3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...ional, get real! Another fun way to celebrate pi is to have your students dress up like someone who uses pi in the real world. Have students explain why they chose that person and how that person uses pi in their career. Some careers that come to mind include: astronaut, mechanical engineer and c...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/waystocelebratepi
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
...mean 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. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources
5 Engineering Projects You Can Do in Your Science Class
...reat discussions about finding reasonable solutions to a problem we have yet to solve. Link to Activity 2. Chemical Engineering – A Good Cold Pack! Physical Science and Chemistry Chemical engineers use elements from the periodic table to design solutions to thousands of challenges and opportunit...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/engineerscience
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
... sensor. The noise will be accounted when you run the regression. That noise will show up as a y-intercept in your regression equation. Now you know why. You can breathe now. Tip 4: Gravity is a harsh mistress. Want some math that will blow your mind? This crazy thing happened as we wrote this l...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator
...es, like Snake. (Side note - do you remember Snake? This millennial used to play on my old flip phone 😊). If creating a Snake game isn’t for you, why not trying programming your calculator to become a pet? When I was a kid, I loved to play with the popular digital pets that lived on a keyring ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/learntocode
STEM Solutions for Summer Camps | Texas Instruments – U.S.
...own school. No matter what your level of comfort is with coding and STEM, the TI STEM Team is there for you and your students. People often ask me, “Why are you so passionate about teaching coding/programming in camps or in the context of a STEM classroom?” My response is always the same. My stud...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/stem-solutions-for-summer-camps
Have You Heard About a Mixed Six Task? | Texas Instruments
...alking about mathematics and finally accepting that calculus is not memorization and imitative calculations. I am so excited to introduce you to the why and how of Mixed Six activities. I happened to be on Twitter one Saturday morning in early March and saw a post by Ben Gordon (@mathsmrgordon...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/mixed-six-task
My Top Takeaways From T3IC to Encourage, Engage and Empower
...ear, including the EmpowerMENt Conference and RISE On The Road. She became a T³IC Regional Instructor in 2019. Her hobbies include crafting, photography and traveling. You can follow her on Twitter at @DrArielJTaylor. ICYMI: This year’s virtual T³IC was filled with ideas to inspire, motivate...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/t3ictakeaways
Top 10 Books for Every Teacher’s Summer Reading List
...hing we do and takes you on a journey to the true meaning of information we take for granted, such as “How early should you get to the airport?” or “Why do tall parents have shorter children?” “Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe” by Steven Strogatz. Also recommende...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/summerreading
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
...) It reveals interesting things about branding and marketing of consumer products. To begin, you need several brands of toilet bowl cleaners that use hydrochloric acid as the main cleaning agent. (Cleaners that use organic surfactants won’t work here.) I use three main brands: Lysol®, Sno Bol® an...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...y vocabulary words are there in the AP® Computer Science Principles curriculum? The list for computer systems and networks is rather lengthy. Think about all the review students could accomplish if each student in your class created a flash card stack with a different list of vocabula...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
Innovation in Biology
...getting in the harbor and, in turn, the Chesapeake Bay. Its name is Mr. Trash Wheel, and it is one of three trash wheels in the area run by the Healthy Harbor initiatives of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore. I knew I could take this charismatic and innovative machine and use it to eng...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
...activity on our website. 3. Filling the Urn The Filling_the_Urn.tns TI-Nspire document provides for a graphical investigation of related rates. The physical context is the filling of an urn with liquid, depicted in a window on the left side of the illustration. The associated graph represents th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
...hat’s pretty powerful and is directly applicable to the chemistry behind systems in equilibrium. What I like is that we have a concrete and reliable physical model that students can actually see, manipulate and analyze. Here’s the best part: We can then extend this model to illustrate Le Chateli...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
BestofChemistry
...to introduce a very abstract concept. Screenshots from the Intermolecular Forces activity. 6. Chemical Formula: Ionic Compounds — Why Am I Charged? When you are ready to introduce charges and bonding with students, start with this simulation-based activity. It goes over the ba...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofchemistry
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
...ed by enter twice to turn on Plot1. Then, press graph, and you should see a heart. You may need to make some adjustments to make your heart swoon worthy. Watch one of our favorite algebra teachers, Rory Yakubov, in action as she creates her math valentine. Make Your Love GPO (Graph Paper Offici...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
Science Activities for Heart Health Month | Texas Instruments
...le Timer Students answer questions regarding the experiment using a graph produced from the data they collect. Heart Rate and Physical Fitness The “Heart Rate and Physical Fitness” lesson is similar to the body position activity, but uses TI-Nspire™ technology with the V...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2024/science-heart-activities
Fall in Love with Polar Graphs: Top 4 Ways to Turn Heads with the TI-84 Plus
...the 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
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...dents will build reasoning skills by visualizing the flight of a field goal, observing relationships of time, distance and elevation, and discussing why the kick was good … or fell short. Students can visualize the vertical and horizontal components of the flight of the ball and analyze each...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Robotics for the 21st Century | Texas Instruments
...nd science concepts to life. Robots are very helpful in teaching ideas in geometry and introductory algebra. The aha! moment when a student realizes why their robot is not driving a triangle even though they specified a turn of 60 degrees is priceless! This is an introduction to interior versus e...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/roboticsweek2022
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
Since Python programming was first released to the world on the TI-84 Plus CE Python and the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators about a year ago, I think it’s time to dig a little deeper into the power of modular programming on these remarkable platforms, and discover why using modules...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python
...” and the culminating project, “How to Keep a Lizard Warm.” TI has recently updated the original Path to STEM projects to now include Python! Why? Python is one of the most popular coding languages in the world today, and it is now on both the TI-84 Plus CE Python and TI-Nspire™ CX II grap...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/pathtostem
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
... the part of the stick that is still on the table. Karate chop the part of the stick that is hanging off the table, and voila! The stick breaks! But why? What you’ll need: A few paint sticks from a local hardware store. An unfolded piece of newspaper about 3’ x 3’ in area. Butcher paper...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
...I-84 Plus CE Python does not have a get_key() function or a mouse cursor, but an alternate approach is certainly possible. The bottom line (the “why should I care about all this”) or summary If you are trying to impress your friends with your coding prowess, OOP is the classy way to make you...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...ch 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 hypotheses. “Estimate” or “confidence” gives indication that an interval is appropriate to answer the question. Be sure to be familiar with each ty...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats