AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
... will be the same format as prior years, several features of the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator will still be useful for you. In this post, I have compiled a list of 6 of the most important statistics features to know for the TI-84 Plus CE. 1: Regression Analysis It is unlikely that you will ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstats2021
You Asked – TI Answered: Enabling Student Career Success Through Products Developed With and for Teachers
...s in which students engage with math and science. With this in mind, TI is focused on making improvements to classroom technology. In just the last six years, TI has introduced several new products to the market. And we continue to update our products to meet the needs of the classroom by adding...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/products-with-a-purpose
Five Tips for High School STEM Camps
...n using the new TI-Innovator™ Hub with TI LaunchPad™ Board. Working with faculty and students from the University of Texas at Dallas, we developed a six-week after-school STEM program for students at Webb Middle School and Sachse High School in Garland (Texas) ISD. Admittedly, we had a lot to lea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/five-tips-for-high-school-stem-camps
Dallas Students Program Texas Instruments' First Educational Robot to Dance
...s, students had Rover moving and grooving to the music, and so were they. “If I were a teacher I would give Rover a 100 and some bonus points,” said sixth-grader, Emma Blackburn. “It was really interactive and I had a lot of fun.” That’s music to the ears of Peter Balyta, president of TI Educat...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/october/rocking-with-rover
DIY TI Codes Contest
Have you heard about our TI Codes Contest? Each spring, Texas Instruments challenges teams of students from around the U.S. to come up with creative solutions to a proposed theme and submit their ideas. As the groups advance, they ultimately build a functioning model of their concept, which they ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
roboticsweek2021
...hrough 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 data sheets was easier. There were also some...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
While the school year may be coming to an end, our new contest aimed at spreading the love of math is just getting started. Through September, we’re asking people across the country to recognize the parents, teachers and mentors who inspired their passion for numbers for a chance to grant them a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
... When I taught algebra II, I used a hands-on probability activity to model exponential decay. At the beginning of class, I gave each student a six-sided dice and instructed them to stand. We’d play a game to see whose luck would hold the longest. Each round, students would roll the dice. If...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
You can't spell Calculus without the letters C, A, and S, but a Computer Algebra System has unforeseen potential in any math class that requires algebraic thinking. (Try to find one that doesn't!) I'll be the first to admit that I wasn't sure I was a “CAS fan” when first introduced to it. I didn...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
Leveling the Math Playing Field
Mathematics education in the U.S. has long faced challenges. The recent shift to online learning has only widened the educational opportunity gap between affluent and disadvantaged students who lack computers and internet connectivity and are now falling even further behind. In this era of acc...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
Straight-A Student Won’t Allow COVID-19 To Take Her Dreams
... About the author: Ellen Fishpaw is the Media Relations and Communications Manager for Texas Instruments Education Technology. Before joining TI six years ago, Fishpaw was a broadcast journalist for 13 years, working at television stations across the country, from North Carolina to New Mexico...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spreadmathlove
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
It’s that time again! Every four years there is a worldwide international athletic competition that features the very best athletes in the world. On July 23, these athletes began to assemble in Japan in a much-anticipated competition since it was delayed by one year due to a global pandemic. Not...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
...recognizing patterns, spanning pre-algebra through calculus. Share this video series with your students to help them learn and discover slope with six short videos on topics as seen in this screenshot from the website. Check out the first video in this series, “What Slope Means, and Fo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI
It’s Computer Science Education Week, an annual event for partners and educators to come together and encourage students to try computer science. In 2015, I was introduced to coding with students when I became part of an after-school organization with a team of teachers, students and professi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/csedweekwithti
Computational Thinking
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TI’s Response to COVID-19: We Are Here for You
...ime. Our team has been hard at work creating new resources, and identifying existing ones, that can support virtual learning. We’re offering free six-month licenses of TI software to all teachers and students. You can download these on our website now: Six-Month Software License. For a limite...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/coronavirusresponse
Why It’s Good to Make Mistakes in Math Class
...erful of a tool it really is. I give a few simple questions on the board and have my students use their calculators to find the answers. It helps to mix it up, so I try to include questions that use decimal operations, fraction operations, exponents and order of operations. Students then share th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/commoncalculatormistakes
Best_Of_Science
The ScienceNspired.com website is an excellent resource for any science teacher looking for lessons and content that can be used either for in-person or virtual instruction. The colorful and engaging simulations help bring important science concepts to life for students by enabling them to test...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/best_of_science
Best of Physics Activities for the Fall Semester
The ScienceNspired.com website is an excellent resource for any science teacher looking for lessons and content that can be used either in person or online. The colorful and engaging simulations help bring the concepts to life for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofphysics
A Teacher’s Take on Prioritizing Self-Care for a New Year, New You
...out, let alone spend an extra hour to get my annual medical checkup. I frequently think of self-care as something that feels good, like watching Netflix in bed or having dessert after dinner. However, it’s important to remember that self-care isn’t always about treating yourself in the moment, bu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/newyearselfcare
Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!
...hings, I threw my heart and head into this project to make it happen. It is such a joyful event when different aspects of my life somewhat magically mix together. My eyes lit up when Michelle Grooms, one of our TI Educational Technology Consultants (and also a fellow Girl Scout leader), shared he...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscouts_codingbadge
Monday Night Calculus With Steve Kokoska and Tom Dick
Calculus connoisseurs Tom Dick and Steve Kokoska are ready to call the Monday night action! This school year, Texas Instruments (TI) has teamed up with former AP® Calculus Chief Reader Steve Kokoska and former Test Development committee member Tom Dick to provide live, content sess...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/monday_night_calculus
To STEM and Beyond!
As a chemistry teacher, I have always been intrigued on how to do what the engineering design and computer science teachers do in their classes. “Why,” do you ask? We are educating the future workforce. Our students are being trained and taught for jobs that haven’t even been created yet. The ev...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
Best of Middle Grades Science Activities
The ScienceNspired.com website is an excellent resource for any science teacher looking for lessons and content that can be used either in person or online. The colorful and engaging simulations help bring the concepts to life for students by enabling them to test variables and challenge their ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofmgscience
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Alice Fisher
... of generations who find value in professional development. People are seeking out professional development not just in their twenties, but in their sixties and beyond. And I think that's amazing. We’re celebrating teachers, like you, who make a difference in the classroom. This month, join us i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/teacherofthemonth