Nspired Crossword NC
This activity is designed for students completely new to TI-nspire. No mathematical knowledge is required to complete this task. Students complete a crossword puzzle where the clues relate to application menus and the answers are the menu items. The activity helps students navigate TI-Nspire and ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nspired-crossword-nc
Nuclear Decay and Chain Reactions
Students determine the decay constant and half-life and begin to look at nuclear fission by simulating a chain reaction.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nuclear-decay-and-chain-reactions
Discrimination of Parabolas
Students manipulate progressively more flexible parabolas whilst a ‘special number’ is displayed on the screen. The problem for students to solve is ‘what is so special about this number’. Students continually review their conjectures as the parabola becomes more and more flexible.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discrimination-of-parabolas
Potential and Kinetic Energy
Students explore the relationship between the mass, energy, and angle of a projected object fired from an idealized cannon.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/potential-and-kinetic-energy
Graphs of Antiderivatives
Students use their TI-Nspire to graph the anti-derivative of a function and investigate aspects of the this function and how it relates to the primitive function. For example, if a continuous derivative function changes from negative to positive, what does this produce on the primi...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphs-of-antiderivatives
Cell Structure & Function
In this lesson, students will use cell model diagrams to interact with both animal and plant cells and explore the structure and function of the organelles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cell-structure--function
Light and Waves
Students explore the interference patterns of waves formed by two point sources. Students are able to collect data and draw conclusions about the nodal lines formed by the interference.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/light-and-waves
Blood Pressure
In this lesson, students will assess blood pressure under changing conditions and make conclusions about the data they have collected.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/blood-pressure
Light Refraction
In this lesson, students visually explores refraction of light as it passes through different substances with different indexes of light.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/light-refraction
Looking Through the Lens
Students use simulated experiments to explore ray diagrams for converging and diverging thin lenses.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/looking-through-the-lens
Magnetic Field of a Coil - Data Collection
In this lesson, students will explore the proportional relationship between the magnetic flux density at the center of a long, electrically charged coil and the strength of the electrical current.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/magnetic-field-of-a-coil--data-collection
Mechanical Advantage
In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between resistance force and effort force for the inclined plane and the lever.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/mechanical-advantage
Mechanical Advantage of Pulleys
Students explore a single-fixed-pulley system by varying the load and measure the force necessary to lift the load.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/mechanical-advantage-of-pulleys
Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow
In this lesson, students will use population data to study the relationship between predator and prey populations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hare-today-gone-tomorrow
NASA - Lunar Landing
In this activity, students explore the real-world problem of a lunar landing and the associated mathematics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--lunar-landing
NASA - Weightless Wonder - Reduced Gravity Flight
Students examine the physics behind NASA astronauts participating in a C-9 flight simulating microgravity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--weightless-wonder--reduced-gravity-flight
Vernier - Capacitors
In this lesson, students will use the voltage probe to measure the discharge of a capacitor.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--capacitors
Enzyme Catalysts
In this lesson, students will explore the impact of a changing environment on the reaction rates of an enzyme.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/enzyme-catalysts
Exploring Diffusion
In this lesson, students will explore diffusion through a selectively permeable membrane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-diffusion
Vernier - Simple Harmonic Motion
In this lesson, students will use the motion detector to determine the amplitude, period, and phase constant of the observed simple harmonic motion.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--simple-harmonic-motion
Vernier - Sound Waves and Beats
In this lesson, students will use the microphone to measure the frequency and period of sound waves from tuning forks.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--sound-waves-and-beats
Work and Power
Students explore the relationship between power, work, and time. They also explore the relationship between power, force, and speed. Based on these explorations, students derive the equation P = Fv and solve problems dealing with power in various mechanical problems.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/work-and-power
Radioactive Dating Game (HS)
In this lesson, students will simulate radioactive dating at an archeological site.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/radioactive-dating-game-hs
Molecular Weight
Students will find the atomic mass on the periodic table and use this to determine the mass of one atom, one mole of atoms. They will also determine formula masses.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/molecular-weight
Skills of Science - Building and Interpreting Graphs
In this lesson, students use TI-Nspire technology to understand the fundamentals of good graphing in the science classroom and laboratory.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/skills-of-science--building-and-interpreting-graphs