1. STEM and the TI-Nspire™ Graphing Calculator David Young, Fayetteville, AR Jennifer Carnes Wilson Flowood, MS Terrie T. Poehl Ruston, LA Terry Politi Elkton, MD Michael Odell 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. Demonstration of Modules