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Texas Instruments: Perpendicular or Parallel?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students can use TI 73 calculators to explore equations that create parallel and perpendicular lines. Teacher will use the screen capture feature of the Navigator system to display students graphs and equations to discuss observations to...
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Texas Instruments: Got Complements? With Cabri Jr.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use the Axes and Measure Angle tool to explore and calculate complementary angles.
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Phreak Out!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to modern applications of mathematics, namely espionage. Through this lesson, students will learn of Van Eck Phreaking, in which electromagnetic radiation...
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Texas Instruments: Jason: Does Clear Water Mean Healthy Water?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
JASON Aquatic Field Study: Explore how most aquatic animals and plants need clear water to survive by performing an experiment to measure the water clarity of a local aquatic site.
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Texas Instruments: Cannibal Critters and Cannibal Critters Cont.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore probability and statistics using predictions and histograms. Theoretical and experimental probability will also be examined.
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Texas Instruments: Math Today for Ti Navigator System Humidity Makes Air Feel

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using data from the USA TODAY graphic "Humidity makes air feel hotter" students will explore linear functions to determine how well they model the relationship between air temperature and heat index. When the model has been determined...
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Texas Instruments: Transformations of Exponential Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity assesses student's knowledge of transformations of exponential functions. Writing exponential functions that model growth and decay are also explored.
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Texas Instruments: Hess's Law Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can use TI InterActive! to explore Hess's Law and the conservation of energy during reactions.
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Texas Instruments: Measurement and Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity students explore the use of manipulatives to conduct simple geometry and measurement activities.
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Texas Instruments: Transformations Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students explore transformations using the T.I. APP TRANSFRM. Based on the students conclusions, from a parent graph they will be able to plot points to shift or reflect the graph.
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Texas Instruments: Gambler's Fallacy: Longest Streaks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students explore longest the streak for 7 tosses of a coin. They understand the relationship between relative frequency and Theoretical probability. They will be able to clear misconceptions about probabilities of streaks.
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Texas Instruments: Gambler's Fallacy: Lucky Streaks and Slumps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students determine the probability of independent and compound events. They design simulations and collect data to explore streaking behavior.
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Irregular Polygon Centroids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students explore finding the centroid of an irregular polygon by finding the mean of the coordinates of the polygon's vertices. Further, students find the centroid given that...
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Texas Instruments: Central Versus Inscribed Angles in Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Using Cabri Jr. to explore the connection between central and inscribed angles along with their arc measure.
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Texas Instruments: Key Curriculum Press Calculus: Concepts & Applications

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore the instantaneous rate of change of a function.
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Texas Instruments: Calculator Pattern Pizzles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson will allow young children to explore number patterns and relationships while introducing the calculator at the same time.