1. Project Lead The Way Launch 2014-15
March 10, 2015

2. PLTW Launch – Huntsville City Elementary Schools
Lead teachers trained
Classroom teachers trained
K-5 elementary students ~11,000
receiving instruction

3. PLTW - AMAZING DISCOVERIES START HERE
Studies show that students decide as early as second and third grade whether they like, and think they are good at, math and science.

4. Project Lead The Way Launch
PLTW Launch is designed for students in K-5
Aligns with our State CCRS ELA and Math Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards
Engages students to use critical thinking, make mistakes, collaborate, and use technology
Provides a cohesive pathway into our middle and high school PLTW programs
Project Lead The Way Launch

5. PLTW Launch Engineering Design Modules
Section Title Grade Level K.1 Structure and Function Kindergarten K.2 Structure and Function: Pushes and Pulls Kindergarten 1.1 Light and Sound 1st Grade 1.2 Light: Observing Earth, Sun, Moon, and Stars 1st Grade 2.1 Materials Science: Properties of Matter 2nd Grade 2.2 Materials Science: Form and Function 2nd Grade 3.1 Motion and Stability: Science of Flight 3rd Grade 3.2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions 3rd Grade 4.1 Energy: Collisions 4th Grade 4.2 Energy: Conversion 4th Grade 5.1 Robotics and Automation 5th Grade 5.2 Robotics and Automation: Challenge 5th Grade

6. Engineering Design Process

7. Engineering Design Process for K-5

8. PLTW Design Process for Elementary, Middle, and High School

9. Engineering Design Process for Fourth Grade - Energy: Collisions

10. Fourth Grade – Energy: Collisions Module

11. Fourth Grade – Energy: Collisions Module

12. Fourth Grade – Energy: Collisions Module

13. Fourth Grade – Energy: Collisions Module

14. Igniting imagination and innovation
through learning!

15. Let’s give them a chance to love it!
Students in elementary school are already deciding whether they like science and math.
Let’s give them a chance to love it!

16. Thank you!