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Exploring the Black Box of Quadrilaterals

The exploration will begin with students dragging the quadrilateral given to them about the screen. Initially, they will be asked to simply identify the quadrilateral's type by sight. This will require simply a visual recognition of the quadrilaterals parallelogram, rectangle, square, rhombus, ...
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Exploring the Equation of a Circle

Explore right triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem to develop the equation of a circle.
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Exploring the Formula for Area of a Triangle: How was it Derived?

This activity is designed to be paperless. The entire lesson is written to be placed in the Nspire. Students will explore how the formula for area of a triangle works and why it works, they will also explore altitudes and medians of triangles.
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Properties of Isosceles Triangles

In this activity and by using the Nspire handhelds, students will discover the different properties and attributes of Isosceles Triangles. The students will take advantage of the dynamic capabilities of this very unique handheld to explore the different attributes of the Isosceles Triangle.
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Exploring Special Right Triangles

In this acvtivity, a 30-60-90 degree triangle is constructed for the student to explore. The student is asked to construct a 60 degree angle to give them an understanding of the construction. They will drag the vertex of the triangle and collect sample data. After they collect the data it is us...
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Exploring Limits of a Sequence

Perform numerical investigations of the limits of sequences and sum of a series. 
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Exploring the Geometric Means of a Right Triangle - When the Altitude to the Hypotenuse Is Drawn

Students will explore the concept of geometric mean and solve right triangle problems using geometric mean proportions. A TI-Nspire activity demonstrates interactively the geometric mean relationship, and an activity sheet applies the relationship to solve triangle problem. Most discussions of g...
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Exploring Transformations

Investigate translating and reflecting shapes in the coordinate plane and observe how the new image is related to the original shape.
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Exterior & Remote Interior Angles

Students investigate an exterior angle and its two remote interior angles using a Graphs & Geometry page.
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Volume

This is an activity that explores the volume formula for a prism, cylinder, cone, and pyramid. It also familiarizes students with the use of the Calculate tool.
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Corresponding Parts of Similar Triangles

Change the scale factor (r) between similar triangles; identify the corresponding parts and establish relationships between them.
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Circle Geometry: Angles Formed by Intersecting Chords

This activity is intended to teach students about the rule associated with the angles formed by two chords intersecting within the circle and the intercepted arcs.
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Balancing Point

In this activity, students will explore the median and the centroid of a triangle. Students will discover that the medians of a triangle are concurrent. The point of concurrency is the centroid. Students should discover that the center of mass and the centroid are the same for a triangle.
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Limits of Functions

Investigate limits of functions at a point numerically.
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Circle Geometry: Property of the Segments of Two Chords Intersecting within a Circle

Students will be able to discover the property of two chords segments intersecting within a circle. They will discover the rule about the segments geometrically, numerically, and graphically. Lesson will touch on line of best fit to explore the relationship between the segments of the two chords.
https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circle-geometry-property-of-the-segments-of-two-chords-intersecting-within-a-circle

Filling the Urn

Work with linked representations of the related rates of change of volume and height of fluid.
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First Derivative Test

Visualize the connections between the first derivative of a function, critical points, and local extrema.
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Applications of Similar Figures

Students will identify corresponding parts of figures and use the definition of similar figures to solve real-world applications involving rectangles and triangles.
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Angles in Polygons

In this activity, students measure interior angles in convex polygons and find the sum of the angle measures. They make and test a conjecture about the sum of the angle measures in an n-sided polygon. Finally, they measure exterior angles in convex polygons, find their sum, and write a proof for ...
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Congruent or Not?

In this activity, students will investigate whether AAA, SAS, ASA, or SSA relationship guarantee that two triangles are congruent or not. This is an exploratory activity where students will need to know how to change between pages, grab and move points, and measure lengths.
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Medians in a Triangle

Students will study medians and some of their properties. A median of a triangle connects a vertex of the triangle with the midpoint of the opposite side.
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Area Formulas

Explore the relationships among the area formulas for parallelogram and rectangles.
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Midpoints in the Coordinate Plane

Beginning with horizontal or vertical segments, students will show the coordinates of the endpoints and make a conjecture about the coordinates of the midpoint.
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Area Formulas

Explore the relationships among the area formulas for parallelogram and rectangles.
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Approximating Pi -- Archimedes method

Students will be assigned different regular polygons to construct. They will then construct a circumscribed circle, measure diameter, circumference and perimeter. The measurements will be placed into a spreadsheet and the ratios of circumference/diameter and perimeter/diameter will be calculated.
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