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Texas Instruments launches “STEM Squad” to keep students’ math and science skills sharp over the summer

5/23/2018

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STEM Squad will surprise kids throughout the summer with fun, interactive and hand-on STEM lessons
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(DALLAS, TX) May 22, 2018 -- While school may be winding down, it’s not a time to stop learning, especially in critical science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. The National Summer Learning Association* reports that students lose two months of their grade-level math computational skills over the summer. And, when kids return to school in the fall, about nine out of 10 teachers will spend as much as three weeks on review because of summer learning loss. 

To help combat the so-called “summer slide” and keep students’ STEM skills sharp, Texas Instruments (TI) is excited to launch a summer STEM tour, kicking off today at C.E. Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Arts in Charleston, South Carolina. From now through September, TI’s STEM squad will visit school campuses across the country, offering project-based learning activities that make important STEM concepts relevant in real-world, meaningful ways. TI will also host live, virtual field trips throughout the summer to give even more students an opportunity to engage with STEM.

TI has put together a selection of fun and simple activities that introduce students from middle school through high school to STEM, coding and the basics of engineering design. For example, students can learn how to program an alarm that alerts an owner if they forget their pet in a hot car. Or, kids can experiment with robotics as they learn to program a calculator-controlled robotic car to navigate a volcano on Mars. Students at more than 50 school campuses across the country will experience TI’s STEM curriculum this summer, helping to maintain their academic edge.

“Learning doesn’t have to end when the last school bell rings,” said Peter Balyta, president of TI Education Technology. “Summer is an ideal time for students to experiment with math, science and even basic engineering, without the added pressure of grades or tests. TI’s summer STEM activities were designed with fun in mind, knowing that during the summer break, we need to work even harder to keep students engaged with STEM.”

To explore TI’s summer STEM resources and activities visit: https://education.ti.com/en/resources/stem
*Excerpted from “Doesn’t Every Child Deserve a Memorable Summer?,” published by the National Summer Learning Association.

TI Education Technology Media Relations:
Contact us at edtechnews@ti.com or visit our news center.
 
About Texas Instruments:
Education Technology, a business of Texas Instruments, provides a wide range of tools connecting the classroom experience with real-world applications, helping students and teachers to explore mathematics and science interactively. TI’s products and services are tested vigorously against recognized third-party research, which shows that the effective use of graphing calculators improves the mathematical skills of students and their attitudes toward mathematics. For more information, visit www.education.ti.com.

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is a global semiconductor design and manufacturing company that develops analog ICs and embedded processors. By employing the world's brightest minds, TI creates innovations that shape the future of technology. TI is helping more than 100,000 customers transform the future, today. Learn more at www.ti.com. 

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