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Math in Motion — 5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math

Posted 04/02/2024 by Harshal S. Chhaya (@hschhaya)

The mission of National Robotics Week is simple: to inspire students in robotics and STEM-related fields and to share the excitement of robotics with audiences of all ages. Learn how five educators are using the TI-Innovator™ Rover to teach math.

TI Codes Contest: Winning Tips for First-Timers

Posted 01/24/2024 by Erick Archer, TI Science Specialist

Are you or your students interested in entering the TI Codes Contest for the first time? Get beginner tips and advice for help getting started.

TI Graphing Calculators + Vernier Go Direct® Sensors = A Match Made in STEM!

Posted 10/27/2023 by Erick Archer, Market Strategy Manager, Texas Instruments

What do science students get when teachers connect Vernier Go Direct^® sensors with TI’s Python-capable graphing calculators? An easy-to-use, portable and wireless data collection system that gets them more engaged in their learning!

3 Creepy and Cool Science Activities for Halloween

Posted 10/13/2023 by TI Staff

Halloween is creeping closer! Now is the best time to try out these spooky fun Halloween science activities to get your students engaged in their learning and thinking like scientists.

Aha! Activity: Get Students Excited About Linear Equations

Posted 09/19/2023 by Brad Posnanski, @POSitive_MATH

Find out how a high school math teacher tried a new “musical” approach to teaching linear functions that his students love. Brad Posnanski walks us through a hands-on lesson for algebra students: making a digital slide whistle. His story kicks off a new blog series where educators share their favorite “Aha! activities” to try in your own classroom.

Women Who Code: A TI Intern’s Fascinating STEM Journey

Posted 08/16/2023 by TI Staff

Discover how a TI intern’s STEM journey has taken her from not being exposed to coding at all in high school to now majoring in computer engineering. Learn about the barriers she’s had to overcome as well as the benefits she’s learned about using a calculator to code.

6 Sensational TI Resources to Jump-Start Your School Year

Posted 08/11/2023 by Cara Kugler, Instructional Content Manager, TI

Summer may be coming to a close, but TI can help ease the back-to-school season with many resources to get you and your students up to speed, no matter what calculator they are using. Let’s take a look at six favorite TI resources to get your year started off right.

Stars, Stripes and Sparkles! Try These 3 Coding Activities for July Fourth Fun

Posted 06/26/2023 by TI Staff

Celebrate the fun and freedom of coding with these three patriotic-themed coding activities and challenges! Discover the ease of Python coding with our TI Codes modules and fun of experimental coding.

Summer of STEM: 4 Engaging Solutions To Keep Your Students Learning All Summer Long

Posted 05/15/2023 by Cara Kugler, Instructional Content Manager, Texas Instruments

Are you looking for engaging STEM opportunities to keep students learning over the summer? Do we have a list of ideas for you!

How To Avoid 5 Common Grant Writing Mistakes

Posted 05/12/2023 by Jennifer Brewer Cezar, Grant Partnership Consultant

Many factors go into writing a successful grant proposal. Here’s tips on how to avoid the five most common grant writing mistakes.

Earth Day Engineering: Mr. Trash Wheel and More Classroom-Ready Activities To Use With Your Students

Posted 04/17/2023 by Jessica Kohout (@MrsKohout)

On this Earth Day, get your students problem-solving on real-world environmental issues.

Math in Motion — 5 Educators Using Robotics To Teach Math

Posted 04/04/2023 by Harshal S. Chhaya (@hschhaya)

The mission of National Robotics Week is simple: to inspire students in robotics and STEM-related fields and to share the excitement of robotics with audiences of all ages. Learn how five educators are using the TI-Innovator™ Rover to teach math.

Finding Fibonacci (Fibo) — 6 Examples That May Just Blow Your Mind!

Posted 11/18/2022 by Brad Posnanski

Fibonacci Day is Nov. 23. Join educator Brad Posnanski as he explores some unlikely hiding places for Fibonacci’s sequence, the Golden Ratio.

How To Celebrate National Chemistry Week With Students

Posted 10/14/2022 by Stacy Thibodeaux @stacythib

Visualization and collection of real-world data is a great way to keep students involved in classroom instruction as well as foster their growth as scientific investigators.

Breast Cancer: When Good DNA Goes Bad

Posted 10/07/2022 by Jeff Lukens, retired biology teacher

Follow the personal cancer ordeal of Kristi Egland, Ph.D., a researcher who was diagnosed with the same type of cancer that she was researching. Read Egland’s story and learn about one woman’s journey from diagnosis to treatment to cure as your students explore the biology behind cancer in the TI STEM Behind Health activity, “Breast Cancer: When Good DNA Goes Bad.”

