STEM in the Classroom

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STEM in the Classroom
David A. Young, 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,
MDMichael Odell College Professor - University
of Texas at Tyler
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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 AM 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

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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

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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

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Modules

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

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Nspire Document Model

• Lab Book
• Report of Results
• Share

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7.5 APPS
Notes
Calculator
Graphs Geometry
Data Collection
Lists Spreadsheet
Data Statistics

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Demonstration of Modules

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.