Summer Reading List for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
...Dive into the fascinating research on student learning. Together, authors Agarwal and Bain decipher cognitive science research and illustrate how to successfully apply the science of learning into a classroom setting. A practical resource, this book is filled with evidence-based strategies that a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
Helping Students Save for Retirement | Texas Instruments
...0s, ’60s and early ’70s. He trained new pilots on T-33, T-38 and T-39 aircrafts. He also attended the University of Oklahoma and earned a Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering and Space Technology. This led to other Air Force duties such as working for the Air Force Foreign Technology Cen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/retirement-planning-program
Inverse Functions on the TI-84 Plus CE | Texas Instruments
...from hearing another expert talk through important math topics and how to enrich those topics with TI technology. A particular topic that really struck me is “inverse functions.” Why? Students often struggle with making connections between the definition of and various properties of inverse fun...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/investigating-inverse-functions-ti-84-plus-ce
6 Resources to Jump-Start the School Year | Texas Instruments
...nd refresh their minds on menu locations and how to do basic things on their calculators. Download versions for the TI-84 Plus and TI-Nspire™ CX families of graphing calculators. Video-based product tutorials. TI offers on-demand learning that’s great for teachers ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/tiresources
3 Math Activities for Back to School | Texas Instruments
...investigate, explore and discover (PIED) with a series of video lessons exploring reflections. These activities are intended to be an introduction to geometric transformations for middle grades or high school students. Each of the five activity groups include: Premade activity and ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/three-back-to-school-math-activities
Middle School Math Meets Python Game Design | Texas Instruments
...an students practice mathematical fluency in a meaningful and engaging manner? How about incorporating some Python coding in the classroom, to achieve all those goals? My students are always interested in adding some game play to the content! If you’ve never coded before, don’t let that stop ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/middle-school-math-python-game-design
5 Teacher Tips for Classroom Management | Texas Instruments
...uggestions that focused on building trust and respect with their students, and making the effort to give them a voice. 2. Consistency, structure and practice It might go without saying, but having daily routines does wonders for classroom management. It’s a tip many in our teacher ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-teacher-tips-classroom-management
Solutions To Keep Your Students Learning All Summer | TI
“I’m bored.” “What are we going to do today?” Sound familiar? Summer days often leave students with more time on their hands and parents searching for productive activities that help prevent the “summer slide,” or the answer to “I’m bored; what can I do?” Check out these four suggestio...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/keep-students-learning-all-summer
3 Coding Activities for July Fourth Fun | Texas Instruments
... to learn the Python language. Get creative! Exploring Python coding with TI Codes The TI Codes Python modules offer step-by-step instructions so users of any level can follow along and learn coding basics with TI technology. If you have an older TI-84 graphing calculator model tha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/3-coding-activities-for-july-4-fun
Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...epts by watching videos: College Board® has put together AP® Live Courses to review content, including exam prep for each course. Texas Instruments Education has videos posted on math and science concepts, including “Office Hours” for AP® Calculus and AP® Statistics. Practice: If you are enrolle...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/scienceapexams
How To Avoid 5 Common Grant Writing Mistakes | Texas Instruments
Grant writing can be a daunting task to undertake, especially for the uninitiated and even more so for educators whose plates are already full. But think of grant proposals as really nothing more than fancier lesson plans or unit plans where the activities and milestones are all mapped out. Ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-common-grant-writing-mistakes
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...M skills is a way to empower students to make connections between content areas and to be creative. When students engage in engineering design activities within their content area classes, their ideas can be limitless. Using real-world environmental issues is an easy way to get students engage...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
TI Holiday Cheer Contest | Texas Instruments
... for bulletin boards, stickers, coloring pages, posters, t-shirt, etc. Post Photos or Video of your decorated space: First: Take pictures and/or a 30-second or less video of your decorated school space. Make sure it is mat- themed and incorporates TI graphing calculators and/or software in som...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/holidaycheercontest/rules
Running Circles Around Quads
Students explore various properties of cyclic quadrilaterals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/running-circles-around-quads_1
Properties of Parallelograms - 1
Students explore the various properties of parallelograms and the necessary and sufficient conditions that guarantee that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallelograms_1
Forensics Case 9 - Killer Cup of Coffee: Using colorimetry to determine concentration of a poison
In this activity, students will use colorimetry to determine the concentration of a colored species in a solution and use a linear relationship to model Beer's law. They use Beer's law to determine the concentration of iron(III)thiocyanate (FeSCN2+) in an unknown solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-9--killer-cup-of-coffee-using-colorimetry-to-determine-concentration-of-a-poison
Forensics Case 2 - Bouncing Back: Using ground-penetrating radar to locate buried objects
In this activity, students gather data to explore the use of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to find buried materials. They use a range finder to detect the presence of an object and to distinguish between different-shaped objects. They find the buried car and help solve a case.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-2--bouncing-back-using-groundpenetrating-radar-to-locate-buried-objects
Forensics Case 7 - Drug Tests: Identifying an unknown chemical
In this activity, students distinguish between physical and chemical properties. They also understand the differences between qualitative and quantitative observations. They use quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify an unknown powder.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-7--drug-tests-identifying-an-unknown-chemical
I'm Melting, I'm Melting
Students will use the Vernier EasyTemp© temperature sensor to determine the change in thermal energy for a given mass of ice, the heat of fusion of ice, and percent error.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/im-melting-im-melting
Get on the Stick (Biology Applications)
Students use a motion detector to the measure the reaction time of other students. They graph the data from trials conducted in the class and analyze trends. They then calculate drop distance from reaction time.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/get-on-the-stick-biology-applications
DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Biology: DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/dna-rna-and-protein-synthesis-assessment
Balancing Chemical Equations Assessment
This TI-Nspire™ question set (.tns) has assessment questions relating to Chemistry: Equations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/balancing-chemical-equations-assessments
Exploring the Area Under a Curve
Students explore Riemann sums to find the approximate area under the graph of a parabola on the interval [0, 1].https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-the-area-under-a-curve
Infinite Geometric Series
Students explore infinite geometric series. They will consider the effect of the value for the common ratio and determine whether an infinite geometric series converges or diverges.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/infinite-geometric-series
Interesting Properties of Cubic Functions
This Computer Algebra System (CAS) activity encourages students to investigate numerical and graphical properties of cubic functions, and to verify the results using CAS.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/interesting-properties-of-cubic-functions