Radical Transformations
Students will use the Transformational Graphing application to examine how the square root function is transformed on the coordinate plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/radical-transformations
Modeling Data
Students graph data modeling exponential and logarithmic growth and find equations representing the data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-data
The Pythagorean Theorem
Students will construct figures that prove the Pythagorean Theorem in two different ways.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-pythagorean-theorem
Constructing Similar Triangles
Students investigate three different methods of constructing similar triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/constructing-similar-triangles_1
Tessellations
Students will explore tessellations of triangles and quadrilaterals. They will use the transformation tools of symmetry, reflections, rotations, and/or translations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tessellations
Distances in the Coordinate Plane
Students will explore distances in the coordinate plane. After finding the coordinates of a segment’s endpoints, students will substitute these values into the distance formula and compare the results to the measured length of the segment. Then students will find the distance between the endpoint...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/distances-in-the-coordinate-plane_1
Hide and Seek on the Coordinate Plane
The activity is designed as an introduction to the activity center on TI-Navigator™. Prior to the activity students should have covered graphing points on the coordinate plane, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers, as well as absolute value and comparing and ordering integers.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hide-and-seek-on-the-coordinate-plane
Exterior & Remote Interior Angles
Students investigate an exterior angle and its two remote interior angles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exterior--remote-interior-angles_1
Shortest Distance Between Points and Lines
This activity investigates concepts such as the shortest distance between two points in a plane, and the shortest distance between a line and a point not on the line. The analytical explanation of these concepts is supported with visual illustrations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/shortest-distance-between-points-and-lines
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Waste Not" - Different or Not?
In the episode, the FBI discovers that children in the area of a sinkhole seem to have an unusually high occurrence of cancer. FBI agent Megan Reeves believes that this might represent a "cancer cluster," but Charlie warns her not to jump to this conclusion too quickly. Students will use a statis...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--waste-not--different-or-not
Parallel Lines Cut By A Transversal
In this activity, students learn and increase their knowledge about the angles formed when parallel lines are cut by a transversal. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristics and properties of 2- and 3-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric re...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parallel-lines-cut-by-a-transversal_1
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Spree" - A Pursuit Curve Problem
In "Spree", two lovers have committed a series of crimes at various locations. Agents Eppes and Edgerton have plotted a map of their movements and have enlisted Charlie's help in trying to detect a pattern. Charlie says that the map shows only half of the story, and this pattern 'is a variation o...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--spree--a-pursuit-curve-problem
Forecasting
Students use regression to forecast values from a data. They study exponential smoothing. They also use the program FORECAST to automate a multiplicative model.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forecasting
Follow the Golden Rule - TI-83
Students find ratios and calculate measures of central tendency for sets of data. They understand the concept of the Golden Ratio. They use box-and-whisker plots to analyze data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/follow-the-golden-rule--ti83
Financial Mathematics
We at COMAP have a free download course in financial mathematics, with emphisis on personal finance, for upper high school and undergraduate college. The course includes extensive code for the TI83/84. To see the course, go to COMAP.com, register, and COMAP will e-mail your a password. An art...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/financial-mathematics
Properties of Parallelograms
In this activity, students go through the process of proving a quadrilateral to be a parallelogram. They understand the various characteristics of a parallelogram.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallelograms_5
Does a Correlation Exist?
Students determine, by examining a graph, if a data set has a positive or negative correlation coefficient.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/does-a-correlation-exist_1
Points on a Perpendicular Bisector
Students will explore the relationship between a line segment and its perpendicular bisector. Once the concept of a point that is equidistant from two points is illustrated, extensions including isosceles triangles, kites, and chords in a circle may be explored.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/points-on-a-perpendicular-bisector_1
Points on the Perpendicular Bisector of a Segment
In this activity, students use the drawing and measurement tools of Cabri™ Jr., to learn and understand the concept of "equidistant from the endpoints of a segment." They observe the changes if they move a point on the perpendicular bisector. NCTM Geometry Standard covered: Analyze characteristic...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/points-on-the-perpendicular-bisector-of-a-segment
Heads Up! (continued)
In this activity, students explore how to write and enter a calculator program that will simulate coin tossing for a given number of times and count the number of heads and tails. They analyze the program and modify it.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/heads-up-continued
Properties of Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal
In this activity, students create parallel lines and a transversal, and study the properties of the lines and their angles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/properties-of-parallel-lines-cut-by-a-transversal
Trig Ratios - Exploring Sine, Cosine and Tangent
Using the Cabri Jr. App and the 83+/84+ calculators, student will explore and calculate the various trig ratios. This is an easy construction that and allow plenty of time of exploration and completion of the worksheet questions in class.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/trig-ratios--exploring-sine-cosine-and-tangent
Visualizing Vectors
In this activity, students use the CellSheet™ Application to graph vectors. They also learn to find the sum of two vectors.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/visualizing-vectors
Plotting a Normal Curve
This activity introduces students to the graph of the normal curve and the affect of changing the standard deviation on the shape of the graph. Students, with the aid of their TI calculators and TI-Navigator system, each find ten random numbers from a normal distribution whose mean is 12 and whos...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/plotting-a-normal-curve
Plotting a Binomial Probability Distribution Curve
This activity introduces students to the graph of a binomial probability distribution and the affect of changing the probability of success on the shape of the graph. Students, with the aid of their TI calculators and TI-Navigator system, each find ten random numbers from a binomial distribution ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/plotting-a-binomial-probability-distribution-curve