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Exploring the Binomial Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A comprehensive lesson that explores and researches Pascal's triangle and relates its properties to the Binomial Theorem through a variety of lessons. Have the class practice expanding polynomials using the theorem. A few other formulas...
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Changing Functions

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Your algebra 2 learners show what they can do in this assessment activity on shifting, reflecting, and stretching graphs. Given the graphs of various functions, they write the represented equation.
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Endothermic and Exothermic Processes

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students investigate temperature using the TI. In this chemistry instructional activity, students analyze the change in temperature, as chemicals are dissolved in water. They analyze data collected using the CBL 2.
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Factoring and Solving Quadratic Binomials

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here is a TI-Navigator™ activity that allows students to review the concept of factoring and solving quadratic binomials, including a connection to graphical solutions. They enter a number such as -2 using the minus key and not the...
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Identifying a Triangle by its Sides and Angles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Identify triangles by their angle measures and side lengths by looking at and measuring angle measures and side lengths. Use Cabri Jr. to construct various triangles, then manipulate the construction to create the 6 types of triangles,...
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When pH Changes What Happens?

For Teachers 4th - 9th Standards
Learners explore the pH of water in this fourth through ninth grade science lesson. They test water samples to determine the pH, then record observations at the aquatic site and compare their observations with the pH readings.
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Can You Breathe Like a Pinniped?

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Young learners compare the breathing patterns of different animals in this pinniped lesson. They examine the breathing pattern of California sea lions and northern elephant seals. Pupils collect, compare and analyze data concerning...
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What's the Scale?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Pupils will analyze scales as related to models and real life in this geometry lesson. They work together to compare the dimensions on a model as compared to the real building.
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How Do Pinnipeds Stay Warm?

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Learners experiment to determine ways different types of insulation materials work. In this animal adaptation activity, they make hand coverings from plastic bags, shortening, feathers, and wool. They observe effects of these insulating...
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Land Erosion - Running Off With Soil

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Learners evaluate the relationship between rainfall and runoff of a small island for one year. In this rainfall vs. runoff lesson plan, students analyze the relationship between the rainfall and the runoff on Barro Colorado Island over a...
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Measuring Air Pressure Lab

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed Standards
Your class can investigate the weather through an experiment. In this chemistry lesson plan, learners collect data on air pressure and relate it to the weather. They collect data with the TI containing a barometer probe.
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Transformational Puppet

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High Schoolers create a puppet and make predictions using the TI Navigator. For this math lesson, they will discuss their results as they explore transformation. This assignment requires the TI navigator or a smartboard.
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REAL LIFE REAL WORLD Activity - Surveyor

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate surveying in this secondary mathematics activity. They will explore a real world application of geometry and trigonometry as they create a plot plan using a geometry utility and calculate the area of the land parcel.
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What's the Trig?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners determine the trigonometric relationships within a triangle as they construct a right triangle on the Ti-89. They find the sine, cosine, and tangent of various angles of their triangle construction.
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Data Collection for Bar Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Learners study the concept of central tendency in this data collection for bar graph lesson. They collect data outside as instructed and organize it into a bar graphs, then they list in specific groups the labels that appear on the...
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NUMB3RS Activity: Narrowing the Search

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young scholars explore the length of an n-dimensional vector.  In this Algebra II/Pre-calculus instructional activity, students investigate an expansion of the Pythagorean Theorem to n-dimensional space. 
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Light and Day

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Pupils explore the concept of collecting data as they collect data on their graphing calculator about time, temperature, and light. Learners plot the data and create histograms and box and whisker plots to analyze the data.
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Math TODAY for TI-Navigator System - Is Leisure Time Really Shrinking?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers organize data from the USA TODAY Snapshot, "Is leisure time really shrinking?" into two scatter plots and determine the quadratic model for each scatter plot. They determine if these graphs intersect and learn the concept...
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Golden Ratio Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate the Golden Ratio in this algebra I or geometry instructional activity. They explore the Golden Ratio as the conduct an experiment in which they collect various measurement from their team members and find the...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Driving With Djikstra

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to one of the prominent algorithms in graph theory used to find shortest paths -- the Djikstra Algorithm. The lesson includes four graphs of increasing...
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Texas Instruments: Go for the Gold

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and use the concept of ratio in a real-world situation. They will make judgments regarding accuracy and precision of measurement.
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Texas Instruments: Investigating Area Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The interactive Cabri Jr. geometry application makes it easy to measure the area of triangles and quadrilaterals. In this activity, students will explore some interesting area relationships in quadrilaterals.
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Texas Instruments: Quilt Block Areas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will draw and color scaled drawings of traditional quilt block designs. They then find the appropriate fraction, decimal, and percent of the overall design for each color.
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Texas Instruments: Rational Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This TI InterActive! activity is an algebra test which examines the student's understanding of Rational Functions.