#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
...Mars? In this session, we will code robotic vehicles using mathematics to drive, make turns and complete a challenge. Best part: no coding experience needed! Technology: TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator; TI-Innovator™ Rover Link to presentation Teachers at the 'Driving On Mars: A Coding Proble...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
Innovation in Biology
When you hear things in your classroom such as, “Well, that didn’t work! Let’s try this …” or “That was so hard! I am so proud of myself,” it is music to an educator’s ears. By incorporating engineering design and coding skills in my biology classroom, I was able to tap into my students’ creativ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Learning With Your Students
Teachers are supposed to know it all, right? When I first started teaching, I was terrified by the idea of a student asking me questions to which I did not know the answer. I would imagine myself freezing on the spot, turning beet red, and jabbering about something close to what they were lookin...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/learning-with-your-students
Meet the Mom and Math Teacher Who Is Spreading Major Math Love
...r teacher. Rising senior Lauryn and rising sophomore Connor Johnson, waiting to surprise their mother and math teacher, Kimberly Karaman, the July winner of TI’s Spread the Math Love Contest. Connor said he was up late one night scrolling Instagram (don’t tell his mom) and saw a post about Texas ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlovemom
Five Free Activities For Teaching Calculus
Calculus is the study of rates of change and of lengths, areas and volumes. Often, students have a hard time grasping the concepts of calculus, and even more, making connections among them. Dynamic visualization is a good tool for helping students to visualize and interact with the mathematics. ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/july/calcactivities
The Math Behind 'Going Viral'
As we continue to explore everyday items and concepts that are made with math, this week we are exploring the concept of going viral. I’m sure you remember the star-studded selfie from the 2014 Academy Awards in which an Ellen Degeneres tweet nearly broke the Internet. Within hours it became one...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/the-math-behind-going-viral
How Else Can We Show This?
What I love about using calculator technology in my teaching is the “Power of Visualization” and the opportunity to examine math through different lenses. The multiple representations available on Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators — numeric, algebraic, graphical, geometric, statistica...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/how-else-can-we-show-this
What to Do Instead of a Traditional Final Exam
Creative Assessments I teach at St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee. A few years ago, our excellent junior English teacher, Ms. Goodman, started having the juniors do four-minute, TED-style talks instead of taking a final exam. Our awesome chemistry teacher, Ms. Dunlap, started a C...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
The Best Equilibrium Simulation Ever
Chemical equilibrium is one of the most difficult concepts for students to understand, and it’s even more difficult to find a model that will work every time. Like the late-night infomercials say, “I’ve tried everything.” I’ve used the popular method of moving water from one beaker to another ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/the-best-equilibrium-simulation-ever
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
... graphing calculator. 2) “Jingle Bells” Plug your TI graphing calculator into the TI-Innovator™ Hub and write code to play your favorite holiday tune. Or let your students play “Jingle Bells,” which we have already created for you. ; 3) Let’s Play Dreidel Have some fun with Hanukkah by asking ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/12-days-of-holiday-math-challenges
NASA Events Calendar
NASA Events Calendar global website Sollicitudin Purus Condimentum Aenean eu leo quam. Pellentesque ornare sem lacinia quam venenatis vestibulum. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/nasa-event-calendar
2025 TI Codes Contest | #TICodes | Texas Instruments
...ents global website div.fat-footer.container { /* max-width: 900px;*/ } @media (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 480px) { .solo-hero.columns.fullimage.copy-halign-lef...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2025/p0-save-the-date
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
This Valentine’s Day, spread your love of math to your students by giving them a chance to create their own crafty cards in class. We enlisted the help of algebra teacher and Instagram sensation, Rory Yakubov (@iteachalgebra), to help you graph your little hearts out. Your students are going to ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
...chnology into your chemistry classroom. Data collection The TI-Nspire™ CX or CX II graphing calculator is an amazing tool that can be used in partnership with a Vernier sensor or probe. The Vernier DataQuest™ App for TI-Nspire™ technology is built right into the calculator’s home screen. Stud...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Writing Style Gulde
...and with TI-specific examples. If you come across an issue not covered in TI Educational Technology Guide to Style and Usage, you can check the online edition of the AP Stylebook. TI has a certain number of licenses available for communicators throughout TI (plus freelancers and agency staff wh...https://education.ti.com/en/branding/writing-style-guide
Web Elements
Web Elements global website Writing Style Guidelines for Education Technologyhttps://education.ti.com/en/branding/web-elements
Solution 11889: Permission for Copying ROM Code From Texas Instruments Calculators to the Computer.
... Home | Data Collection Knowledge Base Knowledge Base Search Do I need TI's permission to copy the ROM code from my calculator to my computer? The software contained in the TI calculator's ROM memory is protected...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/data-collection-accessories/general-information/11889
Fall in Love with Polar Graphs: Top 4 Ways to Turn Heads with the TI-84 Plus
We get this question a lot from students and teachers: How do you draw things like hearts and flowers on your TI graphing calculator? In honor of Valentine’s Day, we are here to share the love and teach you how to turn your TI calculator into a love note. You’ll have your classmates swooning wit...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/polargraphlove
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...s 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 separately. This sets students up for exploring the question from multiple entry points. You’ll...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
Oklahoma Students Make Their Mark Learning to Program with Rover
John Honeycutt, the only science teacher at Keota High School in rural Oklahoma started the semester determined to develop his students’ leadership skills. He assigned the junior class a special project where they would work in pairs on a “proof of concept” that they would later demonstrate to t...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/seeroverdraw
Robotics for the 21st Century | Texas Instruments
You may be aware of the reference to the three R’s, which refers to the three basic skills taught in school: reading, writing and arithmetic (usually said as “reading, writing and ’rithmetic”). How about adding another “R” to that list? Robotics! Robots (and smart machines) are all around us. In ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/roboticsweek2022
Python Modules Have More Fun | Texas Instruments
... When developing a Python programming project, I find it helpful to divide the project into pieces and tackle them in smaller chunks. Python is designed for this approach from the ground up. Modular programming is also useful if you or your students want to work in teams: Assign each member of ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-modules-have-more-fun
Summer of STEM: Breaking Board Paradox
Put a paint stick on the edge of a table with a little less than half the length hanging off the table‘s edge. Now, karate chop it. Did it break? Of course not. It just flew off the table, still intact. Now, do the same set up – this time laying a large piece of newspaper across the part of the ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/breakingboard
Adding “Class” to Your Python Code | Texas Instruments
I’m back! Are you ready to expand your skill set in Python? Remember that Python is both a procedural and an object-oriented programming language (OOP). A class is the definition (description) of an object. An object has attributes (variables) and methods (functions) that determine its propertie...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/python-coding-classes
Summer of STEM: Egg in a Bottle
How can you get a hard-boiled egg inside of a milk bottle without pushing it? What you’ll need: Milk bottle or equivalent with an opening diameter of about 2.5” to 3” Small to medium hard-boiled egg Cooking oil Matches or a lighter 3” x 3” piece of paper What to do: Co...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/egginabottle