| Pilot Site: | |
| This is a pilot course for Logan Memorial Educational Campus. Other schools may not offer this course without prior approval from the Interdivisional Curriculum Committee. | |
| Grade Range: | |
| 10–12 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| Design Thinking 3,4 | |
| Course duration: | |
| Year long. | |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: | |
| Science: Other Science | |
| UC subject area satisfied: | |
| d - Laboratory Science | |
| Course Description: | |
| Environmental Sustainability (ES) is a high school-level specialization course in PLTW Engineering. In ES, students investigate and design solutions to solve real-world challenges related to clean drinking water, a stable food supply, and renewable energy. Students are introduced to environmental issues and use the engineering design process to research and design potential solutions. Utilizing the activity-, project-, problem-based (APB) teaching and learning pedagogy, students transition from completing structured activities to solving open-ended projects and problems that require them to develop planning, documentation, communication, and other professional skills. Through both individual and collaborative team activities, projects, and problems, students problem solve as they practice common design and scientific protocols such as project management, lab techniques, and peer review. Students develop skills in designing experiments, conducting research, executing technical skills, documenting design solutions according to accepted technical standards, and creating presentations to communicate solutions. This honors version includes a final culminating project. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| 7731 - Advanced Engineering Design (Capstone) | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| TBD | |
CTE-399