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Texas Instruments: From a Distance, You Can See It!
In this activity, students find the distance between points using common fractions and decimals, with the concepts of midpoint and distance. They also learn to solve problems using the Pythagorean theorem.
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Texas Instruments: New York Nystp Practice Exam Grade 8 Math
Students can use this LearningCheck item bank to prepare for the New York NYSTP math exams.
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Texas Instruments: Stuff It!
In this activity, students learn to calculate volume of a sphere and a rectangular prism. They explore methods of determining how many volleyballs can be placed in a room.
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Texas Instruments: Addition of Whole Numbers
This StudyCards stack enables students to review basic addition of positive and negative integer numbers. They are tested on their ability to add positive numbers, negative numbers and numbers in parenthesis.
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Texas Instruments: Swinging Ellipses: Plotting an Ellipse
In this activity, Students can use a motion detector to record the position and velocity of a swinging pendulum. They will plot the data as a velocity versus position phase plot and determine an ellipse that fits it.
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Texas Instruments: The Linear Force Relation for a Rubber Band
In this activity, students' will use a force sensor and a motion detector to study the relationship between the force applied to a rubber band and the distance to which it stretches. They will then model force versus strech data with a...
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Texas Instruments: What Goes Around Comes Around but Can You Measure It?
In this activity, students find the area and the perimeter for several geometric shapes. They also determine the surface area and volume of spheres.
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Texas Instruments: Like Moths Around a Flame
In this activity, students will examine the historical natural selection model of peppered moths. Students can use the calculator to enhance their understanding of the model by analyzing patterns in long-term data of light colored and...
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Texas Instruments: Discovering Algebra: Decreasing Exponential Model & Half Life
Students will explore exponential equations that model real-world decay data.
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Texas Instruments: Calculus Mini Labs With the Ti 89 and the Ti 92 Plus
In this Computer Algebra System (CAS) activity, students learn to store calculation steps in the text editor of the calculator as a script file. This file is later accessed, modified, and used to solve other similar problems.
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Texas Instruments: Properties of Reflections
I use this activity in the beginning of the school year when introducing terminology such as angles, lines, segments, measures, perpendicular etc. The original material is from the SIMMS Integrated Mathematics using Technology, I have...
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Texas Instruments: Indiana Istep Middle School Practice Exam Grade 7 Science
Students can use this LearningCheck item bank to prepare for the ISTEP exams.
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Texas Instruments: A Tall Story
In this activity, students can use the motion detector to measure their current height and obtain a mean value. They will use this and earlier data to plot a graph of height versus age. Students will identify the mathematical model that...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: To C or Not to C
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the Iterated Prisoner Dilemma, an interesting problem in the realm of Game Theory. Two prisoners are separated and given the opportunity to either "rat out"...
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Texas Instruments: Exploring Geometry and Algebra Using Cabri Jr. Application
To prove the Perpendicular Bisectors Theorem using the Cabri Jr. Application, graphically and algebraically.
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Texas Instruments: Statistics
In this activity, students use the statistical features of the calculator to calculate statistical results, perform regressional analyses, and graphically display statistical data.
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Texas Instruments: Ellipse: Locus of Points (Cabri Jr.)
Ellipse as a locus of points using Cabri Jr.
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Texas Instruments: Exploring Linear Equations With Activity Center
Use the attached word document to guide your class exploration on linear equations and their graphs.
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Texas Instruments: Division of Integers
Students use StudyCards(tm) to practice completing division equations that include positive and negative integers.
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Texas Instruments: Algebra Ii and the Ti 83+
This session will examine how the TI-83+ can be used to improve instruction in Algebra II classes. We will look at different objectives from the Algebra II curriculum and examine several ways that calculators can improve student...
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Texas Instruments: Utah Crt Practice Exam Grades 6 & 7 Math
Students can use these LearningCheck item banks to prepare for the CRT exams.
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Texas Instruments: Special Limits
Students can use the graphing calculator to explore the limits of the functions sin(x)/x and (cos(x)-1)/x as x approaches zero.
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Texas Instruments: Solve Absolute Value Equation
This StudyCards set moves from explaining what an equation is, to solving an equation. The function approach is used to solve the equations.
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Texas Instruments: Where Should They Hold the Fundraising Party?
Students learn how to create a table of values for a simple linear function and use the table to create a graph on squared paper. They use the graphing calculator to display the ordered pairs and find values of corresponding to values of...