What Does a Buffer Do?
Buffers are solutions that resist a change in pH. In this activity, students will add HCl dropwise to a measured amount of water, monitoring the pH. Students then repeat the process, using a simple buffer prepared by combining baking soda and tonic water. A comparison of the results will allow...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/what-does-a-buffer-do
Talking Trash
Learn how to graph dependent and independent variables. Use the SciTools application to display data on your calculator.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/talking-trash
The Eye
This StudyCards(tm) stack enables students to review the vocabulary about and physiology of the eye.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-eye
Using the TI-83 Solver with Science Problems
Using the TI-83 Solver with the Ideal Gas Law.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/using-the-ti83-solver-with-science-problems
Diffusion and Equilibrium
Students will observe how equilibrium is reached when salt is added to water.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/diffusion-and-equilibrium
Digestive System
This StudyCards(tm) stack enables students to review the vocabulary encountered when studying the digestive system.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/digestive-system
Circulatory System
This StudyCards™ stack enables students to review the vocabulary encountered when studying the circulatory system.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/circulatory-system
Cell Components
This StudyCards(tm) stack enables students to review the terms associated with the structures that comprise a living cell.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/cell-components
Diprotic Acid Lab and Easy Data
Maleic Acid gives an excellent diprotic acid titration curve showing both inflection points clearly for calculation of molecular weight.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/diprotic-acid-lab-and-easy-data
Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow
In this activity, students will develop a method to graph a predator-prey population model. They will analyze the data and gain an understanding of populations dynamics.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/hare-today-gone-tomorrow_1
Weather
This StudyCards(tm) stack enables students to review the vocabulary associated with weather.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/weather
How Cool are You?
Purpose: You will collect and analyze data on a model of the perspiration process.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-cool-are-you
How Long Ago Did You Have A Mole?
A great activity for mole day (10 / 23) or with radioactive decay! In this activity, students will predict when a 'mole of a substance' was presence. Based upon radioactive decay rate of a substance, the initial amount found, and the mole concept students will create a graph and interpolate wit...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/how-long-ago-did-you-have-a-mole
Down on the Farm(s)
Students graph data for human population growth versus the number of farms to investigate the relationship between urban expansion and disappearance of green space.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/down-on-the-farms
Earthquakes
This StudyCards(tm) stack enables students to review facts and terms associated with earthquakes.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/earthquakes
Science TODAY™ - Hurricane Damage
Students will construct a graph and a regression model which shows the relationship between wind speed and the force of the wind. The students will then analyze the math model that fits the data to make predictions from the model.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/science-today--hurricane-damage
Absorption and Radiation
Different surfaces absorb and radiate radiation at different rates. In this activity you will analyze the absorption and radiation rates of two surfaces by monitoring the temperature changes of each of them.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/absorption-and-radiation
Projectile Motion Simulation
Students can investigate the effects of changing various initial quantities on the motion of a projectile. The simulation allows for firing a projectile over or up onto a cliff or over level ground. The results are displayed both graphically and mathematically.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/projectile-motion-simulation
Science TODAY™ - How the Olympic Swimsuit Gives Athletes an Edge
Students will look at the potential impact of an improvement in the equipment used by world-class swimmers. They will also look at the improvement in the world records for men and women in the 100 Meter Freestyle race.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/science-today--how-the-olympic-swimsuit-gives-athletes-an-edge
Heat Transfer by Conduction
The purpose of this activity is to monitor the transfer of heat between 2 materials by measuring the temperature changes in them.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/heat-transfer-by-conduction
Force on a Spring
The Learning Check file assesses student understanding of Hooke's Law.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/force-on-a-spring
Energy Skate Park - PhET (HS)
TBDhttps://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/energy-skate-park--phet-hs
Making Cents of Density
In this activity, students will measure the mass and volume of several collections of a coin type and enter the data into their handhelds and explore for patterns. Students will also make a plot of mass vs. volume and create a mathematical model that demonstrates the relationship between mass and...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/making-cents-of-density
Subnivean Comfort
Students measure and compare air temperatures inside and outside a snow shelter. If students choose to sleep in the shelter overnight they use the temperature measurements to confirm what they discover experientially- that snow is a great insulator!https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/subnivean-comfort
Vernier - Which Hot Dog Cools Faster?
Different types of hot dogs will cool at different rates after they have been cooked. This activity takes the first steps in investigating this phenomenon by measuring the rate that a warmed hot dog cools. Students can compare the ingredients of various types of hot dogs (all-beef, veggie, turkey...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/vernier--which-hot-dog-cools-faster