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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: Points of Intersection and Zeros of Functions
Solve equations and find zeroes of functions using the TI-83 in this lesson. Keystroke instructions and calculator screenprints are included to help students with the activity.
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Texas Instruments: Math Today: Humidity Makes Air Feel Hotter Iii
Investigate the relationship among humidity, air temperature, and the heat index while learning about modeling data, evaluating functions, and describing the end behavior of a function. Students will use graphing calculator technology to...
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Texas Instruments: Math Today Breast Cancer Risks
Cross curricular lines while integrating technology into your classroom to study a real-world application of logistic regression. This activity shows students how to enter data into their graphing calculators and perform a regression in...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Judgement Call: Filtering Suspects
This brief activity clarifies to use Bayes' Rule and conditional probability to narrow down searches. Students then have the opportunity to calculate some conditional probabilities using the same technique. Graphing calculator technology...
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Texas Instruments: Explore End Behavior
Guide your students to the discovery that the end behavior of a polynomial function is determined by the degree of the polynomial and the sign of the leading coefficient by using this activity from Holt, Rinehart, & Winston's Algebra...
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Texas Instruments: Exploring the Vertex Form of the Quadratic Function
Examine the changes in a graph of a quadratic function that occur when different transformations are applied to the vertex form of the equation. Students will need to have the transformation graphing application on their TI-83+...
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Texas Instruments: Graphing Polynomial Functions
Here's a very detailed, step-by-step activity for students to do to learn about the relationship between the factored form of a polynomial function and its graph. Calculator instructions for the TI-83 are given, right down to the screen...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs How to Get a Date for Episode
Students will learn how to estimate time of death by using a lab that models carbon dating and radioactive decay. Activity pages complete with calculator keystroke instructions and screenprints are included in this lesson plan based on...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs Season 2 "Convergence" Where Is the Bullet?
Charlie uses parametric equations of projectile motion to figure out where to look for a fired bullet in the "Convergence" episode of the show NUMB3RS. The lesson plan includes a student page complete with keystroke instructions for the...