Find the Frequen-Z!
...u may not know this, but zombies will retreat if you are able to find the “Z note”... a special sound that is terribly offensive to their kind. The task? Find the frequency of the Z note and code a program to play it when a zombie trips a light beam that will be set up by the students. The studen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/july/survived-the-zombie-outbreak
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...ompiled a list of 6 of the most important statistics features to know for the TI-84 Plus CE. 1: Regression Analysis It is unlikely that you will be asked to draw a scatterplot on the exam; however, being familiar with creating and analyzing a scatterplot of bivariate data could prove crucial. Ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/apstats2021
Five Tips for High School STEM Camps
We all want students to dive into real projects that tie together science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in ways that inspire them to innovate, create and problem-solve. Yet, the need to cover the required curriculum, and limits on time, resources and training, complicate the task of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/five-tips-for-high-school-stem-camps
Behind the Scenes of TI Codes
...e recorder for storing programs, and the passion kept me up very late many nights. The disc drive cost as much as the computer, and each 5¼" floppy disk held about 88 KB. Life was good. In the beginning I was coaxed into attending a summer workshop in June 1991. CalcNet was hosted by Greg Fol...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/behindthescenes
Hands-on STEM activities in honor of Jack Kilby
...heir hypotheses. Grab your TI-Nspire™ CX handheld and download the files for your students. Want to look like this guy? Download a printable zombie mask to start your own zombie apocalypse. T in STEM: The invention of the integrated circuit technology How does technology make a difference in our...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/september/kilby-day
Mission Imagination
NASA and TI are excited to announce the design challenge winning team. A team of five seventh graders from Hyde Park Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada has won the mISSion imaginaTIon design challenge from Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) (TI) and NASA. The national competition asked students fro...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/may/mission-imagination-winners
Build It With TI: Science Olympiad
...p by step in the fundamentals of electronics and sensor design. The Path to STEM program has helpful documents and quick videos to help you learn the skills you’ll need to be competitive in the Detector Building event. All of these activities are written in TI-Basic code, but if you are more comf...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/scienceolympiadresource
DIY TI Codes Contest
... functioning model of their concept, which they highlight through a short video. The challenge themes change each year, but the creativity and coding skills these students show with their projects always impress our judges. As the contest has grown in popularity, we’ve heard about several schools...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
roboticsweek2021
...hat they learned from this effort. Some teams worked remotely, only collaborating online. Others met in person, keeping their distance and using masks to follow COVID-19 safety protocols. But none of them let the pandemic affect their interest in understanding what makes products work. There w...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/roboticsweek2021
mathyoga
It was a stressful school year to say the least! To help you and your students exhale, while learning (or teaching) a thing or two, we’ve partnered with two of our favorite math educators, Perry High School teachers Ashley Meinke and David Olszewski, to introduce you to math yoga. So, grab a yo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathyoga
Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
... and then show that We will then be able to conclude that un is the Fibonacci sequence. The proof does not require advanced algebraic skills — one needs to be careful and organized. This is a good exercise for some of your students. The explicit formula for the nth term of the F...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
While the school year may be coming to an end, our new contest aimed at spreading the love of math is just getting started. Through September, we’re asking people across the country to recognize the parents, teachers and mentors who inspired their passion for numbers for a chance to grant them a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
David Olszewski, better known as Mr. O on the grounds of Perry High School in Canton, Ohio, has been teaching math for the past five years. Ask any of his students, or fellow teachers, and it’s clear he has quickly become a campus favorite. “Mr. O is a really fun teacher to have because he alway...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
Using Python to Squeeze the Fun Back Into Math
... teach students Python, you’ll be introducing them to one of the most widely used programming languages across a variety of industries. You might be asking: Just how can coding be used to enhance math instruction? Let’s look at one possible example: quadratics. We all teach it. What are some of ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/usingpython-84plusce
Leveraging CAS to Explore and Teach Mathematics
...llowing examples provide a glimpse for how CAS can be leveraged to explore and teach concepts in the math classroom. In the past, colleagues would ask me, “What is CAS?” and my short answer went something like, “It can calculate algebraic expressions in exact form … like √12=2√3.” Thankfully, u...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas
TI Calculators + Chromebook™ Computers = A Powerful Combo for Math Class
...an easily share the work on their device directly back with you. For example, on a Google Slides™ web-based presentation program slide containing a task, some instruction or questions, students can work through their exploration on their calculator, and then capture and add a screenshot of their ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ti_calculators_and_chromebooks
Leveling the Math Playing Field
...udent thinking and varied approaches for solving problems, then the likelihood of all students feeling valued, engaged and learning math would likely skyrocket. As is the case today, instructional approaches are anchored in conceptual understanding that requires teachers have vast content knowle...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/levelplayingfield
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...s: Continue to find creative and innovative ways to engage your students in STEM fields, and give real-world examples on how critical problem-solving skills can be used in the industry. In the spirit of EWeek, I just wanted to say: Thanks for everything, @TICalculators! About the author: Shre...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek
Top 3 Halloween-Themed Classroom Activities
...t the haunting of Dead Man’s Curve The ghostly legend of Biker Bob was born the fateful night when he crossed the centerline at Dead Man’s Curve and skidded into the great beyond. Now a popular TV show claims it has proof the tall tales are true. It’s up to your students to find out the truth. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/halloween
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
... a great springboard to launch (no pun intended) a discussion of projectile motion or even a way of incorporating parametric equations. Questions to ask students might include: What is the optimal angle for a projectile such as a discus or shot put? Are those optimal angles the same, or do ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Senior Drummers Hit a High Note as Winners of Spread the Math Love Contest
Cheltenham High School computer science teacher Sarah Putterman, and the school’s marching band, pulled a fast one on senior drumline members Nate Norward and Jeffery Gaskin before band practice on the football field. At the start of practice, the band director sent the boys back to the band r...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/studentsspreadmathlove
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...cout troop, Dublin Troop 408, on a zip line adventure in Columbus, Ohio. Every other month we try and take a field trip together as a troop. I asked my manager if it would be possible for Educational Technology Consultants (ETC), like me, to lend calculators and other TI technology to Girl ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
Celebrating Girl Scouts Day: Seeing Herself in STEM
... in STEM, and they created the STEM Center of Excellence in Dallas to provide girls with a safe environment to try new things (like robotics), take risks and learn from failure, all while building confidence and self-assurance. Our team members are a huge part of the success of these initiatives...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girl-scouts-day
Transformation Graphing — the Families of Functions Modular Video Series to the Rescue!
... along with “Now you try” examples. There are two links for each video: One is the YouTube link, the other is easier to use and assign. Teachers can ask their students, “Which of these examples are you not able to do?” Then use that video! Instead of using valuable in-class time, teachers can ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/families_of_functions
5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
...ate your own calculator costume. Haunted! Or hoax? Put your students on a creepy case as they explore STEM and the ghost of Dead Man’s Curve. Ask students to analyze the science to decide if there’s even a ghost of a chance that a ghost is haunting the highway. Designed to complement middl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath