Judith D’Amico Director of State and Corporate Relations

Project Lead the Way

Project Lead the WayEDUCATING THE WORKFORCE OF

THE FUTURE

CSU, ChicoEngineering Academies

November 15, 2007

THE RELEVANCE QUESTION

RELEVANT TO STUDENTS

RELEVANT TO TEACHERS

RELEVANT TO PARENTS

RELEVANT TO BUSINESS

RELEVANT TO COMMUNITY

Reaching all Students (80 % HS)

What does High Rigor & High Relevance

look like in a school curriculum ?

Project Lead The Way is a model.

Evaluation 6

High RigorLow Context

High RigorHigh Context

Synthesis 5

Analysis 4

Application 3

Low RigorLow Context

Low RigorHigh Context

Understanding 2

Awareness 1

  1 2 3 4 5

Knowledge Apply indiscipline

Apply across

disciplines

Apply to predictablereal-worldsituations

Apply to unpredictable

real-worldsituations

Application Model Adapted from W. Daggett

Bloom’s Levels of Learning

From: Principles of Engineering

Design and build a modifiable device that will launch a ping pong ball into a 10 inch bowl with 100% accuracy.

On launch day the distance will be varied by the instructor within a range of 5 to 15 feet.

High Rigor, High Context with Predictable Outcome

This is Project/Problem Based Learning!

Evaluation 6

High RigorLow Context

High RigorHigh Context

Synthesis 5

Analysis 4

Application 3

Low RigorLow Context

Low RigorHigh Context

Understanding 2

Awareness 1

  1 2 3 4 5

Knowledge Apply indiscipline

Apply across

disciplines

Apply to predictablereal-worldsituations

Apply to unpredictable

real-worldsituations

Application Model Adapted from W. Daggett

Bloom’s Levels of Learning

From: Digital Electronics

Design and build an electronic device to automatically measure

the distance a person is away from the device.

High Rigor, High Context with Unpredictable Results

This is Project/Problem Based Learning!

Evaluation 6

High RigorLow Context

High RigorHigh Context

Synthesis 5

Analysis 4

Application 3

Low RigorLow Context

Low RigorHigh Context

Understanding 2

Awareness 1

  1 2 3 4 5

Knowledge Apply indiscipline

Apply across

disciplines

Apply to predictablereal-worldsituations

Apply to unpredictable

real-worldsituations

Application Model Adapted from W. Daggett

Bloom’s Levels of Learning

STUDENT COMMENTSPLTW is a better learning experience because you are self-motivated.The learning that comes when it doesn’t work is just as valuable as the learning when it does work.You think differently because you cannot just look up the answers. You have to come up with the solution. It is more critical thinking.Though I’m not pursuing an engineering degree, the problem-solving skills learned are important no matter your field.

Teacher & Principal Comments:Our teachers recognize that the same skills emphasized in PLTW classes make a student successful in any class. (Diane Lashinsky, Administrator, The Innovation School)

I am excited to see PLTW courses challenging students with good problems that require strong math, science, and analytical skills. As an engineer teaching these kinds of things to high school kids is as good as it gets. (Craig Devine, PLTW Teacher & Former Engineer.)

Business Comments:I hired four PLTW students right out of high school. They came to us with real-life job skills and their work has been used in successful proposals, products, and systems installations. This program is a win for everyone involved. (Andrea L. Mann, Ph.D. President, Mann Wireless, Ltd.)

Business Comments:We are an electronics manufacturing facility, so the idea of PLTW fits well into what we do. It is exciting to us that our local school has embraced the technology field, and that local students can finally look at us, know what we do, and want to be part of it. (Peg Murphy, Director HR, Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corporation)

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY SUPPORT

CMTA (California Manufacturers & Technology AssociationAeA (American Electronics AssociationIntelComcast

APPA (American Public Power AssociationIBMNorthrup GrummanQualcommGencorp/Aerojet

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PLTW’s NEW BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

CURRICULUM: Critical Component of the

21st Century Workforce

PLTW™ Biomedical Sciences Program

Design is based on the successful PLTW Engineering Program to: Address the impending critical shortage of qualified biomedical science and health professionals.Prepare students for rigorous post-secondary education and training.

Biomedical Careers--- some examples ---

Doctor

Nurse

Dentist

Veterinarian

Medical Technologist

Pharmaceutical Scientist

Biomedical Engineer

Social worker

Health Information Manager

Pharmacist

Ultrasound Technician

Medical Technical Writer

Radiologist

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Biomedical Sciences High School Courses

Principles of the Biomedical SciencesStudent work involves the study of human medicine, research processes and an introduction to bio-informatics Human Body SystemsThis course will engage students in the study of basic human physiology, especially in relationship to human health. Use LabVIEW software and Vernier probes to measure EKG, heart rate, and blood pressure

Medical InterventionsStudents will investigate various medical interventions that extend and

improve quality of life, including gene therapy, pharmacology, surgery, prosthetics, rehabilitation, and supportive care Science Research

This capstone course gives student teams the opportunity to work with a mentor, identify a science research topic, conduct research, write a scientific paper, and defend team conclusions and recommendations to a panel of outside reviewers

Key Biological Concepts:

Cellular basis of life

Homeostasis

Metabolism

Inheritance of traits

Defense against disease

Key Engineering Concepts:

Process of design

Feedback loops

Fluid dynamics

Relationship of structure to function

Systems

Next Curriculum Area of Focus

CREATION OF NEW COURSEWORK FOCUSED ON ENERGY AND POWER

FOR BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL PLTW

CURRICULUM.

Energy & Power: A Course for PLTW High Schools and Middle Schools

A full year course will be developed in Energy and Power for high schools and a 9 week unit of study for middle schools.

The course will contain at least the following content:Fossil FuelsBio FuelsSolar EnergyNuclear EnergyGeothermal EnergyPower SystemsEnergy and Power Conversion Systems

Experts from industry and higher education will be engaged to identify the key learning concepts as well as project/problem themes intended to show that students have learned the key learning concepts.

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National Recognition

PLTW program is recommended as the model curriculum for

creating “K-12 rigorous curricula, standards and assessments based on world-class standards.”

“Students participating in PLTW courses are

better prepared for college engineering programs.”

National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Science and the Institute of Medicine October 2005

Innovative Technical Activity in Academics

Project Lead The Way, Inc. and San Diego State University

Education Program of the Year -2007

Project Lead The Way2006 Manhattan InstituteSocial Entrepreneurship Award

Project Lead The Way2006 Bayer Science FoundationK-12 STEM Best Practices Award

Received endorsement of the American

Aerospace Industry Association (AIA) in December, 2006 as offering “proven curriculum and teacher professional development” with “the potential to increase the quantity and quality of engineers and engineering technologists graduating from our education system.”

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