Data Collection With the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator in High School Mathematics and Science
...ing effective classroom use of the technology in high school mathematics and science classrooms. You’ll become familiar with the TI-84 Plus CE by working through classroom-ready activities that use the calculator — along with data collection devices such as the CBL™ 2 data collection device, th...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/workshops/technology-integration/ti-84-plus-ce-data-collect-science-hs-math-and-science
Python Modules: Python activities using TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator | Texas Instruments
...e. See the red hexagon example in the next step… Step 7 To make the red hexagon in the previous step: Set the fillcolor( , , ) before making the polygon and issue the t.begin_fill() command. During the drawing process the system keeps a list of vertices visited. After the polygon i...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/ti-codes/python/ti-84p-ce-python/python-modules
Comparing Ratios
...e able to use more than one strategy for drawing conclusions. What to look for As students explore the activity, they should compare two ratios by looking at tables of equivalent ratios for each given ratio. They will also compare the ratios by identifying common values for the same quantity in t...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios/sequence1/comparing-ratios
STEM Behind Sports
STEM Behind Sports global website Sollicitudin Purus Condimentum Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-sports
STEM Behind Sports - Power Up
...f power, work and energy in the three stages of a virtual triathlon. “There is a game in Power Up!, but it is not random. It is science and math that kids can control to win the race, and that is very appealing to them,” says Kelly Kutach, a former high school math teacher who holds a master’s de...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-sports/power-up
Connecting Ratios to Graphs
...ery 2 over to the right, go up 3” when moving from point to point, using an additive strategy. Moving horizontally first then vertically supports thinking about the horizontal axis as representing the independent variable and the vertical axis as the dependent variable. The Big Idea Colu...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios/sequence1/connecting-ratios-to-graphs
Double Number Lines
...ery 2 over to the right, go up 3” when moving from point to point, using an additive strategy. Moving horizontally first then vertically supports thinking about the horizontal axis as representing the independent variable and the vertical axis as the dependent variable. The Big Idea Colu...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios/sequence1/double-number-lines
Ratio Tables
...to find solutions to problems involving proportions. What to look for Be sure that students pay attention to the units or labels in setting up and working the problems. Ratios only make sense in context and the units involved in the context are important in setting up a ratio and interpreting any...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios/sequence1/ratio-tables
Code Breakers: STEM Behind Hollywood
...Download this free activity for TI-Nspire CX Handheld Cipher Solvers promotes the sense-making and problem-solving habits of mind that mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe used to break ciphers. Reason and logic The treasure hunt hel...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-hollywood/code-breakers
STEM Behind Health - Beta Cells and Box Plots
... Katie Zucker has been a tireless advocate for raising public awareness about diabetes since appearing before a Congressional committee looking into funding for diabetes research — at age 13, just two years after she was diagnosed with the disease. Now 27 and an executive at her family...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-health/diabetes-research
STEM Behind Health - Managing a critical ratio
...lth’s ongoing efforts to find a cure, and the fundamental concepts of ratios and proportions, which are critical to developing fluency and reasoning skills. This first-of-its-kind lesson provides math and science educators with interactive simulations that promote essential concepts a...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-health/type-1-diabetes
Statistics & Probability
... variability. What are the students doing? Students think about the overall distribution of data as a story about the data as a whole rather than thinking of the data as individual elements. What is the teacher doing? Remind students that each dot in the dot plot represents one animal. Explain th...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics
Stem Behind Hollywood
... Understanding the math and science epidemiologists use to track and curb diseases Exploring geometric progressions, interpreting data and making predictions Investigating and discussing human brain function, immunity and more. Trigger an outbreak of learning and infectious fun in ...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-hollywood
Ratios and Fractions
...ion. What to look for The language “part to part” and “part to whole” is deliberately avoided as this language is constraining and limits student thinking as they continue to work with ratios in situations such as those involving slope and similarity. Sample Assessment The ratio of people over 45...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios/sequence1/ratios-and-fractions
Ghost: STEM Behind Hollywood
... Ghost Nabbers have found the apparition of Biker Bob! Really? Students explore the electromagnetic spectrum to analyze and decide: Are the Nabbers faking the physics, or is Biker Bob for real? Haunted! Or Hoax? Sollicitudin Purus Condimentum Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare ...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-hollywood/ghost
Ratios Within and Between Scaled Shapes
...er doing? Note that the scale factor and side lengths are randomly generated so students may have different responses. Sharing their examples and thinking could help them begin to generalize about scale factors. Examining the internal ratios among the sides of each shape is another way to make a ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios/sequence1/ratios-within-and-between-scaled-shapes
Space: STEM Behind Hollywood
...am venenatis vestibulum. Maecenas faucibus mollis interdum. Pharetra Ornare Mattis Magna Commodo The simulation opens with discussion-provoking depictions of the catastrophic events resulting from a massive asteroid striking the Earth. NASA is calling for the best and brightest minds i...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-hollywood/space
STEM Behind Health - Rare Diseases
... The TI-Nspire™ activity Rare Diseases, Hopeful Research puts students in Sanford Health’s laboratories and clinics, where scientists are working to understand Batten disease and find a cure for it. In the role of medical researchers, students will get a relevant look at the value of a s...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-health/rare-diseases
Analyzing Distributions
...t, a box plot and a histogram. What are the students doing? Students investigate whether the mean or the median is a more useful measure of center, taking into account the shape and symmetry of the distribution. What is the teacher doing? Encourage students to think about the MAD in terms of devi...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/statistics/sequence1/analyzing-distributions
Solving Proportions
...ratio tables and double number lines to reason about problems involving proportionals. The importance of units in helping set up a problem and in thinking about the solution is stressed in several places. What is the teacher doing? A common error in setting up proportions is placing numbers in in...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities/ratios/sequence1/solving-proportions
Zombies: STEM Behind Hollywood
...d curb the spread of diseases through a population, and engages them in: Graphing geometric progression and an S curve, interpreting data, and making predictions Understanding the function of various parts of the human brain Investigating and discussing factors dealing with immunity ...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-hollywood/zombies
Superheroes: STEM Behind Hollywood
...ro Expert. Besides unveiling the secrets behind Hollywood-movie-magic, Adam is also a physics educator, author, and public speaker. His interest in making connections between popular culture and physics education serve him well as an educator at The Bishops School—an independent high school in La...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/stem/stem-behind-hollywood/superheroes
Building Concepts Math Activities | Texas Instruments
... DOC TNS Lesson Snapshot Fractions use two symbols to describe this new kind of number: the fraction (a/b) on a number line is a lengths of (1/b), where b indicates the number of equal partitions between 0 and 1. What t...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/activities
Pub Connect Mcgrawhill
...Ryerson's Mathematics 10 ©2008 program is based on a new curriculum that is designed to develop students’ mathematical understanding and critical thinking skills. This comprehensive program prepares students to be successful in either Foundations of Mathematics or Pre-Calculus. Mathematics 10 is ...https://education.ti.com/en/activities/publisher-connections/mcgrawhill
About Building Concepts
About Building Concepts website About Building Concepts Building Concepts in mathematics is a different way of thinking about teaching and learning critical middle grades math ideas. hsSA4JFeqyQ...https://education.ti.com/en/building-concepts/about