Critical Points and Local Extrema
Visualize the connections between the critical points and local extrema.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/critical-points-and-local-extrema
Tessellations
Students will explore tessellations of triangles and quadrilaterals. They will use the transformation tools of symmetry, reflections, rotations, and/or translations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/tessellations_1
Continuity and Differentiability 2
Explore piecewise graphs and determine conditions for continuity and differentiability.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/continuity-and-differentiability-2
Side Length, Perimeter, and Area of a Rectangle
Explore the effects of changing base (or height) of a rectangle on it's perimeter and area.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/side-length-perimeter-and-area-of-a-rectangle
Side-Side-Angle: The Ambiguous Case
Experiment with segment lengths and angle measures.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/sidesideangle-the-ambiguous-case
Concavity
Examine the relationship between the first and second derivative and shape of a function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/concavity
Similar Figures
Observe what happens to ratios of pairs of side of rectangles and triangles.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/similar-figures
Triangle Inequality Theorem
Given the measures of any three segments, will you always be able to make a triangle?https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangle-inequality-theorem
Derivative Grapher
Visualize the relationship between the graph of a function and the graph of its derivative function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/derivative-grapher
Triangle Midsegments
Investigate the relationships between a triangle and the similar triangle formed by one of the triangle's midsegments.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/triangle-midsegments
Derivative Function
Transition from thinking of the derivative at a point to thinking of the derivative as a function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/derivative-function
Transformers
Students explore a special subset of the transformations of a square called the symmetry group.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformers
Definite Integral
Make visual connections between the definite integral of a function and the signed area between the function and the x-axis.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/definite-integral
The Tale of Two Tangents
This activity allows students to investigate the relationship between the angle formed by two tangents to a circle and the arcs they intercept.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-tale-of-two-tangents
Average Value
Examine areas as integrals and as rectangles for given functions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/average-value
Transformational Puppet
This activity allows students to practice their skills of reflecting on a line and translating on a vector. The instructions don't ask for creativity but students who finish early can enjoy being creative with this activity.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformational-puppet
3D Parametric
In this activity, students will review the concepts of parametric and polar equations. By using the 3D graphing capabilities of the TI-Nspire handheld, students will be able to extend these ideas to the area of solids of revolution, arc length and kinematics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/3d-parametric
Transformations: Reflections and Rotations
This activity is designed to be used in a middle-school or high-school geometry classroom. An understanding of labeling points in the coordinate plane is necessary. This is an exploration using reflections to move a polygon about the coordinate plane.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations--reflections-and-rotations
Transformations: Reflections
Explore what a reflection does to an object.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-reflections
Transformations: Rotations
Explore clockwise and counterclockwise rotations to discover the properties of the pre-image and image of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-rotations
Elevator: Height and Velocity
Introduce ideas related to rectilinear motion.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/elevator-height-and-velocity
Transformations: Rotations
Explore clockwise and counterclockwise rotations to discover the properties of the pre-image and image of a triangle.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-rotations_1
Transformations: Translations
Investigate what a triangle will look like when it is translated horizontally or vertically.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/transformations-translations
Area Function Problems
Understand the relationship between the area under a derivative curve and the antiderivative function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/area-function-problems
Parallel Lines and the Transversals that Cross Them!
Students will explore the relationships between angles formed by parallel lines crossed by transversals. While there are other activities that may address similar topics, the questions presented to students in this activity bring a fresh perspective to student discovery.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/parallel-lines-and-the-transversals-that-cross-them