Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...hange my lesson plan and bring in new materials and activities to help explain the same concept in a different way until they understand it. What are fun or unique ways you teach your students? By nature I’m a designer, I love designing lesson plans or things. I love anything that has open-ended ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...taking an IB® exam, we also need to review the calculator polices. Each calculator is only allowed to do so much for a student, therefore some of the functions on the handhelds are restricted and must be turned off. TI calculators can be put in Press-to-Test mode that will do this without much ef...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
Promposal With Balloons and Buttons | Texas Instruments
...ally get a “yes” from their intended target. Puppies, doughnuts, balloons, sky writing, and more … but yes, even calculators are being used to make a fun — and unique — promposal to get a “yes”, and maybe even a giggle too. I mean, who can say no to a pretty little calculator screen? Let’s take...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/promposals
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
...ger in my classroom this year. There are eight main topics. The topics are in no particular order. Meaning, you could teach Loops before Lists and Functions after Loops. You choose the order that makes sense to you. Python lessons by topic on TI’s computer science resources website. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
7 Books To Beat the Summer Heat | Texas Instruments
... on what actually matters in helping all students learn mathematics. “This is definitely one of my favorite math ed publications ever.” — Joanie Funderburk “One on One 101: The Art of Inspired & Effective Individualized Instruction” by Robert Ahdoot Communicating effectivel...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/7-books-2022-summer-reading-list
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...its can be done with students during the learning phase of the morning session, and then in the late morning or afternoon session, you can add in the application (project) from each unit of the 10 Minutes of Code. Below is a picture of Unit 1, Project Traffic Light. Students program an RGB L...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
...ow to program. “I went to our activities person and said we want to start a coding club and I need money for equipment, so she gave us some ideas for fundraising,” said Kachur. “We ended up raising almost $1,000 in candy bar sales, so that we could get 5 TI-Innovator Hubs along with all of the ac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
... they are incorrect, students have a physical/visual model illustrating their error. Hallway “races” are a fun way to practice iteration and selection Give students a list of 20–30 questions and answers for a test bank. For example: questions...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
... finally give back to her, and give her something that will make her life easier, rather than her giving us something that makes our lives easier, is fun,” said Lauryn. As her prize, Karaman won a teacher pack of TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculators so that all of her students can work on the same ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
...o play your favorite holiday tune. Or let your students play “Jingle Bells,” which we have already created for you. ; 3) Let’s Play Dreidel Have some fun with Hanukkah by asking your students to write code on their TI graphing calculators that will spin the dreidel. See who comes out the winner. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
Sines of Spring Sweepstakes | Texas Instruments
...e Coral-ation and Measure Mint. We will randomly select 5 winners for each week’s color. The contest runs March 10 –30, 2024. *Terms and conditions apply. See sweepstakes rules for details. Sines of Spring Sweepstakes--> --> Sines of Spring Sweepstakes 2024 Sines of Sprin...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/sinesofspringsweepstakes
BestofChemistry
...rons, protons and electrons, all while discovering the patterns of atomic number, atomic mass and properties of different atoms. Students then play a fun game to test their knowledge. This is based on the popular Phet simulations. Screenshots from the Build an Atom activity. 4. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
Designing Your Classroom With Purpose
...lement your curriculum. As I prepare for a new year, the first thing that always pops into my mind is my classroom: the setup, the layout, the functionality, the organization … and, of course, the aesthetic. I want every square inch to serve as a resource or reference for my students. And ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/classroomdesign
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...he lesson, there is even an optional hands-on activity to explore freezing point depression. Get your students ready for the activity by sharing this fun video of Urschel churning up some tasty physics in your classroom. The bottom line (or final score, in this case) … When the final whistle i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
...in the two separate sample programs. Here’s a partial sample of those classes: Object-oriented programming using classes is a different approach to software design that focuses on the nouns (balloons, buttons, objects) in a project rather than the verbs (print, display, =, actions)....https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Which TI Calculator for the SAT® and Why?
... simplest form and can perform calculus commands, such as integrals and derivatives. Which calculators are not allowed? The SAT® policy also lists functionality that is not permitted on the exam, which includes: Models that can access the internet, have wireless, Bluetooth, cellular, audio/v...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/which-ti-calc-sat
Virtual-Ice-Breakers
... can access a Google Doc™ here with some ideas to get started. Simply make a copy of the document and customize it based on things you think would be fun for your class. To play, simply call out something on your list, such as an item in their home that is in the shape of a pyramid. Then, send ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/virtual-ice-breakers
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...typically choose a case where one denominator has a “repeated factor” and/or a denominator containing a factor of “x.”) Transformations of functions In part 1 of this post, which highlights usage of CAS in algebra I, I used the Solve tool to encourage students to consider the number o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Jessica Kohout
...avigator system, as well as eight TI-Innovator Hubs. By starting with one project per quarter, I'm slowly incorporating coding and engineering design fundamentals into my classes. My hope is to expose my students to the idea of coding, and how it can be used in both Biology and Engineering Design...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/teacher-of-the-month
The Long Road to My STEM Career
...s was to memorize a three-by-three grid of the relationships among the three sides of a right triangle and the value of each sine, cosine and tangent function. At 12 years old, I didn’t see how the assignment was relevant. This learning activity was the opposite of fun; it wasn’t accessible, and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Virtual Teaching
...a better part of the school year. And, don’t just talk at the kids. Create a conversation like you’re used to doing in class. Keep it interactive and fun. 3. Structure creates connection In an online environment, students are learning in isolation, yet they have a need and desire for social inte...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/distance-education
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2021
...ed by Deb Nutt and Marian Prince Find some real-world activities to engage your students. Use algebra to catch a ball rolling off a ramp, and bring functions to life with the prospect of buying used cars. Geometry Grab Bag Presented by Karen Campe Have you only dipped your toe into the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2021webinars
Can You Hear the Ball Bounce?
...d enter those in column C. Those time intervals in column C can then be plotted on a Data & Statistics page (Figure 7). Using the regression analysis function of the graphing calculator or the computer software, we can analyze our data and determine how well the mathematical model fits the experi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ball-bounce-activity
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Tim Collier
...acher. It’s easy to help a student learn once you understand who they are as a person and what they know. What do you love most about teaching? It's fun to get a class engaged in an activity that they find both enjoyable and intriguing. There's a fine line between learning mathematics and play, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/february/teacherofthemonth
Calculus + Graphing Calculator = More Teachable Moments
...o, I simply started the class with exactly the same example I had used in all my previous calculus courses — a look at the graph of a simple rational function, namely f(x) = \frac{x^{2}-1}{x-1}, having a removable discontinuity. Normally, I would have drawn the graph myself on the blackboard — a ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/september/calculascalcs