A GreenBuild Tech Academy
Building Sustainable Futures!
Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (PAS)
Next Generation Learning
The California Department of Education has designated Trade Tech as a GreenBuild Tech Academy and provided funding for the Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (PAS) program – Working Toward Sustainability.
This exciting program will engage students in investigating fuel sources and technologies that can serve as alternatives to fossil fuels and learning about the importance of current research into stable and practical sources of energy. Given the political, economic, environmental, and social concerns over the use of fossil fuels, people around the world are seeking alternative sources of energy for power—alternatives that are cost-effective and sustainable, and will not further damage the environment or unduly impact one group of people more than another.
The Ford PAS is an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary curriculum and program that provides students with content knowledge and skills necessary for future success—in such areas as business, economics, engineering, and technology. The inquiry- and project-based program offers a series of modules that links learning in traditional academic subjects with the challenges students will face in post-secondary education and with the expectations of the workplace they will face as adults. These links are forged through community-wide, cooperative efforts and innovative partnerships that join local high schools, colleges and universities, and businesses. Through coordinated, real-world learning opportunities, Ford PAS provides experiences to help students make decisions about their future education and careers.
Ford PAS was developed by Ford Motor Company Fund, as part of its efforts to encourage high school students to pursue their education—and build successful careers—in business, engineering, and technology, in partnership with Education Development Center Inc. (EDC).
From Concept to Consumer: Building a Foundation in Problem Solving; Media and Messages: Building a Foundation of Communication Skills, Module 3 People at Work, Building a Foundation of Research Skills; and Careers, Companies and Communities. This theme of modules introduces students to key skills important for academic and workplace success.
Working Towards Sustainability Modules: Build students’ knowledge of the key science concepts essential for understanding how energy is stored and used as fuel. We All Run on Energy introduces the scientific concept of energy and how stored energy is released in order to fuel human activity—and also builds skills in reading scientific documents, interpreting data, and documenting research and experimentation.
The three modules, Energy from the Sun: Biomass, Is Hydrogen a Solution?, and The Nuclear Revolution, each focus on a particular fuel source. Energy for the Future introduces students to innovative ways of using renewable energy sources and technologies, and asks students to consider the potential for these technologies to transform energy use in this century.
1126 Melrose Drive, Vista, CA 92083 - 760.598.0782 - info@tradetechhigh.org
