Choose Your Own Adventure: 5 Projects To Get Students Coding With Python!
Computer Science Education Week is just around the corner … are you ready for some Python fun with your students? How do you plan to spend the week? Will you incorporate a little computer science every day? Will you teach a little computer science history? What types of activities do you like to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweek
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...ding should be an essential part of learning. “I really would like to see coding become a third language for all students,” said Peter Balyta. “That type of thinking — computational thinking, algorithmic thinking, problem-solving — will help kids with whatever challenges they face in school and i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
...ng this, you allow your varied learners to come up with a response to your question on their own without the pressure of rushing to keep up with the typical blurters. But, what about the kids who don’t come up with anything or don’t want to share? This is where “turn-and-talk” comes into...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...my kids. Teach the structure of the test. No matter if the test is on papers (admin 1 and 2) or online (admin 3), this year the exam follows the typical multiple-choice and free-response format. https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/dates/ap-calculus-ab-exam-administration-1 Make sure tha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
... math. This year she is teaching seventh grade math in Boston. She loves finding ways to make math engaging to her students and is a huge fan of all types of math talk. You can find her on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook sharing her favorite math moments (spoiler alert: area models and tape diagr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
... short. Or, let students experiment with the Homemade Pi activity with objects (or treats!) brought from home. Either way, the included calculator keypress quick tips sheet will keep students moving forward! Download the worksheets When the lesson is done, you and your students can wolf down ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...es that can easily be adapted to do at home or in the classroom. In my hybrid biology class last year, I would take a simulation like “Zombie Apocalypse,” from the STEM Behind Hollywood page, and share my screen using my TI-Nspire™ CX Teacher Premium Software. We would go through the simulation...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
...age into both animal and plant cells and get an in-depth look at the organelles within. They will see similarities and differences between both cell types. Screenshots from the Cell-ebrating Life activity. 6. Ecology: Biodiversity — Some Like It Hot Your students will dive head...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
#NCTMannual 2018 Recap
Thanks for stopping by the TI booth or joining a session at #NCTMannual. We loved meeting all of you! You can check out some of the resources we shared, and download the materials from your favorite exhibitor workshop below. TI Exhibitor Workshops at #NCTMannual 2018 Exploring What's Typical:...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/nctm2018
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
Do you have what it takes to go head-to-head with former pro-football player turned professional mathematician, John Urschel? Now is your chance to flex your mental muscles and find out. Each problem tackles a subject from chess to cryptography -- things students are naturally interested in – an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
3 Fun Ways to Create Seating Charts
...stitute when necessary. Method 3: Placing the responsibility on the students I have used this with my AP® Calculus AB students. While these students typically spend most of the day together traveling from one AP® class to the next and know one another well, they don’t know me and I don’t know the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/seating_charts
Puzzling Students to Push Their Understanding
... cognitively challenging tasks. We learned that problems in our textbooks could be transformed into Puzzle Problems. This traditional problem from a typical Pythagorean Theorem practice could be re-written in such a way as to evoke exploration and justification. It can be rewritten like th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/puzzleproblems
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
...res, yet it is easy to perform familiar operations like calculating and graphing. Here are some suggestions to get you started. Take a Tour of the Keypad Look at the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator: it has a color backlit screen and a keypad whose layout is different from that of a TI-84 Plus...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
...ftware engineering lead (makes apps for big robots) by day, and a YouTube content creator by night. During her day job, she programs in C++ and prototypes R&D tools for automated systems. For the rest of her waking hours, she plays with electronics, films it, and publishes the videos along with h...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Top Tips for Tackling the SAT® with the TI-84 Plus CE
...scratch work on the test paper before using the calculator. This enables you to decide if it is a good time to use the tool or not—you should avoid typing easy math operations that you can do mentally. Also, pay attention to the structure of the question (and what it is asking for) because that...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/sat_tips_ti84
The Heartbeat of STEM
... the heart rate, I wanted them to do some research on arrhythmias or when the heart does not beat as expected. The students researched the different types and causes of arrhythmia, put together a presentation, and modified their code to model how the heartbeat would change. It was a great way to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartstem
Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple
..., you will need to open a new document and add a Python Editor. Doc > File > New Document > Add Python > New Now, have your students type in a name for their program. Click on OK. I named my program “heart.” We are going to use Python’s PlotLib module. Python is designed to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/heartpython
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
...bo!” You may be pretty surprised where else he lurks. Photo courtesy of Fibonacci.com. What is the Fibonacci sequence? Most math types are familiar with “the sequence.” And if you ask someone walking down the street if they know of the Fibonacci sequence, they might say that t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
MonTI Hall Problem and Python on a TI Graphing Calculator | TI
Origins of the Monty Hall problems “Let’s Make a Deal” was a variety game show that started in 1963 and was co-created and co-produced by Monty Hall. The format of “Let’s Make a Deal” involves selected members of the studio audience making deals with the host. The audience member would ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/montihall-problem-python-ti-graphing-calculator
Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective
...e students that STEM careers are for everyone and dispel any misconceptions they may have about the field. While male and female students perform typically the same in science and mathematics classes, females are underrepresented in computer science and engineering classes. As these students ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/girls-in-stem-a-personal-perspective
World-Emoji-Day
...imeline. The evolution of emojis is quite fascinating. From a face that was created using a colon, a hyphen and a close parenthesis to a colorful and warm smiley face. The advances have been nothing short of amazing. As a high school classroom teach...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/world-emoji-day
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...ss to say, we had an interested audience. While we have had the opportunity to lead many summer workshops over the years, this one was different. Typically, we are tasked with teaching participants how to use and integrate TI technology to enrich math teaching and learning in the classroom. Th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
End-of-Marking Period Feedback Is a Two-Way Street
...s about how to make math class better for all of us. Clear Communication Whatever your grading system is — total points, percent weight for each type of grade or standards-based grades — communicate that at the start of the school year, and remind students of pertinent details along the way. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/end-of-marking-period-feedback
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...ke plotting multiple graphs and performing data analysis with histograms, pie and bar charts. It even allows you to enter notes or comments. You can hypothesize an experiment and then graphically catalog the data with its science applications. The visualization helps kids understand what is happe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
Testing Tips: Using Calculators on Class Assessments
... mode, for example, can avoid a potential issue for students. If there is a data set that everyone needs, transferring lists to the handhelds avoids typing mistakes in entering numbers. With the ease of coding on TI graphing calculators, some students may have programs — such as a quadratic equat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/november/calculators-on-class-assessments