Modeling QB Passing Rates
This TI-84 Family activity uses the measures commonly collected for football quarterbacks and provides an opportunity for students to create their own quarterback rating models.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/modeling-qb-passing_84
Unit Circle Cruncher
In this coding activity for the TI-84 Plus CE Python edition, students will create two Unit Circle Guessing games. The first version will request cosine and sine values in degree mode. The second version will request cosine and sine values in radian mode.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/unit-circle-cruncher_84
Rational Quadratic Zeros
In this coding activity for the TI-84 Plus CE Python edition, students will extend the code from Integer Quadratic Zeros to create a game that allows exploration of other factored equation forms.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/rational-quadratic-zeros_84
Integer Quadratic Zeros
In this coding activity for the TI-84 Plus CE Python edition, students will explore factored equations, and create a game to practice finding integer x-intercepts for equations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/integer-quadratic-zeros_84
Frisbee Golf Equations
In this coding activity for the TI-84 Plus CE Python, students will create a frisbee golf game, using Python and mathematics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/frisbee-golf-equations_84
Ready, Set... Solve!
In this coding activity for the TI-84 Plus CE Python, students will create a fast-paced game to help practice solving multi-step equations.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/ready-set-solve_84
Factor Darts
In this coding activity for the TI-84 Plus CE Python, students will create a dart game that generates four random quadratic expressions. For each question the player answers correctly, the player will get another shot at the dart board.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/factor-darts_84
Shark Frenzy
Students examine equations in the family of linear functions which are of the form y = m x, each of which correspond to a different family of sharks. They relate the slope to the ratio of the shark’s fork length to its total length. When comparing two sharks of the same length, students con...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/shark-frenzy
Hypothesis Testing: Means
Students test a claim about a mean with a large sample size at the five-percent significance level. The test statistic is found and compared to the critical value.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hypothesis-testing-means
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Waste Not" - Sharpshooter
It is believed that an unusually high occurrence of cancer in a small area may represent a "cancer cluster." Because this is rare, it is more likely to be a case of "Texas Sharpshooting." For example, suppose a person randomly shoots a gun several times at the side of a barn and draws a circle ar...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--waste-not--sharpshooter
Experimentally Calculating Pi
Because the diameter of a circle is related to the circumference of a circle, we can find this constant relationship by measuring several lids and fitting a regression line to the data. The slope of this line is pi. This is a great activity to allow students to discover that Pi is the relations...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/experimentally-calculating-pi
NUMB3RS - Season 3 - "Finders Keepers" - The Leaf Drops
In "Finders Keepers," a world-class racing yacht sinks in the ocean. The NSA has the exact location where its homing beacon shut down and assumes that is where the ship sank. The NSA is stumped when they cannot find the yacht at this location because they assumed the boat sank directly to the bot...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-3--finders-keepers--the-leaf-drops
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Double Down" - A Bit of Basic Blackjack
In "Double Down," three students are tied up in a money-laundering scheme involving money won in the card game blackjack. In this activity, we discuss a simplified version of blackjack and analyze the probability of winning in various situations. Because cards are drawn from the deck and not re...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--double-down--a-bit-of-basic-blackjack
The Spread of Disease
In this activity, students simulate the spread of a disease in a population. They use the Probability Simulation application to learn that certain sums occur more often than others because of combinations of addends of those sums.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-spread-of-disease
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "The Running Man" - The Eyes Have It
The FBI is investigating a robbery at the research facility of a large company. The FBI believes that the robbers were employees of the company, because they were able to bypass the iris recognition security scan and gain entrance. However, a security camera was able to capture a partial image of...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--the-running-man--the-eyes-have-it
Math TODAY: Thirsty For Oil
Students will use the USA TODAY® Infograph 'Thirsty For Oil' to explore the area of a trapezoid and determine how to find area. Students will find the area of a parallelogram and use this to determine a formula for the area of a trapezoid. Applying the relationship to a real-world problem will he...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/math-today-thirsty-for-oil
Square Tables
In this activity, students will make a variety of squares using square tiles and the Table feature of the TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition™ to discover patterns and make predictions off those patterns.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/square-tables
We Have the Same Birthday
In this activity, students use simulations to answer a popular question involving probabilities. They will use the randInt and mean commands to determine the average number of people that need to be in a room to share a birthday.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/we-have-the-same-birthday
Where Did the Parentheses Go
In this activity, students use the order of operations and number properties to create a unique expression from a set of numbers that must equal another number. Then, they will place parenthesis in a number statement to make it true. Students will also identify properties commonly used to evaluat...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/where-did-the-parentheses-go
The Magical Growth of Numbers
In this activity, students will learn to quickly add lists of numbers by adding like terms and using the Distributive Property.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-magical-growth-of-numbers
The Variables of Renting
In this activity, students will identify what a variable is, construct a table of values, graph the ordered pairs from the table, and use the TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition to graph the equation.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-variables-of-renting
The Same Name Game
In this activity, students explore the meaning and purpose of equivalent fractions. They also practice writing fractions that meet a given criteria.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-same-name-game
Estimating Square Roots
In this activity, students develop an understanding of the relationship between a number and its square root. They will first recognize perfect squares and order them from least to greatest with other numbers. Then students will estimate the square root of a number using perfect squares.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/estimating-square-roots
Drawing Conclusions
This activity introduces students to the concept of collecting and analyzing data and using conjectures to formulate new questions.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/drawing-conclusions
NUMB3RS - Season 2 - "Assassin" - Experimenting with Paper Airplanes
In the episode "Assassin," Charlie and Larry discuss a paper airplane contest and some factors that affect the flight of a paper airplane. Because it is much simpler, a paper airplane can be easily modified and then tested to see how those changes affect its flight.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/numb3rs--season-2--assassin--experimenting-with-paper-airplanes