Customize Your Calc Contest | Texas Instruments
Join in the photo contest. Show off your unique calculator case or creative code — there are multiple ways to enter. Get the details here. Customize Your Calc Contest | Texas Instruments global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/customize-your-calc
Math (X)pression Quiz | Texas Instruments – U.S.
Take the Math (X)pression Quiz to discover your math personality! Plus, you’ll have a chance to enter our sweepstakes and earn cool prizes. Start the quiz >> Math (X)pression Quiz | Texas Instruments – U.S. global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/math-xpression-quiz
Math (X)pression Quiz | Perfectly Numbered
Take the Math (X)pression Quiz to discover your math personality! Plus, you’ll have a chance to enter our sweepstakes and earn cool prizes. Start the quiz >> Math (X)pression Quiz | Perfectly Numbered global website ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/math-xpression-quiz/perfectly-numbered
How I overcame my fear of mathematics and finally understood the world
...I was playing something, I was happy. Throughout high school, athletics was far and away my No. 1 purpose in life. On the other end of the spectrum – quite possibly the farthest thing away from my interests – was mathematics. The mere thought of math made me anxious. What was the point of memoriz...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/overcoming-fear-of-math
You Asked – TI Answered: Enabling Student Career Success Through Products Developed With and for Teachers
...to update our products to meet the needs of the classroom by adding features that support learning under new standards. Each new product or feature requires extensive research and feedback from teachers. We have to be certain that we think of everything when designing technology for the classroom...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/products-with-a-purpose
#TIpTuesday: July 4th Edition
...new summer series, we post a short Snapchat video each Tuesday across all channels that highlights quick tips and fun activities using TI technology. Because July 4th happens to fall on a Tuesday this year, we decided to feature some patriotic programs for a special edition of #TIpTuesday. Click ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/tip-tuesday-july-4th-edition
Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
...the responsibility of running our school’s educational computer system, an HP2000 minicomputer with 32 CRT terminals in the early 1980s. The district quickly jumped on the personal computer bandwagon with Radio Shack TRS-80s and then IBM PC Juniors. I bought my own computer in 1984 — an Atari 800...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
Build It With TI: Science Olympiad
...y, and how is it measured? Conductivity is the measure of the ability of an electrolyte solution to conduct electricity. Most water sources have some level of conductivity, and water quality can be determined, in part, by the level of conductivity. A high conductivity may mean there are pollutant...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/scienceolympiadresource
roboticsweek2021
...ness, learning about mergers in the industry through their parts research. The teams discovered that over the years there were numerous mergers and acquisitions. Among the 26 manufacturers, only six U.S. companies have not been acquired by other or foreign companies and, fun fact, finding their d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
How to Start the Year on a Math High
...are five ways you can start the year on a math high. 1. Warm and inviting presence While I am a sucker for bright bulletin boards and a motivational quote, you create your classroom environment. Smile — a lot. Your energy is contagious, and while it is important to set and maintain clear rules a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
...ing a quadratic equation in general form (figure 7). Wow! While teachers might have reservations about putting CAS in the hands of students because of this feature (Note: CAS can be disabled on the TI-Nspire™ CX II CAS handheld while students take tests, much like the “press-to-test” fe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
... on their device directly back with you. For example, on a Google Slides™ web-based presentation program slide containing a task, some instruction or questions, students can work through their exploration on their calculator, and then capture and add a screenshot of their exploration directly bac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...of the brain impacted by the zombie virus. If you want to keep the zombie fun going for a full week of Halloween-themed lessons, download the sequel activity (available for TI-Nspire™ CX technology). Students will dive deeper into science concepts by exploring chemistry and life sciences pr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed
...eived dozens of entries, ranging from ways to make the ISS cleaner and safer for the astronauts, to making processes more efficient, to improving the quality of life aboard the station. The innovation and ingenuity the teams demonstrated was outstanding. Our judges had the difficult task of picki...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ticodeswinners
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
...ctive chart below), and see what years would be a better year to win. However, I think any year is a good year to win a gold medal. Gold medals are required to be made from at least 92.5% silver and must contain a minimum of 6 grams of gold. All medals must be at least 60mm in diameter and 3mm th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...orm with them on ways to achieve a badge, help them complete a badge already in progress, or simply create a fun, engaging STEM event, like our STEM Squad. We will do our best to support requests large and small. For example, this April, my colleague, Beth Smith, will help Girl Scouts of West C...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
...s Instruments engineer Education is critical to our future, our industry, and to the communities where we operate around the globe. Today’s world requires STEM aptitude, and like ACT and Girl Scouts, we’re hard at work to ensure all students are prepared. Barring cookies, nothing could be sweet...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
...oding into elementary classrooms, it’s evident more than ever that coding 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-solvin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/shadonline
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...t, expressing empathy and connecting on a human level is more important than ever for educators and the students and families they work with — a prerequisite for any semblance of learning in this unusual time. Don’t be afraid to take the time for relationships, even if you feel that you might be ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Engage All Students With Questioning Strategies
...really is a way to engage all of your students, even the most distracted, most reluctant learner? 100% engagement is possible! I started implementing questioning strategies my very first year of teaching, and I believe it is the key to student success, classroom management, and of course, engagem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/questioningstrategies
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
... was adapted from the popular Phet series of simulations. Screenshots from the Physics: Energy Skate Park activity. 5. Rotational Equilibrium and Simple Machines: Simple Machines — Balancing Act (HS) Adapted from the popular Phet simulations, Balancing Act is broken into two p...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
...culator and start following the activities themselves. Our website has an easy-to-follow path that coaches the girls through each of the five badge requirements. Troop workshops. Troop leaders can borrow TI graphing calculators from TI, or have the girls bring their calculators from home, an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
...ide live, content sessions via YouTube for students and teachers alike. Consider this must-see AP® Calculus TV! The sessions will cover content and questions that teachers have specifically asked us to review. And, as an added bonus, Kokoska and Dick will review some original, unique problems t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...um Software. We would go through the simulation as a class and discuss. I would also take screenshots of graphs and images and upload them along with questions into a quiz in our learning management system or Google Forms to check for understanding. Hybrid setup to demonstrate activity for s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Success Stories: TI's Talking Graphing Calculator is Changing Lives
...jeopardized her chance to use her gift for mathematics, especially in classes like AP Statistics, where graphs and other visual representations are required. In the past, this has been the end for students, like Lillie. She and others simply had to stop learning mathematics because no graphing ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2015/march/orion