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
A Teacher’s 5 Words That Changed My Life
...s set on majoring in engineering, and I later earned my Master of Science in computer engineering from the University of Colorado Denver. I have no regrets. Today, I can proudly say: I have design experience in the automotive industry I have tested heat-seeking prototypes I have developed a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/intlwomensday
#NCTMregionals Seattle 2018 Recap
...ies and supports to engage in productive struggle. How do we intentionally design instruction to include opportunities for all learners to notice and question? This session will focus on instructional strategies for using TI technology to promote productive struggle. Technology: TI-Nspire™ CX gra...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2018/december/nctm-seattle
Let’s Get Back to the Basics
... family of graphing calculators. Download the calculator printout and answer key here. In the Back to the Basics Calculator Activity, students are required to challenge themselves with high-level problem-solving by graphing functions and equations, interpreting tables of values and evaluating ex...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtothebasicsactivity
Engineers who code
TIers who code: TI engineers share how they learned to code on their TI calculator Did you know in just 10 minutes, you can learn to code? Coding is more than just a computer language; it requires the same problem solving and curiosity needed for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathem...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/april/engineers-who-code
Relating Rates
...ylindrical tank in order to explain the process of solving related rates questions. Relating Rates Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Applications and Interpretation | Calculus .two-columns { display: grid; grid-template-columns:auto auto; } ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-relating-rates
Binomial Expansion
Binomial Expansion apcalculus website In this activity, students will review their binomial expansion skills through hands on multiplication combined with the handheld to check their work. *NEW/UPD...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-binomial-expansion
Pearson's vs. Sprearman's Correlation Coefficient
... About the lesson Before this activity is started, some background knowledge must be given on amortization tables. Amortization tables are quite useful when discussing the payback of loans. They are used as ways of calculating the value for business assets over time. This activity will...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-pearson-spearman-correlation-coefficient
Function, or Not a Function?
... function Downloads ZIP Function_or_Not_a_Function.ZIP PDF Student Activity.PDF Teacher Notes.PDF IB Question.PDF DOC Student Activity.DOC IB Question.DOC TNS TI-Nspire Activity.TNS In this less...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-function-or-not
The t Test | TI-Nspire™ family | Stats & Probability
... | Statistics and Probability Activity Overview Students will practice t-test calculations using technology, just as they will be required to do so during examinations. Objectives Students will discuss scenarios when best to use a t-test. Students will practice writing ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-the-t-test
Voronoi Diagrams | TI-Nspire™ family | Geometry and Trigonometry
... Students will draw triangles and find their circumcenters using perpendicular bisectors. Connect the use of Voronoi Diagrams with finding the Equations of lines in the form ax + by + c = 0 form, Where a, b, and c are all integers. Voronoi Diagrams Vocabulary ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-voronoi-diagrams
Bounded Areas | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family | Calculus
...to the problems. Downloads ZIP Bounded Areas.ZIP PDF Student Activity.PDF Teacher Notes.PDF IB Question.PDF DOC Student Activity.DOC Teacher Notes.DOC IB Question.DOC This lesson involves comparing the R...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-bounded-areas
Voronoi Diagrams | TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus family | Geometry and Trigonometry
... Students will draw triangles and find their circumcenters using perpendicular bisectors. Connect the use of Voronoi Diagrams with finding the Equations of lines in the form ax + by + c = 0 form, Where a, b, and c are all integers. Voronoi Diagrams Vocabulary ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-voronoi-diagrams
Bounded Areas | TI-Nspire™ family | Calculus
... Bounded Areas Concavity About the Lesson Students will use the subsequent pages of this TI-Nspire activity to refresh their skills on left-hand rectangle, right-hand rectangle, midpoint rectangle, and trapezoidal Ri...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-bounded-areas
Which Garage Is Better?
...th two problems: music sales and parking lot fees. Which Garage Is Better? Planning and Resources Mathematics lessons for IB® Diploma Programme Applications and Interpretation | Functions Which Garage Is Better? Students are to find the solution to a system of linear equa...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-which-garage
Give Me Five
...ill try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments Vocabulary Outlier Quartile Inter-Quartile Range Five Number Summary Box and Whisker Diagram About the lesson This activity explores the calculations o...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-give-me-five
Vectors in Component Form
...the unit vectors i and j. Vocabulary Vector Components Magnitude Direction Angle Planning and Resources Vectors are used to represent quantities that have both magnitude and direction. There are a number of ways that 2D vectors can be represented. One of these representations invo...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-vectors-component-form
Trig Ratios
... Trig Ratios Downloads ZIP Trig Ratios.ZIP PDF TrigRatios_Student.PDF TrigRatios_Teacher.PDF IB Question.PDF DOC TrigRatios_Student.DOC TrigRatios_Teacher.DOC IB Question.DOC TNS TrigRatios.TNS ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-trig-ratios
Triangle Trigonometry and Circles
...a triangle with fixed angles and observe the resulting ratios of side lengths. Make and test predictions about the impact of side lengths and the quadrant in which the reference triangle is located on the trigonometric functions of an angle. About the Lesson Downloads ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-triangle-trig
Tower of Hanoi
...he legend, when will the world end? Solve the puzzle, determine the rule for the Geometric recursion relationship, and calculate the number of days required to complete the 64-disk problem. Objectives Generation of a geometric recursion using a spreadsheet Use the calculator ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-tower-hanoi
Too Many Choices
...rces Downloads ZIP TooManyChoices.ZIP PDF TooManyChoices_Student.PDF TooManyChoices_Teacher.PDF IB Question.pdf DOC TooManyChoices_Student.DOC IB Question.DOC TNS TooManyChoices.TNS TooManyChoices_Soln.TNS ...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-too-many-choices
Success Story
... on the 2013–14 Geometry EOC, underscoring TI-Nspire™ CX technology’s positive impact in helping students accelerate their understanding of math principles and strengthen their problem-solving and reasoning skills. Case Study Download PDF Other Success TI's Talking Graphing Calculator ...https://education.ti.com/en/success-story
Investigating the Derivatives of Some Common Functions
...ivity, students will investigate the derivatives of sine, cosine, natural log and natural exponential functions by examining the symmetric difference quotient at many points. They develop the idea of the derivative as a function. They gather evidence toward some common derivative formulas. They a...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/84-investigating-derivatives-common-functions
Binomial Expansion
Binomial Expansion apcalculus website In this activity, students will review their binomial expansion skills through hands on multiplication combined with the handheld to check their work. *NEW/UPD...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-binomial-expansion
Best Class
...analyze outliers in a data set. Vocabulary Histogram Outlier Box and Whisker Diagram Skew Median Interquartile Range About the lesson Students are given the results from a recent test. They will need to display the data graphically and will refr...https://education.ti.com/en/ib/activities/applications-interpretation/nspire-best-class