Angles of Depression and Elevation
...l Bearing Angle of Depression Alternate Interior Angles About the Lesson The prior knowledge needed for this activity is understanding what the angles of depression and elevation are and what their relationship is with one another. Students will revisit and apply their right triang...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-angles-of-depression-and-elevation
Amortization
...bout the lesson Before this activity is started, some background knowledge must be given on amortization tables. Amortization tables are quite useful when discussing the payback of loans. They are used as ways of calculating the value for business assets over time. Students are going to use them ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-amortization
Amortization
...bout the lesson Before this activity is started, some background knowledge must be given on amortization tables. Amortization tables are quite useful when discussing the payback of loans. They are used as ways of calculating the value for business assets over time. This activity will ask students...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-amortization
2D or Not 2D, That is the Question
...s activity, students will differentiate between 2D and 3D polygons and shapes and how simple formulas, like midpoint and distance, alter depending on which you are dealing with. Students will then apply this knowledge to real life applications to enhance their ability to understand this math in b...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-2d-or-not-2d
Analyzing Country Data
...iew This activity involves sample listings of the ages of 200 people from each of three countries: USA, Kenya and Japan. Students will: Consider why a summary of ages is important and how a summary of the ages can be connected to a better understanding of the populations of each country. ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-analyzing-country-data
Chi-Squared Tests
...tistics Activity Overview In this activity, students will look at a problem situation that involves categorical data and will determine which is the appropriate chi-square test to use. Objectives Students will recognize that chi-squared tests are for counts of categorical data. Stu...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-chi-square-tests
Points & Lines & Slopes (Oh My!)
...his lesson involves developing student understanding of slope of a line. The activity is based on examining the vertical change and horizontal change when moving between two points on a line. Points, Lines, and Slopes(Oh My) Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Ap...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-points-lines-and-slopes
It’s to Be Expected
...n lists to find the expected value. Students will be asked to differentiate between independent and dependent events and how to navigate the handheld when finding these probabilities. Downloads ZIP To Be Expected.ZIP PDF Student Activity.PDF T...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-tobe-expected
Arithmetic Sequences and Series
...ve terms, plot a scatter plot of each sequence, and determine that sequences with common differences (called arithmetic sequences) have scatter plots whose points form a straight line. Arithmetic Sequences and Series Key Steps In problem one, students will use formulas t...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-arithmetic-sequences
To Infinity and Beyond
...ation | Calculus .two-columns { display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto auto; } Objectives Develop an understanding of what it means to take a limit “at” infinity. Develop an understanding of behavior that prevents limits from occurring by means of chaos or osc...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-to-infinity-beyond
Volume
...oad to the handheld, this activity is meant to be done from different perspectives. Have the students alter the dimensions of the solids given to see what conclusions they can make about the volumes they find. Volume Downloads ZIP Volume.ZIP PD...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-volume
Is it normal?
...bout the lesson Before this activity is started, some background knowledge must be given on amortization tables. Amortization tables are quite useful when discussing the payback of loans. They are used as ways of calculating the value for business assets over time. This activity will ask students...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-is-it-normal
Biorhythms
...birthday, and the current date, to determine the equation for their physical, emotional and intellectual cycles according to the study of biorhythms. Whilst the study of biorhythms is generally completed with Astrology – “a self-fulfilling prophetic vagueness” and “Where to find the Pixies, Gnome...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-biorhythms
Rational Functions
...hese relationships graphically and algebraically. *Note: This activity includes optional IB support, including the IB Questions download for students who are preparing for the IB Exam. --> Downloads ZIP Rational Functions.ZIP PDF RationalFuncti...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-rational-functions
Exploring Geometric Sequences
...e geometric sequences graphically and numerically by varying the values of the common ratio. Clicking on the up or down arrow of the minimized slider while viewing a split screen of a graph and a spreadsheet makes this a dynamic activity. Step 1 Changing the values of both of the va...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-exploring-geometric-sequences
Exponential Dice
...n at the same point. Step 2 At the end of this activity, students will discover that there is exactly one value of b, Euler’s number, for which the slope of the tangent and value of the function are equal. Students will also explore and model applications of exponential growth in give...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-exponential-dice
Too Many Choices
...or a committee of 3 people selecting from 6 people. Then students will continue their investigation of the arrows by determining the number of edges, where the order of the arrows does not matter. After a discussion of the formula, students will use it to solve several problems. Step 3 ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-too-many-choices
Back in Time
...ut. Function notation will also be reinforced. *Note: This activity includes optional IB support, including the IB Questions download for students who are preparing for the IB Exam. --> Downloads ZIP Back in Time Zip PDF Student Activity.P...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-back-in-time
Pebbling the Chessboard
...ics: Does a Correlation Exist? Students begin by exploring the Pebbling the Chessboard problem. It is not long before students challenge whether or not the problem has a solution. Rather than continuing with trial and error attempts, numbers are used to record the moves, leading to t...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-pebbling-chessboard
Law of Sines and Cosines
Law of Sines and Cosines apcalculus website Students explore the proofs of the Laws of Sine and Cosine, investigate various cases where they are utilized, and apply them to solve problems. Law of Si...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-law-of-sin-cos
Gradient of a Function
...a tangent line determining if the gradient is negative, zero or positive. This information is used to complete a sign table as a lead in to stage two where the gradient is quantified and subsequently graphed by consideration of a set of points. In the final stage students can freely explore a qua...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-gradient
Discrimination of Parabolas
...as students translate and dilate the parabola. The investigation is scaffolded by initially limiting manipulations of the parabola to transformations where the coefficient of x-square is positive one. In the next stage this is changed to negative one then finally, it becomes a variable so student...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-discrimination-parabola
How Dense are We?
...interesting in that it doesn't make sense to talk about the number of people that live in a state or country as this quantity will most likely change whilst reading the actual value. Scientific notation and significant figures provide an order of magnitude which is a much better way of communicat...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-density
Back in Time
...ut. Function notation will also be reinforced. *Note: This activity includes optional IB support, including the IB Questions download for students who are preparing for the IB Exam. --> Downloads ZIP Back in Time Zip PDF Student Activity.P...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/84-back-in-time
Maximums, Minimums and Zeros
Maximums, Minimums and Zeros apcalculus website Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Analysis and Approaches | Calculus Objectives Determine when a function has a maximum...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/analysis-approaches/nspire-calculus-min-max