ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN
Introduction to Design -12 is an in-depth, project-based course that concentrates on Industrial Design/Technology and is divided into four units: Introduction to Design, Design Solutions, Reverse Engineering, and Design Problems. Part of the Project Lead the Way Engineering pathway curricula, this Couse will give students the opportunity to use technology to learn about Engineering and Industrial Design. This is the first course in the CTE pathway for Engineering Design Pathway.
PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING
Principles of Engineering (POE) is a high school- level survey course of engineering. The course exposes students to some of the major concepts that they will encounter in a post secondary engineering course of study. Students have an opportunity to investigate engineering and high tech career POE gives students the opportunity to develop skills and understating of course concepts through activity-, project-, and problem-based (APPB) learning. Used in combination with teaming approach, APPB learning challenges students to continually hone their interpersonal sills, creative abilities, and problem solving skills based upon engineering concepts. It also allows students to develop strategies to enable and direct their own learning, which is the ultimate goal of education. This is the second course in the CTE pathway for Engineering Design. PREREQUISITE: Intro to Design
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CAPSTONE
The knowledge and skills students acquire throughout Project Lead the Way high school courses in computer science and engineering come together in the Project Lead the Way Capstone as student teams pool resources to identify an issue or problem of interest and then research, design, and test a solution, ultimately presenting their solution to a panel of professionals. Students work with their team, drawing on the strengths and skills of each member, as they prepare themselves for the interdisciplinary collaboration required for success in college and career. The PLTW Capstone is a course for students who are completing any of PLTW’s high school programs. It is an open-ended research course in which students work in teams to design and develop an original solution to a well-defined and justified open-ended problem. Teams draw on the knowledge, skills, and interests of each member, as they perform research to select, define, and justify a problem. Given this collaboration, team members leave the course with a broadened skillset and an appreciation for learning from their peers. After carefully defining the design requirements and creating multiple solution approaches, student teams select an approach, create, and test or model their solution prototype. As they progress through the problem-solving process, students work closely with experts and continually hone their organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, creative and problem-solving abilities, and their understanding of the integration of processes such as the design process, experimental design, and the software development process. At the conclusion of the course, teams present and defend their original solution to an outside panel. PREREQUISITE: CS Explorations + CS Principles OR Intro to Design + Principles of Engineering