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.