STEM in the Classroom David A. Young, Jennifer Carnes Wilson High School Teacher - Fayetteville, AR Jennifer Carnes Wilson Middle School Teacher - Flowood, MS Terrie T. Poehl College Professor - Ruston, LA Terry Politi School District Tech Person - Elkton, MD Michael Odell College Professor - University of Texas at Tyler

Texas STEM Centers Southeast Regional T-STEM Center University of Texas Medical Branch Texas Tech University T-STEM Center Texas Tech University El Centro del Futuro STEM Center of South Texas Education Service Center Region 1 Aggie STEM Center Texas A&M University Ingenuity Center University of Texas at Tyler El Paso T-STEM Center University of Texas at El Paso Transformation 2013 T-STEM Center Education Service Center Region XIII

Project Background Texas Stem Initiative Addition of Engineering to the K-12 Curriculum College Readiness Need to Integrate Engineering into math and science Project-Based

Development Ingenuity Center Staff Approached Texas Instruments MOU was developed TI brought in their NSPIRE Expert Teachers Ingenuity Center brought in Engineers, Technology Educators, and STEM Specialists Communities Foundation of Texas Texas High School project T-STEM Network Connections to STEM in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas

Modules All Modules incorporate Engineering Design Principles and TI NSPIRE Technology STEM NSPIRE Modules Greenhouse The Composter Green Roof The Homeless Shelter

Nspire Document Model Lab Book Report of Results Share

7.5 APPS Notes Calculator Graphs & Geometry Data Collection Lists & Here’s a quick look at the APPs on the Nspire. Point out the Data Collection APP on the three APPs above. Lists & Spreadsheet Data & Statistics

Demonstration of Modules

The “Green” House You are a member of an architectural engineering team that has been hired by a client to design and build a model of an energy-efficient and cost-efficient home that meets the following criteria. You will create a TI-Nspire document that includes all aspects of the task. The house should be only one story with one bedroom, one bathroom, one kitchen, and one living room. The design should be based on research related to energy-efficiency in home construction. After your team designs the house and builds the model you will need to demonstrate how energy-efficient and cost-efficient it is. This will be done by testing the model and collecting appropriate data. Your team will present your solution to the class using a single TI-Nspire Document.

The Composter The Go Green club at your school is promoting composting. You have decided to participate, but in order for you to incorporate composting at your own house in the city, the compost bin will have to meet your neighborhood covenant restrictions. Design and construct a working compost bin that is odorless, cost-efficient, and portable.

Green Roof Design Designing a Green Roof Solution In this student-centered learning model, students work collaboratively in small teams to design a heat- and water-conserving ‘green roof’ for a building. Students collect and analyze data using multiple materials and combinations of materials to determine the best solution to meeting the design challenge. It is based on authentic processes that professional engineers perform to win green roof clients. As the teacher, you will require students to submit a response to the green roof ‘Request for Proposal’ (RFP) based on their results and justifications of their design.

The Homeless Shelter In the city you live, there is a public housing issue. All the public shelters are at capacity. You and your team members are a public works team that has received a grant for creating the greatest number of shelter units possible with the funds. Due to the transient nature of many homeless people and lack of public zoning for a permanent encampment, the designed units must be portable. The grant specifies that the shelters must be long lasting, lightweight, and easily assembled.