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Ready for Back to School? Teachers Share How They Prepare
Posted 04/08/2023 by Sónia ReisHow are you getting ready for the start of the school year? In addition to curriculum obligations, you’re probably looking for fun ways to show students the beauty of math and science. In this blog, nine teachers share how they are preparing for the 2023–24 school year.
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Flying Like Leonardo Envisioned … In the Classroom!
Posted 14/04/2023 by Ian GallowayDid you know you can fly a Tello drone using Texas Instruments graphing calculators? This new feature allows you to bring flying to the classroom. Using flight and drone technology offer many opportunities for delivering the curriculum. In addition to building math skills, teachers could work on centre of gravity, Newton’s Second Law, air resistance, Bernoulli’s Principle, or ethical issues around drone use. And how about the fact that da Vinci invented three flying machines like the drone 500 years ago?
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March 14: let’s celebrate Einstein’s birthday
Posted 10/03/2023 by Ian GallowayIf there is one equation known by the public, it is E=mc2. Created in 1905, the theory of Special Relativity has transformed our understanding of the Universe and the way it works. In that same year, 1905, Einstein explained the photoelectric effect by declaring that energy was quantized, for which he was awarded a Nobel Prize.
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Will It Float? Turning the TI-Innovator™ Rover Into a Robot-Boat
Posted 23/01/2023 by Sónia ReisScience teacher Alexandre Gomes likes to think “out of the box,” and nothing pleases him more than to tinker with a device to make it do something more than what it was designed for. Why not turn the TI-Innovator™ Rover into a floating measuring station, for example? Gomes and five of his students at the Portuguese Oliveira Júnior school put their sailing caps on and adapted the device for movement on water.
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Smart Irrigation With the TI-Nspire™ CX Ecosystem: “Students See That Mathematics Is Actually Very Useful”
Posted 29/08/2022 by Carlos CoelhoThe motivation and enthusiasm of the students at Molelos Secondary School in Tondela, Portugal, were the driving forces behind the Smart Irrigation project using the TI-Nspire™ CX Ecosystem. But it was maths teacher Olga Pestana who put the wheels in motion.
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T³ Europe Tips for Your Summer Break
Posted 01/07/2022 by Sónia ReisThe summer holiday is here! You’ll probably be looking forward to recharging, and you might also be looking for some good ideas for inspiring books, websites, videos or podcast series. We asked five education specialists and T3 instructors to share their favourite content and how they will spend their free time in the summer. Hope you find something inspiring!
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Temperature: What It Means and How We Measure It
Posted 10/06/2022 by Ian GallowayAlmost nothing happens in the universe without there being a difference of temperature between two places. This suggests that most energy changes are associated with a temperature difference.
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How To Use Real-World Environmental Issues in Class
Posted 02/06/2022 by Jessica Kohout (@MrsKohout)For World Environment Day, get your students problem-solving on real-world environmental issues.
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7 Ways Educators Can Use Robotics in Their Classes
Posted 05/05/2022 by Harshal S. ChhayaRobots are not just for robotics classes. They can enhance math, science and history, increase student confidence with technology and prepare them for 21st century careers.
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The Heartbeat of STEM
Posted 06/04/2022 by Jessica KohoutAre you interested in introducing your students to coding but are not sure how? Read about this heart-pounding STEM project that will get your students excited about programming.
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