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Texas Instruments: Real Life Real World Avalanche Rescue

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When hikers and skiers go into terrain with a risk of avalanches, they take safety equipment including avalanche rescue beacons. An avalanche rescue beacon sends and receives electromagnetic field signals that travel in circular...
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Texas Instruments: Getting From Point a to Point B

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity features a map of the state of Michigan. Students are instructed to give the teacher driving directions from one point in the state to another. The students accomplish this task by finding the correct linear equation that...
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Texas Instruments: Using the Equation Solver to Find a Solution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, you will see how to use the Equation Solver (under the MATH) key to find the value of a missing variable in an equation.
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Texas Instruments: Repeated Skip Counting and Multiplication

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will explore how to write equivalent repeated addition and multiplication number sentences with the aid of calculators.
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Texas Instruments: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Time Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A time line showing when the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were built.
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Texas Instruments: Celsius and Fahrenheit Time Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A number line comparing temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
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Texas Instruments: Multiplying and Dividing Monomials

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students should know how to multiply and divide monomials.
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Texas Instruments: Glencoe Mid. School Science: Effect of Acid Rain on Limestone

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will collect rainwater and measure its acidity. They will use the rainwater to determine the effect that acid rain has on limestone.
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Slippery Paths

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to Steiner Points, which are essentially points of concurrency within triangles. This is done in the context of a criminal who needs to place a hideout...
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Texas Instruments: Heat of Fusion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students can use a calorimeter to measure the amount of heat needed to melt ice and determine the heat of fusion for ice. EasyData is needed for this activity.
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Texas Instruments: Linear Functions: Slope Using Coordinates

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn that the slope is ratio of change in y to the change in x. They find the slope of a line using the slope formula, and examine the characteristics of lines with positive, zero, negative, or non-defined slope.
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Texas Instruments: Logistic Regression

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this TI InterActive! activity, students analyze statistical data using the calculator or the TI InterActive!software. They approximate Cable TV Revenues using logistic regression.
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Texas Instruments: West Virginia Westest Practice Exams Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can use these LearningCheck item banks to prepare for the following - the Science exam.
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Not So Great Expectations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson exposes students to the concept of expected values (or expected outcomes). The method for computing the expectation is explained, and then many examples are given for students to...
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Texas Instruments: From a Distance, You Can See It!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students can use this LearningCheck item bank to prepare for the New York NYSTP math exams.
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Texas Instruments: Stuff It!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.