STEM Event Activities and Challenges with the TI-Innovator and Rover
Publisher: Texas Instruments Inc.
Topic: Computer Science , STEM
Tags Coding, STEM, TI-Innovator, TI-Innovator Rover
Short activities and challenges for STEM Event. Students drive the Rover, make colors and make musical notes
STEM Event Activities and Challenges with the TI-Innovator and Rover
Students drive the Rover, make colors and make musical notes
Drive Rover
Rover, Watch Out for Rover Activity or Contest
Students explore rate, time and distance to get their Rover as close to a toy dog as possible without hitting the dog.
See Rover, Watch Out for Rover
TI-84 Plus CE Link
TI-Nspire Link
Mars Rover Challenge
Drive Rover around the Olympus Mons volcano on the surface of Mars. Some have adapted to driving around pumpkins and other obstacles. Others have adapted to driving on a state map to discover universities that the students might attend.
See On-Ramp to Robotics Unit 1: Motion/Mars Rover Challenge
TI-84 Plus CE Link
TI-Nspire Link
Navigate a City
Create a pathway with tape. Challenge students to write a program to drive the Rover inside the borders of the path.
See Navigate Math-hattan Math in Motion Plus
TI-84 Plus CE Link
TI-Nspire Link
Make Colors and Sounds with the TI-Innovator Hub
Make Colors
A program that prompts students to enter values from 0-255 for red, green and blue LED's to create colors.
Download TI-84 Plus CE Program for Hub built-in COLOR Red-Green-Blue LED .8xp File Link
Download Optional TI-84 Plus CE Program for external RGB Array .8xp File Link
Download TI-Nspire Program .TNS File (with an option for external RGB Array) Link
Make a Digital Mood Ring - short version for STEM Events
Students experience and modify a Digital Mood Ring.
See Digital Mood Ring STEM Event Version
TI-84 Plus CE Link
TI-Nspire Link
Make Musical Notes
Programs that prompt students to enter values for frequencies and time to play musical notes.
Play a single note
Download TI-84 Plus CE Program .8xp File Link
Download TI-Nspire Program .TNS File Link
Play a three-note sequence
Download TI-84 Plus CE Program .8xp File Link
Download TI-Nspire Program .TNS File Link
Download and print PDF piano keyboard with frequencies for notes Link
See Making Music with Code project for more background
TI-84 Plus CE Link
TI-Nspire Link
See other projects at www.TIstemProjects.com
Contact STEM-team@ti.com with questions or comments about the project.
