Solution 17170: Finding the Area Between Curves on the TI-83 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
...ire handheld in TI-84 Plus mode? To find the area between curves please see the below example: Example: Find the area of the region bounded by: f(x)=300x/(x2 + 625) g(x)=3cos(.1x) x=75 1) Press [WINDOW] and set the values as below: 2) Press [Y=] and make sure that no stat plots are highlighted...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/17170
Solution 34475: Finding the Area Between Curves on the TI-84 Plus Family of Graphing Calculators.
...er Edition graphing calculator? To find the area between curves please see the below example: Example: Find the area of the region bounded by: f(x)=300x/(x2 + 625) g(x)=3cos(.1x) x=75 Solution: 1) Press [WINDOW] and set the values as below: 2) Press [Y=] and make sure that no stat plots are hi...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/product-usage/34475
Solution 31031: Texas Instruments Flash Memory and Non Flash Memory Calculators
...d in the below list that are discontinued and are no longer manufactured would also be considered a Non-Flash calculators: Scientific Calculators: TI-30XS MultiView™ TI-34 MultiView TI-30X IIS TI-30Xa TI-36X Pro TI-36X Solar Financial Calculators: BAII Plus™ Professional BAII Plus BA 20 Profit M...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/ti-83-84-plus-family/general-information/31031
Which Dog Is Roundest? | Texas Instruments
Who doesn’t love dogs? In fact, did you know there is a day devoted to celebrating “man’s best friend”? International Dog Day! Every year, on Aug. 26, International Dog day is observed to raise awareness about dog adoption and the importance of providing rescue dogs with a safe and loving enviro...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/dog-day-which-dog-is-roundest
Summer Reading List for Math Teachers | Texas Instruments
... powerful collection of thought-provoking books. Perfect for red hot summer reading! “Rise of the Rocket Girls” by Nathalia Holt Start off with a bang with this true story about the women “human computers” at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1940s and ’50s. Follow the s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/summer-reading-for-math-teachers
Fall-Tastic Ideas for Your Classroom | Texas Instruments
When the leaves start turning hues of red and gold, it’s that time of the year for pumpkin spice lattes, harvest-themed decor and fun activities that transform your classroom into an autumn oasis. We’ve rounded up a collection of fall-inspired teaching and decoration ideas to help infuse you...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/falltastic-ideas-enhance-classroom
6 Resources to Jump-Start the School Year | Texas Instruments
...of the year transition with many resources to get you and your students up to speed, no matter what calculator they are using or what course they are taking. Let’s take a look at six sensational TI resources to help you jump-start the new school year. Did you know we have calcu...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/tiresources
Calculators and Order of Operations | Texas Instruments
... myself in a bustling saloon in the Wild West sipping liquid courage, when a troublemaker writes 6/2(2+1)=1 on a bar napkin and throws it down on the table like a gauntlet. I hear myself say, “Them’s fightin’ words!” and, nerd that I am, pull my graphing calculator out of my belt loop, shouting, ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/calculators-and-order-of-operations
Women Who Code: A TI Intern’s STEM Journey | Texas Instruments
...rd grader, Shahollari moved from Albania to the U.S. with her parents and younger brother after her family won a visa lottery. While her parents had stable jobs in that developing country, the lack of opportunities for their children was the deciding factor to move. Shahollari said it was a “a bi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/women-who-code-ti-intern-stem-journey
3 Coding Activities for July Fourth Fun | Texas Instruments
...hemed activities you can try using Python programing on the TI‑Nspire™ CX II and the TI‑84 Plus CE Python graphing calculators. Create star explosions in the sky! This is a fun, experimental activity that lets you create stars in randomly generated colors. The final effect is an ex...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/3-coding-activities-for-july-4-fun
Assessing Student Thinking | Texas Instruments
...?” This continues until all the answers have been given. Because the students are giving the right answers, the teacher assumes all students understand — even those giving the correct answers. What if we look underneath the correct answer? Is the student’s thinking correct? Is he using an appr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/assessing-student-thinking
Top Tips From a Science Teacher for Taking the Online AP® Exam
Preparing students for AP® science exams is a year-long process, but as we get closer to May, students will benefit from resources to help them review and refresh. One important update from the College Board® is that all AP® science exams now approve the use of most TI graphing calculators, whi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/scienceapexams
How To Avoid 5 Common Grant Writing Mistakes | Texas Instruments
Grant writing can be a daunting task to undertake, especially for the uninitiated and even more so for educators whose plates are already full. But think of grant proposals as really nothing more than fancier lesson plans or unit plans where the activities and milestones are all mapped out. Ma...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/5-common-grant-writing-mistakes
Earth Day Engineering | Texas Instruments – U.S.
