A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
When I was asked to share my story for International Women’s Day, I immediately said “yes.” I didn’t know what I would share, just that I had to say “yes!” This year’s theme — Choose to Challenge — had a simultaneous effect. It touched my soul because we have the freedom to make choices. It san...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
Ingenuity-takes-flight
Have you heard of the “The seven minutes of terror”? Sounds a bit like a horror movie, doesn’t it? And, actually for NASA, it is almost as nail biting! Feb. 18, 2021, was an important date for NASA. After an almost seven-month journey, and a landing often called “The seven minutes of terror,”...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ingenuity-takes-flight
Summer of STEM: Disappearing Cups
How do you make a foam polystyrene cup disappear? Put it in an organic solvent such as acetone! Important note: Doing the project in a well ventilated space and using gloves are smart ways to avoid unnecessary exposure to acetone. Only use enough acetone to cause the cup to dissolve. Follow your...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/disappearing_cups
5 Tips for a Healthy, Happy Exam Week | Texas Instruments
It’s here. Exam week. We’ve all been there — you’ve studied hard all year, put in the time, but sometimes it doesn’t feel like enough. Especially when you’re studying for multiple exams at one time, how do you keep yourself healthy and calm? Vanessa Vakharia, known as The Math Guru, has been i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/5-tips-for-a-healthy-happy-exam-week
Using TI-Nspire™ Technology To Creatively Solve ACT® Math Problems
One of the keys to doing well on the ACT® math exam is to be open to solving problems in non-traditional ways. The average ACT® score of the students at my school is a 30. Many of my students, who could solve problems the traditional way, choose alternative methods that might be faster or easie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/actmathproblems
Engage Students With This Real-World Earth Day Activity
How many straws are used in the U.S. every day? If they were connected, would they wrap around the Earth at the equator? If so, how many times? In one year, would the length of straws reach the moon? What is the volume of this plastic for one year? How deep would it be on a football field? The a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/earthday
A case for handheld graphing calculators
I’ve been getting some questions recently about the usefulness of graphing calculators when we’re already surrounded by laptops, tablets and smartphones. There’s no arguing the transformative effect of this technology on our world. But in the classroom, these general-purpose devices have had mix...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/may/why-graphing-calculators-add-up
Engineers who code
TIers who code: TI engineers share how they learned to code on their TI calculator Did you know in just 10 minutes, you can learn to code? Coding is more than just a computer language; it requires the same problem solving and curiosity needed for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/engineers-who-code
STEM Challenge
Fifteen teams of middle-school STEM students rise to the TI Orion Space Capsule Challenge in Sarasota, Fla. Fifteen teams of middle-school STEM students rise to the TI Orion Space Capsule Challenge in Sarasota, Fla. STEM Challenge Texas Instruments STEM Challenge website ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/stem-challenge
Relating Rates
Relating Rates apcalculus website Students are given a situation of water draining out of a cylindrical tank in order to explain the process of solving related rates questions. Relating Rates ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-relating-rates
Bounded Areas | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family | Calculus
This lesson involves comparing the Riemann Sum area estimates with the exact bounded area of a curve and the x-axis. Bounded Areas | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family | Calculus apcalculus website Mat...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-bounded-areas
Sampling Techniques | TI-Nspire™ family | Stats & Probability
Students will practice selecting and discuss sampling techniques when collecting and analyzing data. Sampling Techniques | TI-Nspire™ family | Stats & Probability apcalculus website Mathematics lesso...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-sampling-techniques
Bounded Areas | TI-Nspire™ family | Calculus
This lesson involves comparing the Riemann Sum area estimates with the exact bounded area of a curve and the x-axis. Bounded Areas | TI-Nspire™ family | Calculus apcalculus website Mathematics lesson...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-bounded-areas
Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet global website Content loading... Please enable javascript! (function(){ var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = t...https://education.ti.com/en/about/fact-sheet
How to Recycle Calculators | Texas Instruments
... reduce waste. Texas Instruments makes it easy to recycle your calculators. Get details. website https://education.ti.com/en/about/calculator-recycling .align-vertically{padding-top:80px}@media (min-...https://education.ti.com/en/about/calculator-recycling
Distance vs Displacement - A Particle's Journey
In this activity, students will further discuss the graphical and algebraic relationships between derivatives, integration and particle motion while using kinematics. Distance vs Displacement - A Particle's Journey apcalculus website ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-distance-v-displacement
Can You Solve a Trig Equation?
Can You Solve a Trig Equation? apcalculus website In this activity, students will practice how to solve equations involving trigonometric functions within a finite interval. Can You Solve a Trig Eq...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-can-you-solve-a-trig-equation
Fear of math
...ytical thinking that STEM engenders. The truth is that we should never label ourselves or anyone else as not a “math person.” We cannot let the math fundamentals be the hurdle limiting our potential. Our daily lives are too dependent on math to ignore. Math skills are survival skills. It’s time ...https://education.ti.com/en/success-story/fear-of-math
Back in Time
...id-template-columns: auto auto; } Back In Time? Objectives Students will explore the definition of a function and how it can be represented using a graph, a table, and an equation. Students will be asked to create their own functions given input/output values and discuss how they disc...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-back-in-time
3d slide case
... along with a built-in ruler and compass to get all of your measurements in one place. On the less practical side, Galu expects students to have some fun personalizing the customizable calculator cases. “I hope students take the design and use it to express their personality, perhaps by adding th...https://education.ti.com/en/success-story/3d-slide-case
Circles: Angles and Arcs
Circles: Angles and Arcs apcalculus website Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Applications and Interpretation | Geometry and Trigonometry Objectives Students will kn...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-circles-angles-arcs
Circles: Angles and Arcs
Circles: Angles and Arcs apcalculus website Students explore angles constructed in a circle and how their measures are related to the measures of the intercepted arcs. Circles: Angles and Arcs ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-circles-angles-arcs
Percentiles
The goal of this activity is for students to use the area to the left of a value in a normal distribution to find its percentile. The process will then be reversed to find the value for a given percentile. In doing so, students will learn how to use the Normal CDF and Inverse Normal commands on...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-percentiles
Sampling Techniques | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family | Stats & Probability
Students will practice selecting and discuss sampling techniques when collecting and analyzing data. Sampling Techniques | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family | Stats & Probability apcalculus website Ma...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-sampling-techniques
Can You Find Your Bearings?
Can You Find Your Bearings? apcalculus website In this activity, students will review how to find bearings through given descriptions and reading diagrams. *NEW/UPDATED Can You Find Your Bearings...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-can-you-find-your-bearings