This session is for teachers with little to no experience with graphing calculators.  It is appropriate for both middle and high school teachers and either TI-73 or TI-83/84 users.  Participants will learn how to use the graphing calculator to enter the equation that represents a pattern and then produce a graph and make a table of the function.  Adjusting the window and table setup and using the TRACE feature will be considered.  Also, syntax concerns and common error messages will be addressed. 

Graphing Calculators IIA - Middle School

This session is for middle school teachers with some experience with either the TI-73 or the TI-83/84. Participants will investigate how to solve equations using the trace, table, and intersect features of the graphing calculator.  Note:  Graphing Calculators IIA and Graphing Calculators IIB can be taken in either order.

Graphing Calculators IIB - Middle School

This session is for middle school teachers with some experience with either the TI-73 or the TI-83/84.  Participants will discover the attributes of functions and investigate the effect of changing parameters of different functions. Note:  The Level II Middle School sessions can be taken in any order.

Graphing Calculators IIC - Middle School

This session is for middle school teachers with some experience with either the TI-73 or the TI-83/84.  Participants will use the probability simulator to collect data, find the measures of variance, and create a box-and-whisker plot from the data. Note:  The Level II Middle School sessions can be taken in any order.

Graphing Calculators IID - Middle School

This session is for middle school teachers.  Participants will explore applications available on the TI-73 including the number line and geoboard applications. Note:  The Level II Middle School sessions can be taken in any order.

Graphing Calculators II - High School

This session is for high school teachers with some experience with the TI-83/84. Participants will investigate how to solve equations of many types using the trace, table, and intersect calculating tools of the graphing calculator. 

Graphing Calculators III - High School

This session is for high school teachers with some experience with the TI-83/84. Participants will investigate maximization and minimization with the graphing calculator through various contexts such as parabolic functions and linear programming. 

This session is for high school teachers with experience with the TI-83/84. Teachers will investigate how to enter, store, add, and multiply data while using the matrix capabilities of the TI-83/84.  Participants will learn how to generate recursive sequences to explore exponential patterns on the TI-83/84.  Teachers will utilize the Draw Inverse feature of the TI-83/84 to examine functions and their inverses.

Introduction to Data with the Graphing Calculator

This session is for teachers with little to no experience with the data and statistical capabilities of the graphing calculator.  It is appropriate for both middle and high school teachers and either TI-73 or TI-83/84 users.  In this workshop, participants will learn to enter a set of data into the graphing calculator, represent the data graphically, and determine a possible equation to represent the data.  Finding the mean, median, and mode of a data set may also be addressed.

The CBR is a sonic motion detector.  This session is for middle school or high school teachers. While having some experience with the data analysis capabilities of the graphing calculator would be helpful, it is not necessary. Participants will learn how to collect and analyze motion data using the CBR and a graphing calculator.

The CBL device along with the appropriate sensor can be used to collect various kinds of data like motion, force, sound, light, Ph, and temperature.  This session is for high school teachers. While having had some experience with the data analysis capabilities of the graphing calculator would be helpful, it is not necessary. Participants will learn how to collect and analyze temperature, light, or voltage data using the CBL and a graphing calculator.

This session is for middle school or high school teachers who have no or very limited experience with Geometer’s Sketchpad (GSP).  It will introduce the basics of GSP:  the “Tools”, the menus, and drawing simple geometric figures.  If, after taking this session, a teacher feels “ready” for the GSP II (Geometry) and/or GSP II (Algebra) sessions, he/she can go directly to these sessions and skip Introduction to GSP, Part 2.

This session is for middle school or high school teachers who are familiar with the basics of GSP but feel they need to learn more or review some before taking the GSP II (Geometry) and/or GSP II (Algebra) sessions.  Note: Participants, who have attended either Introduction to GSP or Introduction to GSP, Part 1 or Part 2, are prepared for and should take either of the GSP II sessions.

This session is designed for middle school or high school teachers who have previous experience using Sketchpad. Participants will explore slope and work through activities designed to help students develop an understanding of slope.

This session is designed for middle school or high school teachers who have previous experience using Sketchpad. Participants will explore properties of a parallelogram and determine if quadrilaterals are parallelograms.  These activities can be used with students and/or can be extended to explore other special quadrilaterals.

This session is designed for high school teachers who are comfortable using Sketchpad. Participants will learn to use some of the advanced capabilities of GSP, including using formulas, plotting points, animation, and action buttons. The activities will be based on modeling the motion of a Ferris Wheel.

This session is for middle school or high school teachers with little to no experience with Excel spreadsheets.  Excel will be used to direct teachers’ attention to various aspects of linearity, particularly the relationships among tables, graphs, and equations, and the importance of slope and y-intercept.

This session is for middle school or high school teachers with some experience with Excel spreadsheets.  Excel will be used to direct participants’ attention to functional relationships, particularly those that are quadratic.  Participants will use Excel to create a spreadsheet and graph to explore the relationships between a fixed volume and the radius, height, and surface area of a cylinder. 

This session is for middle school or high school teachers who have no or very limited experience with the Fathom statistics program. Participants will receive an overview of Fathom, including creating graphs of data sets and simple simulations of probability events.

This session is for middle school or high school teachers who have had some exposure to the Fathom statistics program. Participants will take an extended look at the Fathom program, including more advanced data displays, use of on-line data sets, and simulating compound probability events.