“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
Have you heard of “Room to Grow: A Math Podcast”? For the last two years, I’ve had a standing call on my calendar with Curtis Brown, the Math Segment Manager at Texas Instruments. Our conversation on these calls is typically focused on the challenges that math teachers face, and what we thought o...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Jingle Bells, Falling Snow and Python Lists | Texas Instruments
...ng calculator, it instead makes five “copies” of the elements in the list. Also notice that the operation is commutative. For an example of this type of list construction in action, see Unit 4 Application, which creates a simulation of tossing two dice and monitoring the different sums that a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-lists
Science Sims Can Be Phenomenal!
...d with the phenomenon. Try these 5 simulation-based lessons with your students: 1: 'Freshwater Chemistry' from Earth Science This lesson explores a hypothetical aquatic ecosystem where students can change the pH and temperature of the water. They can see a possible effect on the diversity and po...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/sciencesims
Carving Out Some Halloween Math Fun | Texas Instruments
...e Draw features. Tom Reardon teaches you how-to in this fun webinar. Downloadable pumpkin carving worksheets with three lesson types. Get the pumpkin carving activity files for an easy classroom start » Calculating cats and bats Download these premad...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/carving-out-halloween-math-fun
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...ean charge of the game controllers: To use the t-test, the company is making an assumption. State this assumption. State the null and alternative hypotheses for this t-test. Find the t-value and p-value for this test. State the conclusion of this test, in context, giving the reason. Y...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...ve a common theme: Provide fun, learning, engaging, real-world experiences for my students both in and out of the classroom’s four walls. During the typical school day, we as classroom teachers are often limited to somewhat canned activities that are part of our required curriculum or scope/seque...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
5+ Tips for Using the TI-84 Plus in Your Math Class
... this PDF. Tip 1: Viewing the Graph and Table Simultaneously Did you know that you can see your graph and the table at the same time? Press y= and type your equations. In this screenshot below we use Y1= ½X² and Y2= X+1. Press the mode key and about midway through the screen you will see a row...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/january/fiveti84tips
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...the if, then, else logic, we need to introduce a new statement. Edit your program and after the Request commands, insert a new line. Starting there, type: If x1=x2 then Disp “undefined” Else slope:=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1) Disp slope EndIf Note that the if, then, else logic requires an EndIf to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...tent. First you need to decide whether the Mixed Six will be calculator active or no calculator. The AP® Calculus exam by College Board® has both types of questions. Some topics are best with the use of the calculator; others are not. For instance, a Mixed Six that uses technology is one on Vo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club
... year. In meetings, students generally focus on using the TI-Nspire CX calculators that the school’s math department has to explore programming. “A typical meeting consists of all of us getting together and learning how to code on the calculators,” said club member, Mason St. Peter. Students wri...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/codingclub
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...ming Python on other platforms? How could this benefit my computer science students?” Menus? Yes! First, keywords can be menu driven or directly typed. The menus can help when introducing and reinforcing new topics. Students don’t have to remember the exact syntax; they only need to recognize...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
Flattening the Curve: How You Can Learn to Stay Healthy With STEM
...l regression to a set of observed COVID-19 cases. Empirical models are justified solely by how well they extrapolate and predict future values. This type of model has several weaknesses. They are only as good as the data they are based on, there could be odd mathematical behavior outside of the d...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/flattencurve
How Else Can We Show This?
...o we find the places on the number line that are three units away from zero, namely 3 and -3. This “distance” context supports the procedure that is typically taught, to solve by creating two equations: x – 2 = 3 or x – 2 = -3. But how else can we show this? By graphing the absolute value functi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
...tment. All of us in the math department were giving pretty traditional final exams — a mix of multiple-choice and short-response questions make up a typical mathematics exam. Our innovative geometry teacher, Ms. Herr, has recently decided to branch out. Birdhouse Project When Ms. Herr gave out...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
Fall in Love with Polar Graphs: Top 4 Ways to Turn Heads with the TI-84 Plus
...he arrow down button until you get to FUNCTION, then move right 2 spaces to POLAR and press the enter key. Now you are in the right mood mode 😊. 1: Hypnotize your Honey Use your calculator to graph a spiral that’s sure to catch the eye of that special someone. Press the y= key. In r1 enterθ by ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/polargraphlove
Robotics for the 21st Century | Texas Instruments
... Early introduction to coding and robotics, and exposing students to robots in the classroom, can help encourage students to participate in these type of competitions. Ready to give robots a try? Robots are not just for robotics classes. They can enhance math, science, history and ELL and ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/roboticsweek2022
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
...he function names) Writing a module On the TI-84 Plus CE Python edition, I write a module the same way I write a program. The file is saved as you type. The module file may not do anything if you it, but running it can detect syntax errors in the code for you (but not runtime errors or program...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...ortion of the exam. You may be given sample statistics to work with or perhaps a small data set to input. Either way, you must be sure to know which type of inferential procedure to do. Key words like “provide evidence” or “significant” are indications that you are being asked to test a pair of h...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats
Which TI Calculator for the SAT® and Why?
...cludes: Models that can access the internet, have wireless, Bluetooth, cellular, audio/video recording and playing, camera or any other smartphone-type feature Models that have a typewriter-like keyboard, pen input or stylus (more on this below) Models that use electrical outlets, make noise ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/which-ti-calc-sat
Leveraging CAS To Explore & Teach Mathematics, Part 2
...ckly displays the factors for each expression. On the next line, go to the algebra menu, select Fraction tools, and access the Get Denominator tool. Type in the rational expressions to be added as shown below. In the same way as using a non-CAS calculator to help enhance the connectio...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/leveragecas_pt2
A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
...lorado Denver. I have no regrets. Today, I can proudly say: I have design experience in the automotive industry I have tested heat-seeking prototypes I have developed and tested landline communications systems I have collaborated with national security teams and led projects for national a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
Get Out and #SpreadMathLove
...es all around the world, and likely one within walking distance of your home. Once found, the containers have a logbook for you to sign and read and typically contain some sort of “treasure” (think a small trinket) that you can take and replace with your own for the next person to find. For more ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/geocaching
Going Back to School With Stations
At the middle school and secondary levels, the first day of school typically consists of teachers introducing themselves, going over the syllabus and students completing get-to-know-you activities or ice breakers. I’ll admit, I have also used a similar format until I realized that this doesn’t sh...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtoschool_stations
The Long Road to My STEM Career
...en enter the STEM fields? How do we keep their interest and extend it into a career in STEM? In the same Microsoft® study, when asked to describe a typical person in a STEM career, 30% of girls said they envision a man in these roles. These girls are telling us that they don’t think they belong,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
Customize your TI calculator with a 3-D printed case
...to be the envy of everyone’s eye in algebra class.” Galu, who works as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer for Texas Instruments, created the prototypes in his free time and is sharing them on Thingiverse, a thriving design community for discovering, making and sharing 3-D printable things. So ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/3d-slide-case