Students and Teachers Tell All About the TI Codes Contest

Posted 09/30/2022 by Harshal S. Chhaya (@hschhaya)

Read what students and teachers really think of the TI Codes Contest. Spoiler: They love it! We caught up with the 2022 finalists to get their take on their experiences and advice for future participants.

Get Your Promposal Ready — Try Balloons and Buttons

Posted 04/11/2022 by John Hanna

It’s prom season, and it can be hard to keep your students from daydreaming about prom night. How about an activity that will grab their attention while you sneak in some programming skills? Check out several examples for “promposals” on the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator.

TI’s Path to STEM Projects Are Now Available in Python

Posted 02/18/2022 by Erick Archer, Market Strategy Manager

Texas Instruments’ Path to STEM projects provide students stepping stones to learn fundamental concepts in electrical engineering through short hands-on activities using breadboards, wires and electronics components. Students will control the breadboard through coding. This program is designed for beginners, so no experience is necessary.

The Heartbeat of STEM

Posted 02/11/2022 by Jessica Kohout (@MrsKohout)

Are 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.

Math and Python: A Great Valentine’s Day Couple

Posted 02/04/2022 by Adam Pennell (@apennell1)

Valentine’s Day is a time of love, and who doesn’t love math and Python? Have your students use Python to shoot cupid’s arrow through a heart while learning about linear and quadratic functions. Math and Python using TI technology: a match made for Valentine’s Day.

Behind the Scenes of TI Codes

Posted 01/21/2022 by John Hanna

Take a peek behind the scenes of TI Codes with the author himself, John Hanna. Learn more about the history and conception of this popular free web resource that is teaching students and teachers to code in TI-Basic and Python on their TI calculators.

How to Host Your Own TI Codes Contest

Posted 01/07/2022 by Alison Steele, Senior Marketing Manager

Want to help your students prepare for this year’s TI Codes Contest? Or just looking for some light, fun STEM competition to bring to your school or group? Check out this guide and download templates to help hold your own mini TI Codes Contest!

To STEM and Beyond!

Posted 11/01/2021 by Stacy Thibodeaux (@stacythib)

Read all about how one teacher uses TI technology in her STEM/robotics class to engage students, and support computer science and Python coding.

5 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom

Posted 10/06/2021 by Ellen Fishpaw (@ellenfishpaw)

Up your Halloween game with some of our favorite fall activities for your math and science classroom.

Coding Like a Girl (Scout), and Loving It!

Posted 08/06/2021 by Jennifer Kass

Texas Instruments collaborated with the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas to create activities for Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors that allow them to earn the Coding for Good, Coding Basics badge. By using a graphing calculator that they may already be familiar with from their math and science classes, this gives girls a friendly introduction to coding.

From Wright Brothers to Ingenuity

Posted 06/30/2021 by Karlheinz Haas (@karl0294)

April 2021 marked the first time in history that an object built on Earth made a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The tiny NASA-built helicopter Ingenuity took off from aptly named Wright Brothers Field. This event provided teachers with a great opportunity to explore topics well within the high school, and even middle school, curriculum, and apply them through such a timely and exciting experience.

Celebrate National Robotics Week With Supervised Teardowns

Posted 04/02/2021 by Harshal S. Chhaya, Systems Engineer and Product Manager (@hschhaya)

Supervised teardowns are a tear-ific and engaging way to introduce students to engineering and robotics. Investigating the insides of familiar products sparks curiosity and encourages exploration. This National Robotics Week, encourage your students to learn what’s inside the devices they use on a daily basis.

Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation

Posted 03/19/2021 by Michelle Grooms, TI Educational Technology Consultant (@Mlg5791)

Did you know that Girl Scout troops can borrow TI technology and even have a TI expert lead girls through a STEM or coding experience to complete a badge? Keep reading to learn the different ways we can support your troop.

Tips for First-Timers Entering the TI Codes Contest

Posted 03/09/2021 by Erick Archer, TI Science Specialist

Not sure if the TI Codes Contest is right for you? Follow these simple tips to get started even if you have little to no coding experience. Spoiler alert: Everyone should enter!

How a TI Calculator and a Few Special Teachers Added up to an Engineering Career

Posted 02/18/2021 by Erin Patterson, TI Education Technology Software Development Manager

This Engineers Week, meet the TI engineer who started playing with a TI calculator at the age of four and now tests TI calculators for a living.

Celebrate #CSEdWeek Teaching Students to Code With TI

Posted 12/07/2020 by Stacy Thibodeaux (@stacythib)

Classroom instruction time is precious. Coding and programming are valuable skills for students. Let me help you get started with a few time-saving tips and resources.

TI Codes Contest Winners Revealed

Posted 10/12/2020 by Matt Carson

Texas Instruments teamed up with NASA to host the TI Codes Contest. We asked students to think of ways to improve a process or product on the International Space Station (ISS) using TI technology. Here are the winners.

