3.1415… Ways to Celebrate Pi Day
...i? Host a Pi Day potluck Have your students bring circular food items for a potluck (cookies, pies, pizza, doughnuts, etc.) and have them measure circumference and diameter. Use the measurements to estimate pi, which should lend itself to a lively discussion on the accuracy of students’ work. For...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/march/waystocelebratepi
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
Did you know Computer Science Education Week is Dec. 5–11, 2022? Looking for new Computer Science activities? Want them all nicely organized in one spot? Have you seen the new computer science resources from Texas Instruments? Now is the perfect time to check it out! As one of the contributing a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
Building Bridges with Math + Engineering
... this problem long enough. Tip 3: Science is perfect. Lab equipment is not. Don’t expect to see a perfectly straight line. Your data collecting instruments probably aren’t up to NASA’s snuff, so expect what scientists and engineers call “noise” in the data you collect. It’s OK. In our tests, the...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/buildingbridgesmath
Set your Students up to Soar with “STEM on the Fly”
At Texas Instruments, we love a good contest or quiz that helps get students and teachers excited about math and science. And, the winner of our latest #GenSTEM contest, gets us even more excited about math and science than usual. I didn’t even know that was possible! Meet Alex Livingston, a so...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/stemonthefly
How to introduce your students to computational thinking in the math classroom
...tween two points – to demonstrate computational thinking and a few coding concepts. Expressing a problem and a solution in a way that a computer, or human, can carry it out is computational thinking. Coding on the calculator is one method to give students an opportunity to solidify their understa...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/june/codinginmath
Celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month
...ny German tanks there are? In WWII, the statisticians working for the Allies used sample statistics and sampling distributions to help determine the number of German tanks. Students explore different sample statistics and use simulation to develop a statistic that is effective in approximating th...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/mathawarenessmonth
Real-World Applications of Chemistry
... toilet bowl cleaner lab. (“Really? You do a lab about toilet bowl cleaners?” Yep!) It reveals interesting things about branding and marketing of consumer products. To begin, you need several brands of toilet bowl cleaners that use hydrochloric acid as the main cleaning agent. (Cleaners that use ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/real-world-app-chemistry
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...concepts such as slope. How many vocabulary words are there in the AP® Computer Science Principles curriculum? The list for computer systems and networks is rather lengthy. Think about all the review students could accomplish if each student ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
#NCTMregionals Hartford 2018 Recap
Thanks for stopping by the TI booth or joining a session at #NCTMregionals Hartford. We loved meeting all of you! You can check out some of the resources we shared, and download the materials from your favorite exhibitor workshop below. Texas Instruments Staff at the NCTM Hartford Booth TI Exh...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/nctm-hartford
Innovation in Biology
... Students developed a full understanding of the problem by participating in a campus-wide cleanup and by tracking their own single-use plastic consumption. Armed with their own data and realization of the enormous problem of single-use plastics, we dove into the engineering design process. The...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/october/innovation-in-biology
Learning With Your Students
...was hooked with the Smart Water system. In this STEM project, students write a program that collects data using several sensors and controls a water pump based on the conditions needed to sustainably water a garden. With this project, I finally saw the connection to my content area, and even more...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 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 Instruments’ (TI) Spread the Math Love Contest. He knew immediately that he had to nominate her — a former college math professor turned classroom teach...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
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
...acher, Ms. Herr, has recently decided to branch out. Birdhouse Project When Ms. Herr gave out the birdhouse project directions, the students were pumped. No final exam — woo-hoo! To top it off, they thought that building a birdhouse would be pretty easy. I think it ended up being much more cha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/instead-of-a-traditional-final-exam
12 Days of Holiday Math Challenges
...tain to make them smile this holiday season. ; 6) Tree Twister We’ve got a holiday challenge for you: If our Christmas tree was 15 rows taller, what numbers would be on the two center pieces? 7) Tacky Sweater For us, holiday cheer is the sum of two parts: math and the perfect tacky sweater. Can ...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
Spread Fall Math Love
Spread Fall Math Love global website Share how you are spreading math love this fall for a chance to win great prizes. Entering is easy as pumpkin pi: Take a photo of your fall-inspired math love – ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/spread-fall-math-love
Let TI Help You With the New Science Olympiad Detector Building Event
...hallenging because of inequitable computer availability and a lack of training resources for teachers and students. In the last few years, Texas Instruments (TI) has helped to close the gap. Most schools in the country have TI graphing calculators with coding capability. TI also developed the pop...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/detectorbuilding
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like an Absolute Value Graph ❤ by @TICalculators
..., turn your TI-84 Plus graphing calculator on — duh! Next, press y= to put you in the right mood mode 😀. Then, press the math key and arrow over to NUM and select 1:abs(. Enter the equation |2X|-8 to start transforming your TI calculator into a virtual love note. Press the graph key to check out...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/create-math-valentines
TI Trademarks and Brands
... Communications: http://www1.itg.ti.com/legal/docs/lglaware/la-0006/track1rg.htm TI corporate elements: http://corpmkt.corp.ti.com/elements/docs/wguide/archive/legal.htm Back to the Top TI Trademarks and Brands Texas Instruments Trademarks Generic Terms ...https://education.ti.com/en/branding/ti-trademarks-and-brands
Solution 20229: Items Included In the ViewScreen Package.
Solution 20229: Items Included In the ViewScreen Package. Solution 20229: Items Included In the ViewScreen Package. global Solution 20229: Items Included In the ViewScreen Package. website Home | Data Col...https://education.ti.com/en/customer-support/knowledge-base/data-collection-accessories/general-information/20229
Fall in Love with Polar Graphs: Top 4 Ways to Turn Heads with the TI-84 Plus
...the zoom key. Now, you will want to either press 0 or arrow down to ZoomFIT, either way works. Desire a bigger spiral? Try changing θmax to a bigger number. 2: Embrace those Butterflies Falling in love usually comes with butterflies? So, why not learn how to graph the butterfly curve: To do s...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/february/polargraphlove
Field Goal vs. Ice Cream: The Ultimate Game Day Matchup
...s sets students up for exploring the question from multiple entry points. You’ll need the program files, student activity pages, pre-assignment documents, and teacher notes and solutions to get started on the activity. All can be downloaded here. Go ahead, and get your students in the game! (Y...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/thebiggame
AP® Statistics: 6 Math Functions You Must Know for the TI-84 Plus
...5). If the question is asking about the probability of more than 5 heads in 10 coin flips, then you need binomcdf( . Keep in mind that binomcdf( is cumulative from 0 to k successes, so pay close attention to whether to subtract the endpoint, or not, when using the compliment rule. Always remembe...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/april/apstats