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by Linda Tetlow, Ian Galloway and Adrian Oldknow
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The coming decade will see an increasing need for a flexible work force possessing a wide range of skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in order to meet the needs of new, high level industries and to be able to produce technologically complex products. The booklets in this series were developed with this need in mind. They aim to provide stimulating activities which link aspects of STEM and at the same time encourage the use of technology and an awareness of its potential.
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Why use TI-Nspire for STEM subjects?
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TI-Nspire provides a learning platform which dynamically links a variety of ICT applications including documents, graphs, geometry, statistics, spreadsheets, data logging and a calculator. This dynamic linking assists students in making connections not only between different areas of mathematics but also with other areas of the curriculum and STEM subjects in particular.
There is now a wealth of data available on the Internet in a variety of forms which can be copied directly into TI-Nspire. Data can also be captured by linking to a variety of data logging devices such as motion sensors or by recording manually or using video analysis. It is then possible to manipulate, display and analyse this data in a variety of ways or to try to model the data using a variety of data handling and function plotting tools.
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About the booklets
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| All the activities contain some background scientific or other information together with links to appropriate websites. Many of the activities are suitable for a range of ages and aptitudes with more challenging ideas being suggested as extension activities. Further information and TI-Nspire files for the activities can be found at www.nspiringlearning.org.uk.
There are five booklets in the series:
Introduction - contains a brief introduction and instructions for getting started using some of the features of TI-Nspire that are used frequently in the other booklets.
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 Download 'STEM Activities with TI-Nspire - Introduction'
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| Capturing Data: Modelling and Interpretation - contains activities which use a variety of data logging probes to collect real data and analyse it further.
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| Download 'Capturing Data: Modelling and Interpretation'
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| Using Real World Data - contains activities which investigate and analyse data in a variety of ways from ready-made or easily generated data sets in a variety of contexts.
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| Download 'Using Real World Data'
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| Mathematics in Motion - contains investigations into modelling motion based on different forms of data collection: manual, video and data logging.
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| Download 'Mathematics in Motion'
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| Computer Graphics - brings together a number of different mathematical approaches which are used by computer programmers to create and manipulate images; techniques that have now found their way into “virtual reality”. These activities make use of TI-Nspire applications especially Graphs and Geometry.
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| Download 'Computer Graphics'
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