Meet the Texas Calculus Teacher Who Won the Spread the Math Love Contest and a Trip to MIT
San Antonio calculus teacher Walter Meyer thought he was heading to a meeting about funding for a gardening project, but instead he was surprised with cheerleaders, a marching band and news that he was the latest winner in the Texas Instruments (TI) Spread the Math Love Contest. Walter Meyer s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/sanantoniosurprise
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
... find it helpful to let students explore their calculators without giving them any instructions on how to use it. Most students can use a simple four-function variety, but rarely do they have experience with scientific calculators. Giving them time to explore and experiment helps them understand ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer
...ss seven schools got to learn basic programming by working with the TI-Innovator Hub and the TI-Innovator Rover. Many of the kids were having so much fun, they didn’t even realize they were learning important math and science skills. And, the STEM Squad has several other visits up their sleeve. W...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/keepthesteminsummer
#NCTMannual 2018 Recap
... concept of meaningful results. TI-Nspire™ CX technology Link to presentation>> Making Math Relevant Through Modeling Modeling mathematics through applied problems that students can see and touch can develop their understanding of the concepts they are learning. In this session, we did some ha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/nctm2018
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
...portant to be humble and always open to learning how to do something even better. You should always be seeking out, improving your craft. Something I appreciate about the Teachers Teaching with Technology (T3) community is there is a wide representation of generations who find value in profession...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...e Turpin High School junior took Advanced Placement history as a sophomore and scored a five – on a scale of one to five – on the final. Lillie also happens to be legally blind. The fact that Lillie can’t see never slowed her down – until the end of her sophomore year at Turpin High School. Lilli...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
... allowed on the test; see the SAT® Calculator Policy webpage for the full list. The tips in this post focus on the TI-84 Plus CE model, but they are applicable to the entire TI-84 graphing calculator family. Be sure your calculator is fully charged or has fresh batteries for test day. And keep ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
Slope: It Shouldn’t Just Be a Formula
...e: increasing, decreasing, at a constant rate, and at an increasing/decreasing rate. The goal is to associate the features of the graph with what is happening contextually. For example: Consider the above graph. Ask your students what they notice and what they wonder about the temperature ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/slope_brown_gc
Hit a high note exploring the math behind music
... When writing music, musicians use structures, like proportional relationships, to guide the way they plan and play note sequences. Relationships are fundamental to math and create a compelling link between music and math that will help you hit a high note in class. Try these lessons below to h...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/math-behind-music
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Katie England
...es that I use TI-Nspire CX activities to help my classes understand concepts more deeply. Other times, we use it to support what we’re learning about functions, allowing students to physically graph and visualize how the functions work. We also sign into the Navigator System every day, regardless...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/teacher-of-the-month
5 Teachers You Should Be Following on Instagram Right Now
Instagram is quickly becoming one of the world’s most popular virtual teacher lounges. Not only is this social media site a hotbed of perfectly proportioned photos, but it also has great ideas, content and classroom inspiration for teachers. From funny facts about teachers’ daily routines to mo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/5-teachers-to-follow-on-instagram
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
...ithout the calculator and for which ones you will allow technology support. Encourage students to think about Mathematical Practice Standard #5, “use appropriate tools strategically,” as your lessons unfold, so they consider whether the calculator is helpful, necessary or a disadvantage in a part...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments
Who knew math had moves?
...San Antonio for the T³ International Conference, volunteered their time to go into schools and help students see how learning math and science can be fun. Since September, TI has been visiting schools around the country, teaching students how to use their graphing calculators to program Rover to...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/rockinwithrover
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
... students can usually only see them after school has ended and from Earth. This simulation allows students to see how and why the phases of the moon happen – with a view from space! For more information, download the Teacher Notes (pdf). You can view and download the full TI-Nspire CX activity ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
Bring awareness to the many career options that exist in the field of engineering by challenging your students to solve the problems listed below. They will have fun, work together, and learn about different engineering fields that use science every day. 1. Environmental Engineering – The Garba...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
It's the Most Math-Magical Time of the Year!
...follow @TICalculators on social media. The more entries you earn, the better your chances to win. Two winners will be randomly selected to receive a fun holiday gift package featuring items like our cozy blanket, and more. At the end of the sweepstakes, one Grand Prize winner will not only recei...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiholidaysweepstakes
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
This is a back to school like no other; it is taking shape in living rooms, bedrooms and classrooms, and our already overworked and underappreciated teachers are being asked to do more than ever before. Whether finding ways to develop relationships with students they have never met, coming up ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/peter_bts_2020
Learning With Your Students
... Then, we introduced the TI-Innovator™ Hub and made traffic lights, using different frequencies to make different sounds. The students thought it was fun, so we moved on to building a conductivity probe using resources from Path to STEM’s “How Clean is the Water?” We had been learning about water...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
...lping students to make connections in calculus. 1. Riemann Sums In this activity, your students can quickly learn that for a continuous nonnegative function f, there is one interpretation of the definite integral f(x)dx from a to b, the area of the region R, bounded above by the graph of y = f(...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
NASA Events Calendar
...e Space Vehicle Mock-Up Facility to see some of NASA’s latest robots! Watch the recording on the NASA Distance Learning Network – DLN Info Channel. Fun with Technology Driving on Another Planet: An Inside Look at NASA’s Space Exploration Vehicles Recorded: May 8, 2017 Get an up-close...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/nasa-event-calendar
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
This is the breadboard. It functions as an output platform for students to read collected data with red, blue and green LEDs. Science Olympiad, a national science/STEM competition organization, just added a new high school event called Detector Building. In the 35-year history of Science Oly...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
Writing Style Gulde
...retain the “.00.” Numbers: when numbers begin a sentence Spell out a numeral at the beginning of a sentence. Eighteen probability distribution functions, including the CDF and PDF for Normal, Binomial, Chi-squared, Geometric, t-, F- and Poisson distributions; Inverse Normal and Chi-squared...https://education.ti.com/en/branding/writing-style-guide
Fall in Love with Polar Graphs: Top 4 Ways to Turn Heads with the TI-84 Plus
...tarted, you will need to put your TI-84 Plus graphing calculator in polar mode. Press the mode key, then press the arrow down button until you get to FUNCTION, then move right 2 spaces to POLAR and press the enter key. Now you are in the right mood mode 😊. 1: Hypnotize your Honey Use your calcul...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/polargraphlove
Robotics for the 21st Century | Texas Instruments
...s! This is an introduction to interior versus exterior angles that they won’t soon forget. And solving a system of two linear equations is a lot more fun when it involves two robots driving at each other and crashing at the point of intersection. A prompt like “One robot starts at that corner” is...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/roboticsweek2022
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
...ou’ll need: A few paint sticks from a local hardware store. An unfolded piece of newspaper about 3’ x 3’ in area. Butcher paper or thicker wrapping paper will also work. A table, a glove to avoid splinters, and goggles to protect your eyes. What to do: Lay the paint stick on th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard