A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
... the challenge exists: Choose to Challenge. This International Women’s Day, Texas Instruments (TI) engineer, Tracy Hamilton, has her hand up high to show she is committed to “choosing to challenge.” We choose our inner circle. We choose our lifestyle. We choose our beliefs. We choo...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Jessica Kohout
We’re celebrating teachers, like you, who make a difference in the classroom. This month, join us in getting to know Jessica Kohout, a biology teacher with a “Ms. Frizzle approach” to teaching. Fast Facts About Jessica: TEACHES WHAT: Biology, AP and regular TEACHES WHERE: Reservoir High School,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/teacher-of-the-month
You only get one “first day of school” – use it wisely
...r, Jill Gough, suggested I read a children’s book to my students, as that’s what she does on the first day. I was hesitant, at first, because I teach high school students. The first book that came to mind was “Goodnight Moon.” And, as you can imagine, the last thing I wanted to do on the first da...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/firstday
Tips for Surviving the First Week Back at School
... the year that will be the best one yet! About The Author: Jessica Kohout has taught all levels of biology, from on grade level to AP®, at Reservoir High School in Howard County, MD. She became a T3™ Regional Instructor in 2015 and sees the technology as a great way to help students make real-li...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/first_week_tips
Survey Says: Kids Like Math!
... on. A new study from Texas Instruments reveals nearly twice as many students like math as those who dislike it. Keep reading to see what middle and high school students say motivates them most in math class. Survey Says: Kids Like Math! Peter Balyta, Ph.D., President of Texas Instruments Educa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/august/studentsurvey
5 Tips for a Healthy, Happy Exam Week | Texas Instruments
...one time, how do you keep yourself healthy and calm? Vanessa Vakharia, known as The Math Guru, has been in your shoes. In fact, when Vanessa was in high school, math class was a huge struggle. Thanks to some amazing teachers and life-changing learning environments, she’s a math lover, math teac...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/5-tips-for-a-healthy-happy-exam-week
Let’s Get Back to the Basics
... out of their seats. This activity integrates collaboration and problem-solving strategies, as well as some challenging problems that will allow for high-level thinking in the classroom. The lesson will create discussion among students while they explore mathematical concepts with the TI-84 Plus...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtothebasicsactivity
How a TI Calculator and a Few Special Teachers Added up to an Engineering Career at TI
...king. I feel so privileged to have been introduced to these important problem-solving and engineering concepts at such a young age. Fast forward to high school when I took my first programming class, AP® Computer Science, with Greg Cichoracki. As the youngest student in the class, I was a bit i...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/eweek2021
The Long Road to My STEM Career
I took the long way around in my career path. Literally. I was born in Hong Kong, about 7,500 miles from Iowa City. Growing up, I didn’t have much encouragement to follow a STEM career path. My first assignment in junior high trigonometry class was to memorize a three-by-three grid of the relati...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/adawoo
Engage Students With This Real-World Earth Day Activity
... you through the activity using Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators. About the author: Tom Reardon has taught mathematics in Ohio at Fitch High School for 35 years and part time at Youngstown State University for 39 years. As a T³™ National Instructor, Tom provides professional develop...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/earthday
7 Reasons Why Python on the TI-Nspire™ CX II Graphing Calculator Is a Must-Have for Your Classroom
...ges on a familiar platform. Here’s a list of reasons why this update is a must-have for all educators and students: #1: Why Python? Python is a high-level and general-purpose programming language. It’s widely used in many industries, as well as in education, and is designed to be easy to le...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/7-reasons-why-python-is-a-must
Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Virtual Teaching
...esday, March 24, will focus on TI-Nspire™ software, and the session on Wednesday, March 25, will focus on TI-84 Plus CE software. These webinars will highlight effective practices for teaching in a virtual environment, both in real-time and for on-demand learning, using TI technology and will cov...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/distance-education
Top 10 T³™ Webinars From 2021