... When students engage in engineering design activities within their content area classes, their ideas can be limitless. Using real-world environmental issues is an easy way to get students engaged and thinking critically about problems that may be affecting their own communities. A task as sim...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/earthday_engineering
TI Holiday Cheer Contest | Texas Instruments
... for bulletin boards, stickers, coloring pages, posters, t-shirt, etc. Post Photos or Video of your decorated space: First: Take pictures and/or a 30-second or less video of your decorated school space. Make sure it is mat- themed and incorporates TI graphing calculators and/or software in som...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/holidaycheercontest/rules
Match Me!
In this activity, students move in a specific way in front of the motion detector to create motion plots that match a given Distance versus Time plot. They make connections between types of movements and characteristics of Distance-Time graphs. They learn to change the shape of the plot by adjust...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/match-me
Match the Graph-84
Students walk in front of a calculator-based ranger CBR™ 2 and try to match a distance-time graph. They examine the rate of change, and analyze and interpret the graph of a function.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/match-the-graph
Slippery Slope
In this activity, students will create Distance versus Time plots and calculate the slopes of the plots. They explore the mathematical concept of slopes and understand how slopes can be used to interpret how one physical quantity changes with respect to another.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/slippery-slope
Beverage Tests
Students determine the pH of liquid samples. They get familiar with the pH scale, create graphs comparing pH levels, and compare data displayed as a scatter plot, a boxplot, a histogram, and a bar graph.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/beverage-tests
Under Pressure: The Inverse Relationship between Pressure and Volume
In this activity, students' will use a pressure sensor to investigate the relationship between pressure and volume for an enclosed air sample, and fit an inverse function model to the pressure versus volume data.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/under-pressure-the-inverse-relationship-between-pressure-and-volume
Forensics Case 2 - Bouncing Back: Using ground-penetrating radar to locate buried objects
In this activity, students gather data to explore the use of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to find buried materials. They use a range finder to detect the presence of an object and to distinguish between different-shaped objects. They find the buried car and help solve a case.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-2--bouncing-back-using-groundpenetrating-radar-to-locate-buried-objects
Forensics Case 7 - Drug Tests: Identifying an unknown chemical
In this activity, students distinguish between physical and chemical properties. They also understand the differences between qualitative and quantitative observations. They use quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify an unknown powder.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-7--drug-tests-identifying-an-unknown-chemical
Forensics Case 11 - Ashes to Ashes: Using evaporation rate to identify an unknown liquid
In this activity, students understand that evaporation rate is a characteristic property of a liquid. Based on this fact, they identify the solution and the likely accelerant in a case of arson. They compare the evaporation rates of the accelerants found with the suspects with those near the crim...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/forensics-case-11--ashes-to-ashes-using-evaporation-rate-to-identify-an-unknown-liquid
NASA - Weightless Wonder
In this activity, students explore quadratic functions through the real-world example of weightless flight and the gravitational pull of the earth on objects in orbit.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--weightless-wonder
NASA - Space Shuttle Ascent: Mass vs. Time
In this activity, students explore the ascent phase which begins at liftoff and ends when the space shuttle reaches Earth's orbit. The space shuttle must accelerate from zero to approximately 7,850 meters per second (which is approximately 17,500 miles per hour) in eight and a half minutes to re...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--space-shuttle-ascent-mass-vs--time