Get hands-on projects that help students develop problem-solving skills, learn the basics of coding and explore engineering concepts. No experience required.
Choose from a variety of projects to work on with students during class, after school or even before winter break … it’s always a great time for TI STEM Projects.
Explore our collection of project-based activities set in real-world contexts — perfect for both middle grade and high school students.
Never coded before? All the projects below come with step-by-step instructions and sample code snippets to make it easy to learn.
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The following activities use a TI-84 Plus CE or TI-Nspire™ CX family graphing calculator along with with the TI-Innovator™ Hub, a microcontroller device built specifically for the rigors of the classroom. Students can sharpen their critical and creative thinking skills as they define problems and design and refine solutions while learning to program.
Get up to speed with using your TI-Innovator™ Hub. Start with the fundamentals of the technology, then follow along with a set of basic challenges to learn how to program it.
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This activity is “square one” for using TI graphing calculators to code the TI-Innovator™ Hub on other STEM Projects. Students program input and output feedback controls to make the built-in lights on the TI-Innovator™ Hub mimic the colors of a mood ring.
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Engage students in the math and science of the greenhouse effect by designing and building a pet-smart alarm system that sounds an alert when the interior temperature of a model car approaches the danger zone.
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This lesson challenges students to find a solution to a critical real-world problem — how to use water most efficiently — by designing, building and coding a working model system that waters real crops without wasting a drop.
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The four-chambered heart inspires a passion for biomechanical engineering as students design the electrical system that makes an artificial heart go thump-thump, thump-thump.
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Creating music through coding is a great way to engage students in math, science, design and coding by programming the TI-Innovator™ Hub to play a tune on its built-in speaker.
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Feel the heat as students collect temperature data of their favorite beverage, define thresholds and program the TI-Innovator™ Hub’s built-in LED to indicate the beverage’s temperature.
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The TI-RGB Array provides another level of engagement as students experiment with controlling each of the 16 individual RGB LEDs. Math, science and design all come together when using the TI-RGB Array.
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Get a variety of projects for the TI-Innovator™ Rover, Tello drones or the Dash Robot from Wonder Workshop.
Get to know your TI-Innovator™ Rover. Start with the basic setup, then learn how to program your robotic vehicle using a set of geometry challenges.
Let’s get rolling
The goal? Understand the relationship between distance, time and speed. The challenge? Drive the TI-Innovator™ Rover as close as possible to Rover, the toy dog, without bumping him. Take the wheel!
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This (motion) activity introduces students to the coding and hardware-control practices and processes NASA engineers use to keep a remotely operated vehicle on track while exploring another planet.
This (sensing) activity focuses on programming Rover to sense changes as it covers its track. Students write and run code that uses Rover’s built-in color and distance sensors to control outputs such as LED lights and motors.
Get to know the Dash Robot. Try out simple coding commands to take control of the robot using your Python-enabled graphing calculator and TI Bluetooth® Adapter.
Get started
Learn how to connect your TI-Nspire™ CX II or TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator to any of the Tello family of drones.
Help your classroom experience math in a whole new way with activities that put math in motion. Students can code their own programs to control Rover, or they can explore math concepts using premade programs.
Check out these simple and quick STEM activities that are perfect if your school is hosting a STEM night, STEM Saturday or other STEM event.