...niversities and major companies. TI makes coding in Python available to students using TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators to help prepare them for higher education and beyond. Math Activities for Students Who Hate Math Presented by Ellen Piekarski Have you had students think that “rise...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2021webinars
How To Use the TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators To Succeed on the ACT®
...-prep coordinator) at St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis. I enjoy the challenge of preparing students to tackle these demanding questions. In high school algebra, quadratics are studied extensively. Even so, this question is most likely one that students haven’t spent much time thinking a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/digital-act-84
ICYMI: Top 10 Webinars of 2019
...er and Dennis Wilson In this webinar, AP® Calculus Readers discuss seeing structure in expressions and equations from algebra I through calculus and highlight expectations across the grade levels to prep for AP® Calculus. Something Old, Something New With the TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019webinars
A case for handheld graphing calculators
...ools to properly educate their students. And their students – our future – deserve reliable, safe and secure graphing calculators to catapult them to higher degrees of STEM learning and comprehension. * Goff, Neal; Maylahn, Paula; Oates, Bill; Oates, Rita; and Wujcik, Anne. State of the K-12 Mark...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/may/why-graphing-calculators-add-up
Best of Biology
...s a Market Strategy Manager at Texas Instruments and works with science and STEM teachers in the implementation of TI technology. He is also a former high school science teacher, father of two sons, married to his high school sweetheart and LOVES baseball. These are some of the best biology act...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/bestofbiology
Can You Hear the Ball Bounce?
...I model, open a calculator page (or notes page with math template), insert the summation template and then the values for a and b, using a relatively high number for the upper limit of the sum (we picked 1,000). Hopefully, this activity, in which we explored a well-known relationship from a sl...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/ball-bounce-activity
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Tim Collier
...omplex concepts to life for his students. Fast facts about Tim: TEACHES WHAT: precalculus, calculus and algebra III TEACHES WHERE: McAlester High School in McAlester, Oklahoma TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 31 years Tim in his own words: Why did you become a teacher? The short answer is th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/february/teacherofthemonth
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Stacy Thibodeaux
...uisiana, who strives to instill a love of learning in her students. Fast facts about Stacy: TEACHES WHAT: Chemistry TEACHES WHERE: Southside High School in Youngsville, Louisiana TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 18 years Stacy in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? In college, I w...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/april/teacherofthemonth
Madness in March Underscores the “M” in STEM
...make sense of the world around them. I’m a math guy, and I love data, so here are some facts around the opportunity to grow STEM talent. 1. Demand is high: STEM occupations are projected to grow by 9% from 2015 to 2024, compared to 6% growth for non-STEM occupations (“STEM Jobs: 2017 Update,...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/mathmadness
Meet TI Teacher of the Month: Lisa Goddard
...faces when they learn a difficult concept. Fast facts about Lisa: TEACHES WHAT: Algebra I and II, geometry and STEM TEACHES WHERE: Wilburton High School, southeastern Oklahoma TEACHING FOR HOW LONG: 10 years Lisa in her own words: Why did you become a teacher? Growing up, I always ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2019/march/teacherofthemonth
Solution 26990: Version Number Error Using Catalog Help On The TI-84 Plus™ Family.
...e Knowledge Base Search Why do I get a version number error when I try to use the Catalog Help application with the 2.53 or higher version of the TI-84 Plus Family Operating System? If you are receiving an error message when trying to run Catalog Help on your TI-84 Plus...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/troubleshooting-messages-unexpected-results/26990
Phosphate Analysis
One method of measuring the phosphate concentration is by using a Colorimeter. This instrument measures the amount of light transmitted through a sample at a given wavelength. The amount of light absorbed is mathematically related to the concentration of the solution.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/phosphate-analysis
Reaction Rates
Student will see how the decomposition of nitrogen dioxide creates nitric oxide and oxygen. Students and/or teacher will use this to demonstrate how you would find the reaction rates using the numbers that are given in the problem, and then maybe using numbers that they obtain on their own with ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/reaction-rates