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Texas Instruments: Calculus Tools Ti 89 Flash Application How to Guide
This Computer Algebra System (CAS) activity encourages students to investigate the use of the calculator to graph a function, find the value of a tangent to the curve, and find area under the curve using right sum.
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Texas Instruments: Electron Charge Lab
In this activity students experimentally determine the magnitude of the elementary charge on an electron.
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Texas Instruments: Step by Step
In this activity, students take distance readings as they walk in front of a CBR. They apply the properties of a linear function to develop a model for the motion and interpret the values used in the model. Students learn to graph...
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Texas Instruments: Molality / Molarity
This activity is designed to assess the comprehension of concepts related to molality and molarity.
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Texas Instruments: Rational Functions
In this set of questions, students are asked to investigate rational functions to find vertical, horizontal, and oblique asymptotes as well as x- and y-intercepts. Questions are multiple choice and true/false with solutions provided.
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Texas Instruments: The Derivative as a Limit
Read about the near-simultaneous discovery of Calculus by Liebniz and Newton, then see some examples worked through of finding derivatives of functions using the limit definition of derivative. Following the examples are exercises with...
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Texas Instruments: Investigate Outliers Effect on Regression Lines
In this activity, students begin to investigate linear regression by looking at the effect of outliers on the regression line. The worksheet is interactive.
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Texas Instruments: Holt Physics: Brightness of Light
This probeware version of the Skills Practice Lab Brightness of Light from the chapter Light and Reflection uses a light probe to measure the intensity of light at different distances from a light source.
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Texas Instruments: Swing Thing Activity Math and Science in Motion
This activity serves as a follow-up to Activity 10 in the Explorations book, Math and Science in Motion: Activities for Middle School by Chris Brueningsen, Elisa Brueningsen, and Bill Bower (Texas Instruments Incorporated, 1997).
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Texas Instruments: Measuring Angles
This activity will introduce and/or reinforce estimating the measurements of angles.
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Texas Instruments: Centripetal Acceleration
In this activity, students observe the centripetal acceleration of an object in uniform circular motion. Relate the changes in velocity and radius to the centripetal acceleration.
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Texas Instruments: Arc Length and Area of Sectors
This is an introduction to finding the arc length and area of sectors of circles. Students should have the formulas for Circumference and Area of circles.
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Texas Instruments: Glencoe Algebra 1: Graphing Calculator Investigation Curve
Students will make scatter plots and find the appropriate regression equations that best fit the data.
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Texas Instruments: Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal With Cabri Jr.
Using Cabri Jr, the students (with the teachers help) will create parallel lines cut by a transversal, measure angles, and compare the relationships of the angles formed using features of the Cabri Jr.
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Texas Instruments: Science Today West Nile Killing More People
After studying the USA TODAY Snapshot? "West Nile killing more people,"students will compare the number of West Nile cases in the United States over the past three years. From the data, percent increases and decreases from year to year...
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Texas Instruments: Evaluating Rational Functions
In this activity, students study the asymptotic behavior of rational functions. They explore the two types of asymptotes and make generalizations as to when they do or do not occur.
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Texas Instruments: Systems of Linear Equations
This set of questions pertains to systems of linear equations. Students are asked to determine the number of solutions and to find points of intersection. These are multiple choice problems with solutions included.
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Texas Instruments: Dividing Notes
Students create an altered musical melody by dividing fractions. They compute the value of notes in terms of fractions and make their sum equal to the time signature.
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Texas Instruments: Using Cbr and Ti Navigator to Create a Regression Equation
In this activity, students generate data points using the CBR and store them as lists. Then, transfer the lists to the Activity Center to be graphed. The students will attempt to come up with a suitable regression equation.
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Texas Instruments: Cricket Thermometers
In this activity, students investigate the relationship between temperature and number of cricket chirps. They learn to find the other value of a function when given one value of a function. Students use linear regression and plot a set...
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Texas Instruments: Sin, Cos, and Tan of Right Triangles
In this activity, students explore a right angled triangle and its trigonometric concepts. They investigate the trigonometric ratios for the angles of the triangle.
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Texas Instruments: A Maze Ing Secret Paths
Learners learn to add and subtract numbers Using the calculator. They investigate patterns in place value and explore relationships between numbers on the hundred chart.
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Texas Instruments: Reflections on the Coordinate Plane
Use the activity center in TI-Navigator to discover a generalization for reflecting ordered pairs over the x- or y-axis.
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Texas Instruments: Watt's the Deal?
In this activity, students can use a light probe to measure the light intensities of light bulbs with different wattage ratings.