STEM calculator guide

A guide to using the handheld to perform calculations typically done in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. (Revised for v3.2.)

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Fach:  Mathematics, STEM

Schlagwörter: STEM, Standard form, Notation

Centres of a Triangle

Construct some of the centres of a triangle and investigate relationships between them, discovering the Euler Line

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Circles, Zeros, Geometry

Averages with dice

Simulate the throws of one or more dice, predict and tabulate outcomes. Plot the data and obtain averages and the range.

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Autor: Jay Timotheus

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Averages, Expected frequency, Randomness, Probability

Circle Theorems

Explore five circle theorems by moving lines and points around the TI-Nspire screen.

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Autor: Jay Timotheus

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Circle

Reflection

Experience reflection dynamically: relationships between the object, the image and the position and orientation of the mirror.

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Autor: Jay Timotheus

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Reflection, Geometry

Relative Frequency

Animation comparing absolute and relative frequencies for simulated dice throws and coin tosses

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Autor: Jay Timotheus

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Frequency, Probability

Power and Exponential Laws

Modelling situations where experimental data suggests there may be either power or exponential functions

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Exponential, Powers and roots, Scattergraphs, Logarithms, Modeling

Moving from Degrees to Radians

Measuring angles using degrees and radians (both decimals and fractions of π).

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Autor: Nevil Hopley

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Fractions, Decimals, Angles, History of maths, Trigonometry

Population predictions

Real-time population data is used to develop models and make predictions of world population growth.

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Autor: Jonathan Powell

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Linear, Exponential, Data

Mediators of Triangles

Investigate where mediators of different triangles meet

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Geometry

Volumes of Revolution

Rotate a curve about the x-axis and explore the volume of the shape generated.

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Autor: Andy Kemp

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Integration

Integer Grid (template)

A ready-made Graphs page on which an integer grid is shown

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Christopher Rath

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Coordinate systems

Rotation about the origin (template)

A ready-made Graphs page for rotation about the origin.

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Christopher Rath

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Similarity

Optimizing the sheep pen

Discussion of seven different approaches to an optimization problem

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Various topics, Circle theorems

The Sine Rule

Investigate ratios in triangles that are not right-angled

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Trigonometry, Sine

Shoe Sizes with Box Plots

Introducing boxplots and using them to compare very large data sets.

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Autor: Jay Timotheus

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Data, Box plots, Time series

Pythagoras' Theorem

Discover, confirm, illustrate and use Pythagoras' Theorem

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Autor: Jay Timotheus

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Pythagoras

Diameters of Polygons

Investigate the ratio of perimeter to diameter for regular polygons.

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: 2D shapes, Perimeter, Polygons

Turn, turn, turn, turn

UPDATED. Four rotations of 90° and you get back to where you started .... always?

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Transformations

Sequences

Generate sequences using term-to-term and sequence to term rules.

Verlag: Texas Instruments UK

Herausgeber: Barrie Galpin

Autor: Jay Timotheus

Fach:  Mathematics

Schlagwörter: Patterns