5-19-2016-mission-imagination-winners
... five seventh graders from Hyde Park Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada has won the mISSion imaginaTIon design challenge from Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) (TI) and NASA. The national competition asked students from across the country to propose solutions to challenges astronauts would face on ...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/5-19-2016-mission-imagination-winners
Brainy Professional Football Player, John Urschel, helps students tackle unexpected STEM careers
...vital for any career, even careers students least expect. John Urschel, a 6-foot-3-inch, 305-pound offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens, is uniquely suited to help students make these calculations. When he is not blocking defenders, he is hitting the books at the Massachusetts Institute of...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/7-19-2017-stem-careers
7-11-2016-john-urschel
...ionships of time, distance and elevation, and discussing why the kick was good or fell short. Urschel, a 6-foot-3, 305-pound offensive lineman, is uniquely suited to help students make these calculations. He is getting his Ph.D. in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) wh...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/7-11-2016-john-urschel
about press release news153
...se graphing calculators during instruction, the higher they tend to score on tests. The TI-Nspire CX handheld is permitted for use SAT*, AP*, PSAT/NSMQT*, IB®, and ACT® college entrance exams, as well as many state standardized tests. Students can even download sample SAT and ACT test questions f...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/about-press-release-news153
Texas Instruments and NASA launch virtual scavenger hunt with out-of-this-world prizes
...STEM tools on planet Earth. Students are also invited along on weekly virtual field trips, offering exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to NASA’s headquarters. Student teams can check out where they stand, in relation to their classmates and other competing teams from around the country, by follo...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/4-19-2017-search-for-stemnauts
Texas Instruments challenges students to find ways to make the world safer and healthier in new coding contest
... mathematical skills of students and their attitudes toward math. For more information, visit education.ti.com. Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, tests and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as indu...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/3-09-2021-ti-codes-contest
Texas Instruments new TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator introduces students to programming
...ly to solve real-world problems.” Importantly, the TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator is approved for high-stakes exams, including the PSAT/NMSQT*, SAT* and ACT® college entrance exams as well as Advanced Placement* and IB® exams that allow or require a graphing calculator. Students can ex...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/7-26-2021-ti-84pcepy-programming
Former Football Player turned Full-Time Mathematician, John Urschel, kicks-off the #GenSTEM contest to get kids pumped up to go back to school
...mer Football Player turned Full-Time Mathematician, John Urschel, kicks-off the #GenSTEM contest to get kids pumped up to go back to school Take the quiz or take a photo - just be sure to enter to win $500 and a starring role in a new, nationwide STEM lesson DALLAS – (August 15, 2017) To get mor...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/8-15-2017-genstem-contest
1-27-2015-ti-84-ce
...oducing a slim, lightweight design, six times the memory and a bold new line-up of colors DALLAS (January 27, 2015) -- Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN), the most trusted brand in graphing calculator technology, today unveiled a new addition to the TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators—t...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/1-27-2015-ti-84-ce
Texas Instruments unveils the new and improved TI-Nspire™ CX II line of graphing calculators
...try to calculus and can even help them learn to code. The TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator is allowed on high-stakes exams, including the PSAT/NMSQT*, SAT* and ACT® college entrance exams as well as Advanced Placement* and IB® exams that allow or require a graphing calculator. The TI-Nspire™ ...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/3-7-2019-nspire-cx-ii
Coding contest from NASA and Texas Instruments allows students to compete virtually to win out-of-this-world prizes
...mers transform the future, today. Learn more at www.ti.com. About NASA STEM Engagement: NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement’s main focus is creating unique opportunities for students to contribute to NASA’s work in exploration and discovery; building a diverse future STEM workforce by engaging stud...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/4-23-2020-ti-codes-contest
3-17-2015-stem-behind-health
...ts and Sanford Health partner to inspire students to pursue STEM careers DALLAS (March 17, 2015) -- For parents and teachers tired of answering the question, "Why do I have to learn this?" comes an exciting new activity series from Texas Instruments (TI) and Sanford Health called "STEM Behind H...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/3-17-2015-stem-behind-health
4-13-2015-talking-calculator
...talking graphing calculator Legally blind high school junior says calculator changed her life DALLAS(April 13, 2015) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN), the most trusted brand in graphing calculator technology, has received a 2015 Access Award from the American Federation for the Blind (AFB...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/4-13-2015-talking-calculator
Common Core Nuggets: Geometry
These are a series of short, interactive LUA applets that help students grasp the important ideas of specific indicators in the Common Core Curriculum. This collection contains applets that will help teachers implement Common Core Geometry Standard G-GPE 1, 3 for High School Mathematics. There ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/common-core-nuggets-geometry
NASA - Diving Down Deep
In this activity, students will explore a method for adding air to a gas cylinder diving tank, and determine the amount of gas needed by a support diver during a diving session.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/nasa--diving-down-deep
Discriminating Against the Zero
In this introductory activity, students explore when a graph has two zeros, one zero, and no real zeros. They will also determine when a graph has real, rational, irrational, or imaginary roots. The teacher should then follow up with a formal discussion on the discriminant.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/discriminating-against-the-zero