5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
Thanks for joining our Facebook Live office hours. If you missed it or want to watch it again, the video link is included below. Five of my favorite tips are highlighted below, but you can view more of my favorite tips and tricks for the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator in this PDF. Tip 1: Viewi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...he webinar, we discuss the concept behind a Mixed Six and talk about how to write one. We also go over a few samples from various math courses in the high school curriculum. If you want a challenge, I encourage you to try to write one. Go ahead, pick a topic in your math class and give it a try! ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
When math teacher Jessica Kachur joined the faculty of Kenosha Unified School District’s Indian Trail High School, she embarked on a mission to start an after-school coding club. Her goal was to ensure that math students had an opportunity to get together and explore the important, life-long ben...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
It's the Most Math-Magical Time of the Year!
It’s the mathiest season of all! And we want to make sure you’re ready to celebrate in style. On social media, you may have seen our posts highlighting the picture-perfect Math Love gear that we are giving away this holiday season. Show us a sine of love by entering the sweepstakes, and it coul...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiholidaysweepstakes
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
... class? If teachers are looking for a way to make interactive PDFs, Munch and Waters shared the website TeacherMade, which allows students to draw, highlight, annotate, respond to multiple choice questions, and so much more all on a PDF. Since the conference, I have used this tool numerous time...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...s to do over the summer: read. We polled some of our favorite educators for the books they turn to for inspiration. Below are our top 10 books, with high SPF (summer professional fun) levels, to dive into this summer. Take a cue from summer assignments to students and create your own sum...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
What do Chemistry Cat, toilet bowl cleaner and contact lens cleaning solution have in common? They’re all ways to take the abstract subject of chemistry and make it come alive and make sense for high school students. Throughout my career, I have strived to make this subject applicable to the rea...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...TI products. Policies subject to change. Visit www.collegeboard.org. About the author: Becky Byer teaches math and computer science at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, Wyoming. She is a Regional T³™ instructor, Nationally Board Certified and a reader for the AP® Computer Science Principles e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
...on Calculator Activities to Help Students Prepare for Normed Exams Pick up tips for making best use of graphing technology to prepare for success on high stakes exams. This hands-on session will explore important strategies for technology use to help students develop understanding of highly test...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
Innovation in Biology
...ally as part of the solution. About the author: Jessica Kohout has taught all levels of biology, from on grade level to AP®, at Reservoir High School in Howard County, Md. She became a T3™ Regional Instructor in 2015 and sees technology as a great way to help students make real-life c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Learning With Your Students
... the experts in the classroom. About the author: Jessica Kohout has taught all levels of biology, from on grade level to AP®, at Reservoir High School in Howard County, Md. She became a T3™ Regional Instructor in 2015 and sees technology as a great way to help students make real-life c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
Connor Johnson is the first person at Pope John Paul II High School in Lacey, Washington, to enter into precalculus as a freshman. Where does he get the confidence to pursue an advanced course at such a young age? From his mother, of course, who also happens to be his math teacher. Connor and hi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
...ire CX family of products, and help your students learn how to “flatten the curve” and to stay healthy. About the author: Fred Fotsch is a retired high school science teacher who now works as the STEM education manager at Texas Instruments. Everyone is scrambling to figure out how to keep th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
How Else Can We Show This?
...ic and polynomial functions, I begin by having students tell me everything they see on a graph. They mention things like y-intercepts, x-intercepts, high points and low points. We use TRACE and the commands in the CALC menu to find these points if they aren’t apparent by visual inspection. I th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
BestofChemistry
...s a Market Strategy Manager at Texas Instruments and works with science and STEM teachers in the implementation of TI technology. He is also a former high school science teacher, father of two sons, married to his high school sweetheart and LOVES baseball. These are some of the best chemistry a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
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
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...ology and chemistry and a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She currently teaches at Southside High School in Youngsville, Louisiana, where she teaches all levels of chemistry I, as well chemistry II, and most recently robotics. She uses TI t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
John Honeycutt, the only science teacher at Keota High School in rural Oklahoma started the semester determined to develop his students’ leadership skills. He assigned the junior class a special project where they would work in pairs on a “proof of concept” that they would later demonstrate to t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Making Math Connections Visually: Five Free Activities to Use in Your Algebra Class
...involving dynamic visualization and interaction, students can make connections that otherwise would have been difficult to see. In this post, we have highlighted five of our favorite algebra activities from the collection on the Math Nspired collection. 1. Slope as Rate This lesson is designed ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/visualizingalgebra
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...lso an ability to carry out statistical computations. So what functionalities on your calculator are best to know and use of when taking the exam? We highlight 6 features of the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator that are “must-knows” in preparing for success in the class and on the exam. AP® Sta...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats
Which TI Calculator for the SAT® and Why?
...hirds of the test. The College Board® knows that students need to be able to do mathematics with and without a calculator if they want to achieve the highest scores. Summary chart There is a nice chart on the TI website that summarizes which calculators are allowed on the different standardize...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/which-ti-calc-sat
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Daniel Wilkie
We’re celebrating teachers, like you, who make a difference in the classroom on a daily basis. This month, join us in getting to know Daniel Wilkie, a high school IB math teacher who gets his students involved in coding activities with “Coding Fridays.” Fast Facts About Daniel: TEACHES WHAT...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/teacherofthemonth
Introducing the TI-Nspire CX II
...reciate that a one-time purchase of a TI-Nspire CX II or CX II CAS will take students through all of their math and science courses in middle school, high school and college– everything from chemistry to calculus and can even help them learn to code. The TI-Nspire CX II graphing calculator is al...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/nspire
A first-of-its-kind STEM strategy charts path to help educators
... prepared for college majors or careers in STEM.” According to the National Science Board, only 25% of 12th graders achieved a level of proficient or higher in mathematics and only 22% achieved a level of proficient or higher on the science assessment in 20151. The case for action is clear. “The ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/a-first-of-its-kind-stem-strategy-charts-path-to-help-educators
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...ator 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 of solutions to a quadratic equation in th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2