Texas Instruments TI-73 Explorer Graphing Calculator

The TI-73 Explorer graphing calculator (order code TI-73EX, $66) is the newest middle grade and upper elementary graphing calculator from Texas Instruments. The TI-73 Explorer serves as a bridge between the TI-15 Explorer™ and the TI-83 Plus and TI-83 Plus Silver Edition. The TI-73 Explorer is compatible with existing TI-73 classroom products including LabPro, CBL 2, and all of our lab manuals such as Middle School Science with Calculators, Physical Science with Calculators, etc. At $66 the TI-73 Explorer is very affordable graphing calculator, and it is an excellent choice for science and math at this grade level. Some of the key features of the calculator are

• Support for fractions
• Data analysis and plotting
• Seven (7) statistical plots: pictographs, pie charts, bar charts, and more
• Four (4) constant features
• English and metric conversions
• Applications: Can be purchased to customize Graph Explorer Software to your classroom needs. The big, 64K byte memory applications space lets you store up to four (4) applications at one time. Applications can also be stored on a computer for later use.
• Upgradeable operating system