Index of Refraction: Treasure at the Bottom of the Sea
Refractive index is an important physical property of a substance that can be used for identification, purity determination or measurement of concentration. This activity is designed for the TI-Nspire handheld and intends to help students understand the refraction of light as it moves from one m...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/index-of-refraction--treasure-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea
Crime Scene Investigation - Stride Pattern Analysis with CBR 2
By using the Calculator-Based Ranger (CBR2™), students can plot the distance-time graph of a walking or running person. Students find correlation between the stride distance, velocity, and the height of a person, walking or running at a steady pace and compare that to the stride pattern left at t...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/crime-scene-investigation--stride-pattern-analysis-with-cbr-2
Discovering Ohm's Law
In this activity students use Vernier Voltage and Current Probes to investigate Ohm's Law. The students collect data and use their graphing calculators to perform data analysis and "discover" Ohm's Law.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discovering-ohms-law
Introduction to Electric Circuits
This activity will show how to properly connect wires to make a closed electric circuit. Included in this will be how to connect batteries in series and/or in parallel, and how to properly measure potential drops across a resistor and current for electron current and conventional current circui...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/introduction-to-electric-circuits
Vernier - Bungee Jump Accelerations
Students use an Accelerometer to analyze the motion of a bungee jumper and determine a point where there is maximum and minimum acceleration in the course of the motion. They also compare the experimental data with an actual bungee jump.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--bungee-jump-accelerations
Vernier - Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions
Students will study temperature changes caused by the evaporation of alkenes and alcohols and relate this data to the strength of intermolecular forces of attraction. They will also predict, and then measure, the temperature change for other liquids.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--evaporation-and-intermolecular-attractions
Exploring Hooke's Law
Students will conduct experiment to determine the spring constant of a spring scale and interpret data to find a linear fit for the data points.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/exploring-hookes-law
Subnivean Comfort
Students measure and compare air temperatures inside and outside a snow shelter. If students choose to sleep in the shelter overnight they use the temperature measurements to confirm what they discover experientially- that snow is a great insulator!https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/subnivean-comfort
Vernier - Reflectivity of Light
In this activity, students will use a Light Sensor to measure reflection values from paper of various colors and compare these values to reflection values of aluminum foil. They will also calculate percent reflectivity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--reflectivity-of-light
Which Way?
Students' use a motion detector to examine how different types of motion affect the shape of the Distance versus Time plot. They explore how changes in direction and other factors affect the shape of the plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/which-way
Falling Down
In this activity, students' will determine the average speed of a falling object. They will observe whether or not changing the mass and keeping the same shape have an effect on the average speed of the object.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/falling-down
Vernier - The Magnetic Field in a Slinky
Students use a Magnetic Field Sensor to measure the magnetic field and the current in a solenoid. They explore factors that affect the magnetic field, study how the field varies in parts of the solenoid, and determine the permeability constant.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--the-magnetic-field-in-a-slinky
Vernier - Which Hot Dog Cools Faster?
Different types of hot dogs will cool at different rates after they have been cooked. This activity takes the first steps in investigating this phenomenon by measuring the rate that a warmed hot dog cools. Students can compare the ingredients of various types of hot dogs (all-beef, veggie, turkey...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--which-hot-dog-cools-faster
What's Your Speed?
In this activity, students' will use a motion detector to determine what effect the speed at which a person moves has on the appearance of the Distance versus Time plot.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/whats-your-speed
Steady-State Circuit Analysis and Filter Design
Shows how the TI-89 implements phasors to perform sinusoidal steady-state analysis. the focus in on how to enter and display complex numbers. This chapter also shows a typical steady-state application - how to use the Numeric Solver to find the required order of lowpass Butterworth and Chebyshe...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/steadystate-circuit-analysis-and-filter-design
Work-Energy Theorem Applied to a Cart Pulled Down a Track
In this activity, students will analyze the relationship between the maximum speed of a cart pulled by a falling mass and the work done by gravity. Students will measure the speed of the cart, calculate the work in each trial, make a graph of speed vs. work, and determine an equation which will ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/workenergy-theorem-applied-to-a-cart-pulled-down-a-track
Predictable Patterns with Addition
Students learn to compare numbers. They generate patterns using repeated addends and different starting points.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/predictable-patterns-with-addition
"Power"ful Patterns
Students investigate the relationship between multiplication with repeated factors and the use of exponents. Students will connect "powers of ten" to place value positions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/powerful-patterns
Putting Things in Place
Students investigate the value of the digits in $8,205.50 and determine the number of thousands, hundreds, tens, ones and even the number of dimes and pennies. The concept is then extended to additional situations. They learn where to place a decimal when writing amounts of money and to perform a...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/putting-things-in-place
Related Procedures
Students will use the two constant operations to compare the results of different mathematical procedures and determine how they are related.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/related-procedures
Water, Water
Students solve a real-world problem involving water consumption. They determine if an aquifer can be used as a water source for a new town with a population of 5,000 people.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/water-water
Number Cube Sums
Students explore experimental probability and patterns in fractions, decimals, and percents by rolling two number cubes and recording and analyzing the sums that come up.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/number-cube-sums
Tints and Shades
Students solve a problem involving mixing of paint colors. They use color charts to determine the fractional parts and percentages of colors needed to create tints and shades.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tints-and-shades
Tiles in a Bag
Students explore probability and patterns in fractions, decimals, and percents by drawing tiles out of a bag.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tiles-in-a-bag
Patterns in Percent
Students will use the % key to collect data about percentages of a given number. They will organize the data and look for patterns in percents. (For example, 10% of 20 is twice as much as 5% of 20.)https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/patterns-in-percent