Needs of Living Things
In this lesson, students will describe and identify the survival needs for both plants and animals.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/needs-of-living-things
Natural Selection (MG)
In this lesson, students will model natural selection, providing an opportunity to make predictions about evolution in a population over a short period of time.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/natural-selection-mg
Paradise Island
In this lesson, students will use a simulation to explore the transfer of matter and energy among producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/paradise-island
Special Offers | Calculators and Technology | Texas Instruments
...lopment and more. TI Technology Rewards Program Download free sticker designs, motivational posters and other fun, DIY classroom resources. Explore posters Get stickers Printables Pre-service teachers can receive discounts of 30% or more (from MSRP) on purchases of TI ...https://education.ti.com/en/educators/special-offers
Quick Look
Quick Look global website View these quick videos to experience the capabilities of TI‑Nspire™ technology. See the power and ease of the functionality of the TI‑Nspire™ CX handheld and computer software...https://education.ti.com/en/product-resources/quick-look
TI-Nspire™ CX software Premium Teacher Software quick installation guide for Mac®
...op. Most U.S. educators will use the red icon to launch the software, but you can use the blue icon as well. Launch software Enter your license number. Or if you do not have a license, you can take advantage of the 90-day trial by selecting it. Register your software C...https://education.ti.com/en/product-resources/getting-started-nspire-cx-sw/mac
Dash | Texas Instruments
Dash | Texas Instruments global website Connect your graphing calculator to the Dash Robot The TI-84 Plus CE Python and TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculators now work with the Dash Robot f...https://education.ti.com/en/product-resources/dash
Sketch Update
...ketch version. See Appendix B of directions for details or download the VERSION.8xp file that has the program pre-created to run from your TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator. Execute the Program to view version number For TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator If your version of the...https://education.ti.com/en/product-resources/sketch-update/part-a-step-1
2021 TI Codes Contest | Texas Instruments
... Check out the team videos that earned the acclaim of contest judges. This year, teams designed a solution that automated or optimized a process or product related to health, wellness or medicine. They then used coding and TI technology to build a model of the solution. 2021 TI Codes C...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/codescontest/2021
Systemic Program | Professional Learning | Texas Instruments
...Systemic In-School Programs focus on continually developing and reinforcing educators’ technology skills and providing them the knowledge and confidence to effectively employ TI technology in their classrooms. The programs include: Support district goals and promote college and career readiness ...https://education.ti.com/en/educators/district-school-leader-resources/systemic-inschool-programs
Spread Spooky Math Love
Spread Spooky Math Love global website Share how you are spreading math love this Halloween for a chance to win great prizes! Entering is easy as pumpkin pi: Take a photo of your Halloween-inspired ...https://education.ti.com/en/promotion/halloween-contest
T³™ Teacher Leader Cadre
... Each T³™ TLC program focuses on technology integration, content knowledge, building a professional learning community and teaching adults. Successful TLC participants will be able to mentor others and support ongoing professional development plans. Participants will hone skills taken fro...https://education.ti.com/en/educators/district-school-leader-resources/teacher-leader-cadre
How I overcame my fear of mathematics and finally understood the world
As a child growing up in Canada, my one true passion was ice hockey. I was maybe a bit too small for the game, but what I lacked in size I tried to make up for in speed and technical ability. When I wasn’t on the ice, I was engrossed in baseball and martial arts. As long as I was playing somethi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/january/overcoming-fear-of-math
Get Ready for a Math-Packed School Year
... be yours! There are several ways to enter, including simply following @TICalculators on social media. The more entries you earn, the better your chances to win. Each week through Sept. 6, one winner will be selected to receive a TI-84 Plus CE or TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator of their choi...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/backtoschoolcontest
Find the Frequen-Z!
...academic standards they’re required to help students meet? There is no simple answer to this question; however, Texas Instruments (TI) has free resources that can help. The art of storytelling is an approach that has aided people with learning for thousands of years, and TI has an abundance of fr...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/july/survived-the-zombie-outbreak
Five Tips for High School STEM Camps
We all want students to dive into real projects that tie together science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in ways that inspire them to innovate, create and problem-solve. Yet, the need to cover the required curriculum, and limits on time, resources and training, complicate the task of...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2017/june/five-tips-for-high-school-stem-camps
Game Plan for Students and Parents
Find helpful tips and information to make back-to-school time a success. Get Started Find helpful tips and information to make back-to-school time a success. Game Plan for Students and Parents Texas Instruments Game Plan for Students and Parents website ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/september/game-plan-for-students-and-parents
Hands-on STEM activities in honor of Jack Kilby
In 1958, technology as we knew it changed forever. On Sept. 12, 1958, Jack Kilby, a TI engineer and innovator, invented the integrated circuit. This “building block” of modern electronics transformed the face of technology, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives. While we can’t know for sure...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/september/kilby-day
Mission Imagination
NASA and TI are excited to announce the design challenge winning team. A team of five seventh graders from Hyde Park Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada has won the mISSion imaginaTIon design challenge from Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) (TI) and NASA. The national competition asked students fro...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2016/may/mission-imagination-winners
DIY TI Codes Contest
Have you heard about our TI Codes Contest? Each spring, Texas Instruments challenges teams of students from around the U.S. to come up with creative solutions to a proposed theme and submit their ideas. As the groups advance, they ultimately build a functioning model of their concept, which they ...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/diy-ti-codes-contest
Have an AWEsum Fibonacci Day!
...ect them to want to learn more? Without having an occasional moment of awe, going to their mathematics classes must be an awe-ful (awe-less?) experience for these students. I vividly remember a high school teacher who told us that the area of the region shown in figure 1 was equal to the natura...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/fibonacciday
Meet the First Winner of the Spread the Math Love Contest Who Is Making Military Dreams Come True
While the school year may be coming to an end, our new contest aimed at spreading the love of math is just getting started. Through September, we’re asking people across the country to recognize the parents, teachers and mentors who inspired their passion for numbers for a chance to grant them a...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathlove
How to Start the Year on a Math High
As we settle into the new school year, we find ourselves in the perfect position to set the tone in our math classes. We’ve all experienced students who are hesitant learners — they come in with the mindset that they hate math or aren’t good enough to make it through the school year. If this att...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathhigh
Meet the BAMFFs, Best Awesome Mathematical Friends Forever, Who are Spreading Math Love
...other as BAMFFs, best awesome mathematical friends forever. Ms. Meinke teaches AP Calculus AB, and Mr. O teaches AP Calculus BC. They have the chance to collaborate often, practice vertical alignment and disagree on notation. “We need more educators like him — people willing to fight for cha...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/mathbesties
How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
...sing her TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator in high school and still uses it as a full-time engineer with Texas Instruments. I was originally introduced to the TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator at the high school I attended in Sugarland, Texas. I was instantly captivated by the LED backlit scree...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/tiengineersweek