DALLAS, Jan. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Pairing the endless
possibilities of space exploration with the limitless opportunities
of education, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) and NASA are
partnering to show students how science, technology, engineering
and math (STEM) make feats like space exploration possible with
mISSion imaginaTIon. The partnership and its programs aim to spur
the imaginations of the next generation of scientists, engineers,
explorers and innovators who are in today's math and science
classrooms.
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Combining expertise, TI Education Technology and NASA have
developed programs that promote STEM-focused lessons for students
and teachers in middle and high school. Launching today, the
mISSion imaginaTIon online quiz allows participants to see if they
have what it takes for a year-long mission aboard the International
Space Station. After discovering how ready they are to live in
space, students can then put their STEM skills to the test with the
mISSion imaginaTIon design challenge, which asks students to devise
solutions to four space-related challenges.
"Imagination is the fuel that feeds progress and innovation,"
said Peter Balyta, Ph.D.,
(@pbalyta), president of TI Education Technology. "Alongside NASA,
we are excited to unleash student creativity as students explore
how science, technology, engineering and math can solve future
problems on earth, in space and beyond."
The questions students are asked to solve reflect the challenges
commander Scott Kelly and cosmonaut
Mikhail Kornienko currently face as
they participate in the first year-long mission aboard the station.
Questions range from designing a plan for feeding astronauts to
creating a waste-management system.
The winner of the challenge will receive a video chat with a
NASA expert, a TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculator and
other fun prizes.
"If anything shows students how exciting STEM subjects can be,
it's astronauts spending a year in a space station, doing science
experiments and demonstrating cutting-edge technology," said
Donald James, associate
administrator for NASA's Office of Education. "The year-long
mission is an excellent opportunity to capture students' attention
and set them on a course to become the next generation of
explorers."
Through the four-year TI/NASA partnership, students and
educators will learn more about the space station, which enables
researchers from all over the world to work on innovative
experiments that cannot be done anywhere else. Further programs
launching in 2016 will train students on the realities of
continuous occupation in space.
Learn more at: mISSionimaginaTIon.com
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SOURCE Texas Instruments