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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!
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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.
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Texas Instruments Brings Its Hands-On Coding Workshops to ShadOnline
Posted 08/24/2020 by TI StaffWhen a 20-day coding program was forced to pivot to a virtual event, hundreds of students learned to solve coding problems through innovative workshops.
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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.
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How a TI Calculator Helped Launch an Engineering Career at TI
Posted 02/05/2020 by Shreya MandalHelp get into the spirit of EWeek by reading how a TI calculator I“nspire”d an engineering career.
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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.
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6 Spook-tacular Ways to Bring the Halloween “Spirits” Into Your Classroom
Posted 10/14/2019 by Ellen Fishpaw (@ellenfishpaw)Up your Halloween game with some of our favorite fall activities for your math and science classroom.
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Learn to Code with Your TI Graphing Calculator
Posted 09/16/2019 by Kimberly Gonzales, Coding ExpertLearning how to program on your TI graphing calculator in high school can spark a passion that can lead to many amazing career choices. In this post, we are sharing secrets on how to get started coding with your TI calculator.
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Mission Celebration: Use Math to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Posted 07/16/2019 by Curtis BrownOn July 20, 1969, astronauts walked on the moon. Fifty years later, celebrate this milestone on the moon with your students.
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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.
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