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Project Lead The Way (PLTW) offers a dynamic high school program that provides students with real-world learning and hands-on experience. Students interested in engineering, biomechanics, aeronautics, and other applied math and science arenas will discover PLTW is an exciting portal into these industries.

PLTW’s premier high school program, Pathway To Engineering™, is a four-year course of study integrated into the students’ core curriculum. The combination of traditional math and science courses with innovative Pathway To Engineering courses prepares students for college majors in engineering and E/T fields and offers them the opportunity to earn college credit while still in high school.

Pathway To Engineering™ courses engage high school students through a combination of activities-based, project-based, and problem-based (APPB) learning. APPB learning not only creates an environment for applying engineering concepts to real problems, but also prepares students to:

  • Solve problems
  • Participate as part of a team
  • Lead teams
  • Speak to a public audience
  • Conduct research
  • Understand real-world impacts
  • Analyze data
  • Learn outside the classroom

Introduction to Engineering Design: Allows students to use sophisticated 3-D modeling software to improve existing products, invent new ones, and communicate the details of the products to others.

Civil Engineering and Architecture: Provides an overview of the field of civil engineering and architecture, via relevant activities, projects, and problems emphasizing the interrelationship of the two fields.

Engineering Design and Development – Senior Project:  Gives students the opportunity to work in teams to solve problems of their own choosing. Under the guidance of a community mentor, teams employ all the skills and knowledge gained through previous coursework to brainstorm, research, construct, and test a model in real-life situations (or simulations); document their designs; and present and defend the designs to a panel of experts.

To learn more about the field of engineering, visit:
www.engineeringk12.org/students/What_Is_Engineering
Trade Tech is now a Project Lead The Way-certified high school.

Since 1997, PLTW has been preparing students for success in math, science, engineering, and technical careers.

Trade Tech joins the almost 3,000 PLTW schools across all 50 states. Students will have the opportunity to earn college credit and gain a competitive edge –for college and careers.
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