1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. Nspire Document Model
Lab Book
Report of Results
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7. 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

8. Demonstration of Modules

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.