Motorcycle Tire Balancing
In this activity, students will explore linear and angular velocities and the relationship between them. This exploration is based on using a spin balancer to balance motorcycle tires of different sizes. Since a spin balancer rotates at a constant velocity, the linear and angular velocities of th...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/motorcycle-tire-balancing
Car MPG Activity using Central Tendencies
This activity involves students finding the measures of central tendencies using mpg data from 25 cars.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/car-mpg-activity-using-central-tendencies
Modeling Daylight Hours
Students are provided with data on the daylight hours for two Canadian cities measured three times per month in 2007. The student's task is to create graphical and algebraic models of the data and to interpret the meaning of each of the parameters in the algebraic models. The student will also ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-daylight-hours
Make the Basket
Students will use parametric equations to model two physical situations: making a free throw (basketball) and hitting a home run (baseball). Students will begin exploring the models by using sliders to change to the angle and velocity of the shot or hit. They will then move the time slider to see...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/make-the-basket
Linear Equation Games Unit: Activity #10 Pinball Game
This activity consists of three pinball games using points for students to find the linear equations. Each game has it's separate directions which are on the file and on the worksheet.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equation-games-unit-activity-10-pinball-game
Linear Equation Games Unit: Activity #2 Find The Rule Game #2
This is the second activity to allow students more practice with finding the linear equation for a table of values.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equation-games-unit-activity-2-find-the-rule-game-2
Linear Equation Games Unit: Activity #4 What's My Linear Equation
In this activity, students are given a graph and they are to find the values for the slope and y-intercept to create an equation that models the graph.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equation-games-unit-activity-4-whats-my-linear-equation
NASA - Rendezvous For Two
When the space shuttle launches from NASA Kennedy Space Center, it must launch within a certain time frame (called a launch window) in order to successfully dock with the ISS. Launch windows are calculated so that the space shuttle will reach an orbit that is slightly lower than the ISS, but in t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--rendezvous-for-two
Linear Equation Games Unit: Activity #5 Mini Golf Course Challenge
This activity involves students using the coordinates of two points to find the equation that runs from the 'tee' to the golf 'hole'.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equation-games-unit-activity-5-mini-golf-course-challenge
Infinite Geometric Series
In this activity, students will explore infinite geometric series. They will consider the effect of the value for the common ratio and determine whether an infinite geometric series converges or diverges. Students will numerically analyze infinite geometric series using spreadsheets.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/infinite-geometric-series_1
Lights Out: Periodic Phenomena
In this activity, students will use a light sensor to collect intensity data for fast and slow variations of intensities. They will then describe these variations using the concepts of period and frequency. This activity has been modified for TI-Nspire with the data and graphs within the activity...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/lights-out-periodic-phenomena
Linear Equation Games Unit: Activity #6 Croquet Game
This sixth activity has students finding the equations for nine lines passing through the various 'wickets' of the course.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equation-games-unit-activity-6-croquet-game
Linear Equation Games Unit: Activity #8 POOL Game
In this activity of the unit, the student's object is to create a linear equation through the cue ball, pool ball, and hole.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equation-games-unit-activity-8-pool-game
Linear Equation Games Unit: Activity #9 9 Ball Game
This activity provides a ‘9 Ball Pool Table’ on a graph page. Students are to begin the game by clicking on the ‘play’ button to start the animation of the pool balls. They move the 'cue' ball around and find equations that go through the 'cue' ball, another ball(s) and the hole.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/linear-equation-games-unit-activity-9-9-ball-game
Trigonometry: What's My Move?
This can be used as a discovery or review activity for students to learn the various transformations of a trigonometric curve in the form of y=AcosB(x-C)+D.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/trigonometry-whats-my-move
Law of Sines: The Ambiguous Case
A simple model is used to illustrate the various possibilities of the ambiguous case of the Law of Sines. Students manipulate the model to create each of the possible cases and then make conjectures about the relationship between the various given measurements and the number of possible triangle...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/law-of-sines-the-ambiguous-case
It's All About Food Activity
This is a follow up activity to You Are What You Eat where students are comparing estimated calories versus actual calories and making conjectures based on their scatterplot graphs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/its-all-about-food-activity
Kansas Chase Activity
In this activity, students will make predictions about how to win a Sprint Cup Championship.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/kansas-chase-activity
Law of Cosines
Students are introduced to the concept of the Law of Cosines. They will explore the concept graphically, numerically, and algebraically. They will discover the Law of Cosines at the conclusion of the activity using TI-Nspire CAS.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/law-of-cosines
Math Man On The Slopes
In this activity, students will practice identifying slopes with informal pictures, and can self-check their understanding with one of the measurement tools. The students will also identify the slope and intercept of a given graph and will choose the correct equation in a multiple choice format.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/math-man-on-the-slopes_1
Solving Inequalities Graphically
Students will solve inequalities graphically by setting bounds on the graph that represent the portions of the graph that satisfy the inequality. Each of the inequalities presented in this activity represent real-world situations, which should aid in students understanding the concept of inequali...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-inequalities-graphically
From 0 to 180 - Rethinking the Cosine Law with Data
The goal of this activity is for students to experience a data-driven, inductive investigation leading to the cosine law. This could be used in addition to or instead of the traditional proof to deepen the understanding of the behavior of triangles and make the concepts more accessible to more s...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/from-0-to-180--rethinking-the-cosine-law-with-data
Focus/Directrix Definition of Conics
This lesson involves observing and describing relationships between the focus and the directrix of each conic: parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/focusdirectrix-definition-of-conics
Graphs of Sine and Cosine
The goal of this activity is for students to see how the graphs of sine and cosine are generated and related to the unit circle. A point is animated around the unit circle as data points are captured to create a scatter plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/graphs-of-sine-and-cosine
The Ambiguous Case of the Sine Law
Investigation and practice of the Ambiguous Case of the Law of Sines using the TI-Nspire.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-ambiguous-case-of-the-sine-law