Can You Hear the Ball Bounce?

Posted 09/21/2020 by Karlheinz Haas (@karl0294)

How can we live up to the challenge of making a realistic connection between math and science instruction, using technology while we’re at it? In our new ball bounce activity, we take a new look at an “old” data-collection experiment. Adapted easily to a remote learning environment, teachers and students can share and analyze real-world data — it’s a slam dunk!

A Back to School Like No Other: A Lesson in Resilience

Posted 08/25/2020 by Peter Balyta (@pbalyta)

As students head back to school, whether in the classroom or at the kitchen table, what we are asking of our teachers is nothing short of heroic. Read my thoughts on preparing for a back to school like no other.

Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline

Posted 08/24/2020 by TI Staff

When a 20-day coding program was forced to pivot to a virtual event, hundreds of students learned to solve coding problems through innovative workshops.

The Long Road to My STEM Career

Posted 03/12/2020 by Ada Woo, Ph.D.

I took the long way around in my career path. Literally. I was born in Hong Kong, about 7,500 miles from Iowa City. Growing up, I didn’t have much encouragement to follow a STEM career path. Today, I’m sharing my STEM journey — the whole story — with girls so they can accept the failures and celebrate learning from them.

How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI

Posted 02/05/2020 by Shreya Mandal

Help get into the spirit of EWeek by reading how a TI calculator I“nspire”d an engineering career.

Meet TI’s STEM Squad and Request a Visit for Your School

Posted 11/08/2019 by Ellen Fishpaw (@ellenfishpaw)

In celebration of National STEM Day, meet TI’s STEM Squad. They are traveling the country teaching kids to code and inspiring innovation.

Mission Celebration: Use Math to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Posted 07/16/2019 by Curtis Brown

On July 20, 1969, astronauts walked on the moon. Fifty years later, celebrate this milestone on the moon with your students.

Madness in March Underscores the “M” in STEM

Posted 04/16/2019 by Peter Balyta, Ph.D.

April may be the official month for mathematics awareness, but I marked it in March through five conferences on two continents and hundreds of discussions with educators who all agree on one thing: We are in a STEM education crisis.

Girls in STEM: A Personal Perspective

Posted 11/19/2018 by Jessica Kohout, biology teacher at Reservoir High School, Fulton, Md.

STEM skills are important for all students. How can we get more girls interested in STEM topics and careers?

Innovation in Biology

Posted 10/22/2018 by Jessica Kohout, biology teacher at Reservoir High School, Fulton, Md.

Using engineering design to develop solutions for real-world problems.

Learning With Your Students

Posted 10/15/2018 by Jessica Kohout, biology teacher at Reservoir High School, Fulton, Md.

It can be hard to try something new in your classroom, but the rewards outweigh the risks as students take the lead.

A first-of-its-kind STEM strategy charts path to help educators

Posted 10/12/2018 by Ron DeChristoforo, State Policy Director, Texas Instruments

In a first-ever undertaking of its kind, four of the nation’s key education leadership groups have partnered to define a strategy for improving and advancing STEM learning for all students. Read more.

Meet the Women in STEM Twitter Chat Panelists

Posted 09/12/2018 by Kim Gonzales

On Wednesday, September 19, Texas Instruments Education (@TICalculators) is hosting a Women in STEM Twitter Chat! Our goal is connect you to the awesome #WomenInSTEM community, both as a source of inspiration and a well of resources. Our panelists are female engineers, scientists, and mathematicians – women who are already encouraging the next generation of STEM leaders!

Survey Says: Kids Like Math!

Posted 08/28/2018 by Peter Balyta, Ph.D., President of Texas Instruments Education Technology

Contrary to popular belief, students actually like math a lot more than they let on. A new study from Texas Instruments reveals nearly twice as many students like math as those who dislike it. Keep reading to see what middle and high school students say motivates them most in math class.

How to Keep Kids’ STEM Skills Sharp This Summer

Posted 05/23/2018 by Ellen Fishpaw (@ellenfishpaw)

Learn five ways to keep kids engaged with math and science after the last school bell rings to avoid the dreaded summer brain drain.

Insider Tips for Winning the TI Codes Contest

Posted 04/11/2018 by Kim Gonzales, @kimsgonzales

You’ve made it through the first round of the TI Codes Contest. Congratulations! Now the real fun begins as you sketch out a solid plan in hopes of advancing to the next round.

How a math teacher started her school’s first coding club

Posted 04/09/2018 by Ellen Fishpaw (@ellenfishpaw)

Learn how math teacher, Jessica Kachur, helped her school launch its first coding club using robotics.

Who knew math had moves?

Posted 03/28/2018 by Ellen Fishpaw, @ellenfishpaw

Students face-off in Rover dance-off as part of a STEM day at schools across San Antonio.

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