REVISED

Supply List - Calculator Purchasing Information

 

NEISD provides classroom sets of calculators available to all students for use during math and science classes.  

However, if students own their own calculators, the calculator can provide additional help on homework outside of class, particularly in mathematics.  If you are choosing to purchase a calculator, please base that decision on the mathematics course that your student is currently enrolled in or will plan to take.

 

NEISD has selected to use Texas Instruments (TI) calculators in math and science classrooms for classroom sets that students use during the school day.  

 

If your student is taking 6th, 7th or 8th grade math, your student would benefit from the use of a scientific calculator. The scientific calculator that the campuses use is the TI-30X IIS if you wish to purchase a compatible calculator.   For any math course beyond 8th grade math, a graphing calculator is an essential tool for learning.  Students could use a graphing calculator in their middle school math courses; however, the current 6th – 8th grade Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) exams do not allow students to use any calculator when taking the assessments.

 

There are currently TI-83, TI-83+, and TI-84+ graphing calculators available in the classroom sets.  The most recent model that is available for purchase is the TI-84+; however, the TI-83 and TI-84 still meet the needs if one is available.   If your student is taking or plans to take Calculus AP or Statistics AP in the future, then the TI-89 model would be the calculator to consider.   All of the Texas Instruments calculators listed above, except the TI-89, are approved for use on the 9th – 11th grade math and science Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) exams.  The TI-89 is the most powerful graphing calculator allowed for use on the AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Physics, AP Chemistry, PSAT/NMSQT, SAT® I, and SAT II exams.

 

 

Calculator Purchasing Information by Course

 

 

Any form of the following courses:

·   6th grade math

·   7th grade math

·   8th grade math

 

Scientific Calculator

         (suggested model: TI-30X IIS)

 

Any form of the following courses:

·   Algebra I

·   Geometry

·   Algebra II

·   PreCalculus   

 

 

Graphing Calculator

         (suggested models: TI-84+,  

          black or silver edition – TI-83, 

          TI-83+)

 

·   Calculus AP

·   Statistics AP

·   Physics AP

 

Graphing Calculator

         (suggested model: TI-89)  

               

 

 

Revised 4/18/07