimens...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-lengths-of-segments-in-a-triangle
Investigating Segments in a Quadrilateral
In this activity, students use the tools of Cabri™ Jr to test their knowledge of geometry. They investigate the properties of the shape formed by connecting the midpoints of adjacent sides of a quadrilateral. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristics and properties of 2- and 3-dime...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/investigating-segments-in-a-quadrilateral
Quadratic Formula
Students make connections between the visual ways to find zeros of a parabola and algebraic ways with an emphasis on the quadratic formula.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/quadratic-formula
NUMB3RS - Season 2 -"Hot Shot" - A Stab in the Dark
In "Hot Shot," two victims of a possible serial criminal are found. Charlie uses kernel density estimation as a method for predicting a change in behavior to indicate a connection between the victims and the criminal.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2-hot-shot--a-stab-in-the-dark
Midsegment of a Triangle
Students explore the properties of triangles formed by connecting the midpoints of two sides of a triangle, and examine the relationship between the two triangles. They study the Triangle Midsegment theorem.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/midsegment-of-a-triangle
Transformers (Matrices)
Students explore a special subset of the transformations of a square called the symmetry group. They also find inverses of each transformation in the symmetry group. They then delve deeper into the algebra behind transformations, connecting them with matrix multiplication. Last, students extrapol...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformers-matrices
Activity Center Golf Course
There are nine activity settings. Each one is a different hole of golf. Each setting contains a background photograph of a golf course with a white ball and a hole with a numbered flag coming out of it. Students must submit the equation of the line that connects the golf ball to the hole. The cor...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/activity-center-golf-course