Pre-Engineering

 

Engineering and Technology courses develop

and enhance students' technological literacy

or understanding of how technological

systems function and impact society, the

environment, and the global economy.

Engineering and Technology is activity based

and includes topics related to invention,

intervention, and innovation.

 

Project Lead the Way (PLTW)
The primary goal of PLTW is to grow the nation's technology workforce (engineers and technicians). Currently, 1,300,000 engineering/engineering technology jobs are available in the U.S. without trained people to fill them. The PLTW curriculum provides the kind of student work that helps students reach higher standards in the academic core

 

An Engineering and Technology program should provide opportunities for students to gain the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Apply creative problem solving, critical thinking, teamwork, leadership, acceptance of personal responsibility and other skills using a variety of resources (including information, tools, and materials) to identify/define/solve problems.

• Design, build, test, and modify products and solutions to problems.

• Develop a conceptual understanding of technological contexts (medical, agricultural,

  communication, transportation, power and energy, manufacturing, and construction) and engineering contexts (mechanical, structural, fluid, electrical, electronics, optical, thermal, biotechnical, and materials).

• Understand the interrelationship between the resource/input, process, output, and feedback elements of technological systems.

• Use contemporary technologies to communicate, process, manipulate, collect, and apply information to solve technical problems.

• Integrate and apply concepts from Kentucky Core Content to contemporary technology.

• Develop competencies in the safe and efficient use of tools, machines, materials, and

  processes.

• Identify opportunities, characteristics, and preparation requirements for current and emerging

  technological occupations.

• Explore entrepreneurship and its place within the free enterprise system as a means to

  becoming a self-sufficient individual.

• Understand and appreciate both the importance and the dynamic nature of technology.

• Prepare for the challenges of a dynamic world through gaining skills in technological

  literacy, leadership, and problem solving, resulting in personal growth and opportunity.