Curiosity Rules!
What if there was a class where curiosity ruled? Where you learned not only how things worked, but how you might make them work better. Where the biggest challenge was between you and your imagination.
Now imagine a car that could morph its shape based on the driver's whims. What if satellites had metallike skins that could repair themselves from damage in space? What if old high-rise buildings could be turned into vertical farms to help fight world hunger? Picture a 3D cell-phone screen strapped to your wrist. How about turning pond scum into green fuel? Or rearranging the molecules of your blood to fight off deadly diseases?
These and countless other life-changing innovations are taking shape in labs, in test tubes and on computer screens around the world. But they all have one thing in common. They all come from an engineer's or scientist's imagination. Right now there are classrooms where you too can begin to dream up tomorrow's wonders - a remarkable space of imagination, innovation and learning that could only be called an Innovation Zone
Welcome to the Innovation Zone
It's a classroom that's unlike any other you've experienced. A space filled with the latest design software, advanced materials and cutting-edge equipment. It's a place that's buzzing with project-based assignments, like programming robots and analyzing DNA samples. Where facts and figures are turned into ingenuity and inventiveness. Where the four walls of the classroom open up and lead to real-world challenges and opportunities - from energy and the environment, to housing and healthcare, to transportation and technology.
From PLTW.org
As a middle school we have an exciting opportunity to engage in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math in our classroom. Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is the leading provider of rigorous and innovative Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) education curricular programs used in middle and high schools across the U.S. STEM education programs like the one offered by PLTW engage students in activities, projects, and problem-based learning, which provide hands-on classroom experiences. Students create, design, build, discover, collaborate and solve problems while applying what they learn in math and science. PLTW's comprehensive curriculum for engineering has been collaboratively designed by PLTW teachers, university educators, engineering and biomedical professionals, and school administrators to promote critical thinking, creativity, innovation, and real-world problem solving skills in students.
At the 8th grade level we are teaching the Automation and Robotics, Energy in the Environment, Green Architecture, Medical Detectives*, and Science of Technology* Units.
*Units that are being piloted in Mr. Yon's class at SMS in 2013-2014 school year.
For more information please visit: http://www.pltw.org/
What if there was a class where curiosity ruled? Where you learned not only how things worked, but how you might make them work better. Where the biggest challenge was between you and your imagination.
Now imagine a car that could morph its shape based on the driver's whims. What if satellites had metallike skins that could repair themselves from damage in space? What if old high-rise buildings could be turned into vertical farms to help fight world hunger? Picture a 3D cell-phone screen strapped to your wrist. How about turning pond scum into green fuel? Or rearranging the molecules of your blood to fight off deadly diseases?
These and countless other life-changing innovations are taking shape in labs, in test tubes and on computer screens around the world. But they all have one thing in common. They all come from an engineer's or scientist's imagination. Right now there are classrooms where you too can begin to dream up tomorrow's wonders - a remarkable space of imagination, innovation and learning that could only be called an Innovation Zone
Welcome to the Innovation Zone
It's a classroom that's unlike any other you've experienced. A space filled with the latest design software, advanced materials and cutting-edge equipment. It's a place that's buzzing with project-based assignments, like programming robots and analyzing DNA samples. Where facts and figures are turned into ingenuity and inventiveness. Where the four walls of the classroom open up and lead to real-world challenges and opportunities - from energy and the environment, to housing and healthcare, to transportation and technology.
From PLTW.org
As a middle school we have an exciting opportunity to engage in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math in our classroom. Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is the leading provider of rigorous and innovative Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) education curricular programs used in middle and high schools across the U.S. STEM education programs like the one offered by PLTW engage students in activities, projects, and problem-based learning, which provide hands-on classroom experiences. Students create, design, build, discover, collaborate and solve problems while applying what they learn in math and science. PLTW's comprehensive curriculum for engineering has been collaboratively designed by PLTW teachers, university educators, engineering and biomedical professionals, and school administrators to promote critical thinking, creativity, innovation, and real-world problem solving skills in students.
At the 8th grade level we are teaching the Automation and Robotics, Energy in the Environment, Green Architecture, Medical Detectives*, and Science of Technology* Units.
*Units that are being piloted in Mr. Yon's class at SMS in 2013-2014 school year.
For more information please visit: http://www.pltw.org/