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Texas Instruments: A Day at the Beach Adventure 9

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare the heating rates of wet sand and dry sand and study the effect of evaporation on heating rates. They create, interpret and analyze graphs of data. They also relate slope to rate of change.
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Texas Instruments: Greatest Common Factor

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students use a graphing calculator to find the Greatest Common Factor of two or more numbers.
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Texas Instruments: Climate and Temperature: Sinusoidal Models

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The average temperature in any location changes with the season. In this activity, you will develop a model for the average temperatures in your hometown.
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Texas Instruments: Measuring Angles in a Quadrilateral

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, use an interactive, and investigative approach to determining the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral. They use Cabri Jr. to draw, measure, and calculate the characteristics of the angles of quadrilaterals.
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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: Dna Sequencing Alignment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has student find the level of similarity between two different-length strands of DNA. Connections to Djikstra's algorithm are mentioned, and students learn more to follow careful...
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Texas Instruments: Verify Absolute Value Inequalities With a Graphical Approach

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find the solution sets of absolute value inequalities like abs(x-3)5 using the equation editor (y=). Focus on finding the boundaries of inequality intervals.
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Texas Instruments: Rational Functions Asymptotes and Holes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
These multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions ask students to identify asymptotes, holes, and domain for rational functions.
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Texas Instruments: Parent Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here's a file that shows the graphs of eight major mathematical functions. Save it on your computer to use individual graphs in documents you create.
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Texas Instruments: Ti 92 + Cabri Geometry for the Not Necessarily Advanced User

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity is a tutorial on using the Cabri Geometry application. Students' perform geometric constructions which range from simple triangles to complex conics.
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Texas Instruments: Selection Direction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity you will produce histograms using the Data Graphs Wizard and learn about the concept of biological variance.
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Texas Instruments: Parabolic Applications

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will analyze a parabola graphed from word problems. Students can use the calculator to find the roots and vertex of the graph to answer questions based on the word problems.
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Texas Instruments: Direct, Inverse, and Joint Variation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This set of questions pertains to direct, inverse, and joint variation. Students are asked to recognize equations of each type and to solve applications problems. Solutions and explanations are included.
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Texas Instruments: Washington Wasl Practice Exam Grades 6 & 7 Math

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students can use these LearningCheck item banks to prepare for the WASL exams.
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Texas Instruments: Prehistoric Parabola Match

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity center is used as a formative assessment after a full unit on the different transformations of vertical parabolas.
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Texas Instruments: The Midpoint Formula

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of the activity is for students to verify the results of the Midpoint Formula using the dynamic capabilities of Cabri Jr.
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Texas Instruments: Zeros of a Parabola

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to an interesting property of parabolas and a method of proving that property using the TI-89 scripts. They then use the CAS of their TI-89 to generalize upon specific results.
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Texas Instruments: Analyzing Number Cube Sums

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students extend their understanding of theoretical probability and patterns. They use number cubes, to build awareness that a fraction and its decimal and percent representation on the calculator are "close," but not...
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Texas Instruments: Transformation Graphing App

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This App helps students improve graphing comprehension. They input functions, view visual diagrams of functions, and observe changes in the function as the parameters change.
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Texas Instruments: Air Resistance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use the Motion Detector to measure the effect of air resistance on falling objects. They determine how air resistance and mass affect the terminal velocity of a falling object and then choose a force model that fits the data.
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Texas Instruments: Constructing Lines From Individual Points

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will understand that a line is made up of many points that all follow the same rule.
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Texas Instruments: New York Regents Practice Exams Science Physics & Earth Sci

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can use these LearningCheck item banks to prepare for the following - Earth Science and Physics.
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Texas Instruments: Colorado Csap Practice Exams Grades 6 8 Math

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students can use these LearningCheck item banks to prepare for the Colorado CSAP math exams.
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Texas Instruments: Let Me Count the Ways

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this activity, students will make predictions about the number of ways to make eleven with two or more addends. They will investigate patterns with these addends with the help of manipulatives and the calculator.