5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
...sics, the ghost of Dead Man’s Curve engages students in explorations of electromagnetism, the relationship of wavelength, and frequency and practical applications of electromagnetic principles with the TI‑Nspire™ CX or TI‑Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. Unravel a ghostly tale of ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/spookymath
Tips for Teachers in the time of COVID-19
...uch as the free tasks from Illustrative Mathematics or the technology-enhanced activities from Texas Instruments), then demonstrate different student approaches to showcase the learning for all students. By carefully selecting and sequencing student work, teachers can provide a series of stepping...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/covidteachertips
Shifting From Learning Loss to Recovering Learning in the New School Year
... Shifting our instruction With positive relationships and a viable scope and sequence in place, the last area of focus for teachers is what actually happens in classrooms. Incorporating NCTM’s mathematics teaching practices, educators set themselves and students up for successful learning experie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/recoverlearning
Top Tips From a Math Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
...ration efforts. I’m breaking down my top tips for math teachers, students and parents to prepare for the new digital format although most of the tips apply whether you’re testing at home or in school. Tips for teachers: Make sure students know when they are taking their exam. Make sur...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/onlineapexam-math
Five Ways Math Teachers are Superheroes
... say, “I hate math.” But, they really do love when they understand – and that you make the effort to help them get it! #2– Math teachers make math fun! Math teachers know how to ÷ and conquer their math class to make it the life of the party! #3 – Math Teachers get to know their students. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/may/mathteacherschangetheworld
To STEM and Beyond!
...r™ Hub (Figure 1). We learned so much and had such a great time learning together. After seeing the positive impact on these students after school, I approached my principal spring of 2020 and proposed a full-blown programming/robotics course. Here’s where it gets really good: A pandemic plus a ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
Any day is a better day with a little π (pi). Let’s celebrate Pi Day with some fun, meaningful activities that show students how the mathematical constant shows up in real life. 1: Happy Pi Day Activity Worksheets Choose from two quick-start activities; Ready-made Pi or Homemade Pi. In thes...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/happypiday
Tips for Surviving the School Year, Whatever It May Look Like!
...ths straight from March 2020 until the end of the 2021 school year. I was getting burned out. I made it a point to prioritize time for myself and set appropriate boundaries between work and home life. I set timers when I needed to shut my laptop for the day. I also prioritized time for things tha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/5_backtoschool_tips
Test your math strength against former pro-football player, John Urschel
...notes with integer frequency must be an A note in some octave. Problem 5 Solution: This is a famous example of decision making in football (and a fun application of the quadratic formula). The key is that because there is so little time left, if the opponent scores, the game is over. If you decid...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/challenge
Tips for Transitioning to the TI-Nspire CX from the TI-84 Plus
... The TI-Nspire CX calculator is “menu driven” which means that most commands are found by pressing the menu key. The menus will be different for each application found on the calculator because there are different commands needed for calculating, graphing, statistics, geometry, etc. The center of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/transitioning_to_the_ti-nspire
Expanding Knowledge With Financial Literacy | Texas Instruments
...our financial assets. Once you know what you have, you will be better able to manage. Next, create a budget. Once again, a spreadsheet (figure 1) or app could be the best way to keep track of the money going in and out of your account. The Balance provides a guide on “How To Make a Personal Budg...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/financial_literacy
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Fatemia Fuson
...ce or just real life. Knowing how to persevere and be confident in overcoming challenges is important, especially for kids in my area. We're in rural Appalachia, where the poverty level is greater than 70 percent free and reduced lunch. As I’m teaching these students skills like computer science,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/teacher-of-the-month
How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students | TI
...n introduction to data collection and how to use the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator. Vernier and Texas Instruments worked together to create an application on the TI-Nspire™ CX II handheld that will collect and analyze data. One of my favorite activities is where students use three differen...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/celebrate-chemistry-week-with-students
Meet our Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists
...“Girls and Code, Montreal Movement”. Fun fact: English is not her first language, it’s French! Estefannie of @estefanniegg Estefannie is an embedded apps software engineering lead (makes apps for big robots) by day, and a YouTube content creator by night. During her day job, she programs in C++ ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/september/twitterchat
Finding Fibonacci — Six Examples | Texas Instruments
... the Fibonacci sequence/numbers forever, and with a quick internet search you can be in awe of what has been found. The rings on a sunflower or a pineapple are two that come to mind. Let’s look at a few examples: 1. The squares Using “the sequence,” you can create a visual of it using the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/finding-fibonacci-six-examples
Students and Teachers Talk TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
... we had. (NaviGator) I really enjoyed the critical thinking put into the project’s programming and building portions. I took a more intricate approach to solving potential problems with our model: working backward. I found potential problems and worked backward to prevent them from occurr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ti-codescontest-qanda
Behind the Scenes of TI Summer Workshops | Texas Instruments
...s to be put aside when the focus is teaching students about test-prep strategies. To level the playing field for all students, we can teach them some approaches to get problems correct that they might not otherwise be able to solve using traditional methods. Beth, one of the participants, pick...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/summer-pd-behind-scenes
3 Math Resources To Give Your Substitute Teacher | TI
...that provide a step-by-step explanation on how to graph the main parent function, as well as a series of additional videos that teach students how to apply various transformations and graphing exercises for students to practice what they learn. The featured lesson on graphing a quadra...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/sub-day-math-resources
Automatic Showers Bring May Flowers | Texas Instruments
... that might happen) between watering cycles. Through explorations, students came to understand the architecture of the code (construction, syntax and functionality) through this project and by working hard to meet the customer’s needs. At the end of the project, students had a chance to present t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/smartwater
TI STEM Camps Open Doors for Students | Texas Instruments
...le to participate in person in the summer of 2022, Bishop organized another camp with TI technology. This camp was focused more on strengthening math fundamentals like ratios, rates and proportions. We wanted to learn more about both these camps and how other educators could conduct similar ca...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/rural-ti-stem-camps-open-doors
“Room To Grow” Podcast — Behind the Scenes | Texas Instruments
...a math educator. We keep each episode to about 30-minutes long, knowing that educators’ time is precious and knowing that concise, succinct ideas are appreciated. Why is it “Room To Grow”? We chose the title “Room To Grow” because we appreciate the double meaning: We want the podcast to feel lik...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/room-to-grow-podcast
Fireworks, Flags and the Fourth of July
... engaging answer to “when will we ever use this?” Add a while loop and introduce some random values into the program so you can put on a great show. Happy Independence Day, U.S.A.! About the author: John Hanna is a retired teacher splitting time between sailing in New Jersey and mountain bikin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/julyfourth
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Ellen Browne
...gtousethis.' I ask them: Do you ever have to think? Do you have to reason through a problem? Do you have to use your critical thinking skills? I also apply it to other areas of their lives. For example, if you play sports, do you have to do jumping jacks as a warm-up to that sport? Yes. Do you ev...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/teacherofthemonth
3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...students’ data points — yet another way to find pi! 2: Have your Pi and eat it, too! Have you heard of the Buffon’s needle problem? This problem approximates pi by dropping needles. Well, wouldn’t it be safer and tastier to use breadsticks?!? Yum! Watch this how-to video: 3: Be rational...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/waystocelebratepi
IB® Exam Resources, Tips and Tricks | Texas Instruments
... for TI. A professional goal of mine was to somehow marry these two aspects of my life for the benefit of my students and fellow teachers. When I was approached by TI in the summer of 2019 to assist in the development of an IB® resource website to do just that, I had no idea where that initial co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/ibresources