1-14-2016-mission-imagination
... students and teachers in middle and high school. Launching today, the mISSion imaginaTIon online quizallows participants to see if they have what it takes for a year-long mission aboard the International Space Station. After discovering how ready they are to live in space, students can then put ...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/1-14-2016-mission-imagination
Pro Football Player John Urschel Visits School District Students to Explore STEM Behind Sports
...John Urschel and our partners for helping to bring these unique learning opportunities to our students.” When not playing football, Urschel, a Penn State University graduate, is completing a Ph.D. in applied mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was on hand today at ...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/5-24-2017-john-urschel-visits-school-district-students
Students challenged to engineer new solutions in a food-themed coding contest from Texas Instruments
... imagine and create a solution that improves a food process — from how it is created or transported, to how it is consumed. Maybe it’s an automated potato peeler, a revolutionary food storage product, or a smart nutrition solution; if it’s related to food, it’s eligible to win the second annual T...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/2-19-2019-students-challenged-to-engineer
5-19-2016-mission-imagination-winners
...ountry to propose solutions to challenges astronauts would face on a journey to Mars. The questions were based on the challenges International Space Station (ISS) commander Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko encountered in the first year-long mission aboard the ISS. The problems ranged ...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/5-19-2016-mission-imagination-winners
7-11-2016-john-urschel
...oal to make the game-winning play. Students can build reasoning skills by visualizing the flight of a field goal, observing relationships 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 he...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/7-11-2016-john-urschel
Former pro football player turned full-time mathematician, John Urschel, to deliver keynote at educator conference
...al Conference. The conference will be held March 2-4, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas. Urschel will share his personal journey of where a love of math has taken him and where it can take today’s students. Teachers who attend the conference are automatically entered to score lunch with the newly retire...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/11-14-2017-urschel-keynote-speaker
about press release news153
...CX Handheld Extends Beyond the Classroom DALLAS (August 23, 2011) – Whether they’re in the classroom or library, studying at home or doing hands-on data collection in the field, students heading back to school with the new color-display TI-Nspire™ CX handheld can easily bring math and science con...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/about-press-release-news153
Texas Instruments honors math heroes in new, nationwide contest, “Spread the Math Love”
...her country DALLAS – (May 28, 2019) While the school year may be coming to an end, a new contest aimed at spreading the love of math is just getting started. Through September, Texas Instruments (TI) is asking people across the country to recognize the parents, teachers and mentors who inspired t...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/5-28-2019-spread-the-math-love
Texas Instruments and NASA launch virtual scavenger hunt with out-of-this-world prizes
...srooms,” said Peggy Whitson, a NASA astronaut who has been to outer space three times and is currently living and working on the International Space Station. “By creating opportunities to encourage teamwork, creativity and problem-solving, we can make learning fun and set students on a course to ...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/4-19-2017-search-for-stemnauts
Texas Instruments launches “STEM Squad” to keep students’ math and science skills sharp over the summer
...s more than they let on, according to a new study commissioned by Texas Instruments and conducted by Research Now Group, Inc., a global leader in digital research. The survey polled approximately 1,000 students across the U.S., between the ages of 13 – 18, to gauge their moods about math and unde...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/8-28-2018-kids-love-math
High school student pilots aviation lesson, “STEM on the Fly,” to inspire middle and high school students to love STEM
... for a career as Southwest Airlines pilot DALLAS – (January 24, 2017) A high school sophomore has won Texas Instruments’ (TI) #GenSTEM contest and a starring role in the latest edition of STEM Behind Cool Careers, an entertaining series of calculator activities and videos that introduce middle an...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/1-24-2018-stem-on-the-fly
Texas Instruments challenges students to find ways to make the world safer and healthier in new coding contest
...ning a solution related to health for a chance to win prizes DALLAS – (March 9, 2021) The global COVID-19 pandemic has revealed limits to systems we take for granted and put health and safety at the forefront of everyone’s minds, including students. As a result, Texas Instruments (TI) is challen...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/3-09-2021-ti-codes-contest
Texas Instruments introduces its first educational robot, the TI-Innovator™ Rover
...ves interest and curiosity in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects. Students without any exposure to coding or robotics can get started by writing a basic program to make Rover do things like draw, dance or even crash. “We created Rover to demystify robotics and give students...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/9-14-2017-ti-innovator-rover
Texas Instruments challenges students to design solutions that improve everyday life
...to design cutting-edge innovations from self-driving cars to smartphones. So what can today's middle and high school students create with Innovator? Starting today, teams of up to five students, ages 13 to 19, can enter the TI Codes Contest by submitting a design proposal. "At TI, we want to help...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/3-20-2018-ti-codes-contest
Former Football Player turned Full-Time Mathematician, John Urschel, kicks-off the #GenSTEM contest to get kids pumped up to go back to school
... Former 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) T...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/8-15-2017-genstem-contest
1-27-2015-ti-84-ce
...alculator slimmer, sleeker, more colorful, and lightweight, and we answered with the modern, streamlined design of the TI-84 Plus CE," said Peter Balyta, Ph.D., president of TI Education Technology. "Once you hold the new TI-84 Plus CE in your hand, you will immediately see and feel the improveme...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
...ular TI-Nspire™ CX line of graphing calculators, the new TI-Nspire™ CX II and TI-Nspire™ CX II CAS give students more opportunities to visualize important, abstract concepts, not just in math class, but in science and computer programming courses. Students at Parkville Middle School in Baltimore...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
...irtually to win out-of-this-world prizes New, space-themed contest challenges students to use STEM skills to improve life on the International Space Station DALLAS – (April 23, 2020) Texas Instruments (TI) and NASA have teamed up to give students who are learning remotely the opportunity to conne...https://education.ti.com/en/about/press-center/4-23-2020-ti-codes-contest