Welcome to our showcase of PLTW schools. Here we display some of the
achievements of students in project lead the way courses around the country.
If you would like your PLTW school showcased here please email
Ed Hughes
and let him know.
PLTW Teacher Renny Whittenbarger from Cleveland, TN, his class, and
their solar car.
The
senior engineering project we done during the 05/06 school year. The
solar/electric vehicle, will run 52 miles per hour top speed. |
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 Purdue
Solar Racing Team Visits Valparaiso High SchoolOn Tuesday May 16th, 2006 approximately 600 students in PLTW and STEM classes were treated to a presentation from the Purdue Solar Racing Team. The team is on its annual Indiana tour and is making stops at high schools to encourage students to study math, science and technology and become students of new energy 
sources to solve problems which will come to light in the future. This years
Solar Racing Team president is Matt Hewlett, who is a graduate of Valparaiso
High School. While in high school Matt excelled in math and science classes
and was a member of PLTW teacher, Gary Gray’s first Introduction to
Engineering Design (IED) class five years ago. Matt told the students at
Valparaiso High School that he has used the concepts and visualization
skills he learned in IED at Purdue’s School of Mechanical Engineering. The
steps of the Design Process he studied and parametric modeling skills were
part of many solutions to problems he has encountered while a student at
Purdue. Matt has been hired recently by Ford Motor Company and next year
will be working in their engine division in Dearborn, Michigan.For additional Indiana Showcase information please visit http://www.doe.state.in.us/octe/technologyed/goodnews.html |
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 Congratulations
Carver High School: A team of nine Carver students
competed in the Global Enterprise Challenge. Six teams from the Houston area
and other teams from around the United States competed for the chance to
represent the United States this June in Scotland at the Global Enterprise
Challenge. Carver H.S. placed 1st at nationals, and will be competing
against 26 other national winners from around the world. The competitors were given a problem and allowed six hours to develop a solution, formulate a marketing plan, establish a business plan, and give a two minute presentation with a maximum of four PowerPoint slides to a group of engineers in Scotland. |
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Valparaiso High School Technology Students Recognized At American Institute of Architects State Design Competition  April 21, 2005: Seven Valparaiso High School (Indiana) students with their design boards were honored as finalists in the annual American Institute of Architects Student Design Competition. This year’s contest challenged the students to design a structure called the Art Incubator. The structure’s specification and design revolved around a chosen architectural style that included a piece of furniture (chair) which would be built and sold on site as a fund raising method. Valparaiso High School students who were finalists in the design contest were Liz Schroeder, John Seramur, Andrew Vereb, Jacob Schau, Andrew Goldschmidt and Nathan Loden. An Award of Honor went to Junior Ryan Norris. This recognition placed him in the top six designs in the state and had a monetary award presented to him. There were 130 entries in this year’s state contest. Students are in Gary Gray’s CEA class. |
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Eight
Indiana schools participated in the second annual Project Lead The Way
Introduction to Engineering Design contest held on April 6, 2004. The contest was co-sponsored by the Indian Trails
Career Cooperative and the Department of Industrial Technology at Purdue
University, and hosted by Rensselaer Central High School. It brought
students together from eight Indiana Project Lead The Way high
schools, including Rensselaer Central High School, Kankakee Valley High
School, Twin Lakes High School, Hammond Gavit High School, Logansport High
School, Valparaiso High School, Lafayette Jefferson High School, and South
Newton High School.
For additional Indiana Showcase information please visit http://www.doe.state.in.us/octe/technologyed/goodnews.html |
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 The Need for a Greenhouse Extension
Matt and Nick, students in Frank Xydias's IED class (Milford High School, NH), work on a school driven project: The Need for a Greenhouse Extension. The Science Dept. wants to double the square feet in the greenhouse, avoiding obstacles like the sewer, trees, and shrubbery. Matt who is working on the angled design needs to create a wedge design that will deflect snow and keep the greenhouse closed. Nick is working on a T design that will not require movement of any trees or the drain. |
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The "Wizard of Oz" team (right) placed 2nd in the
overall design and 1st in the innovative design categories. "The Ugly" (left) placed 2nd
in the fastest category.
Cazenovia HS Students Place Third
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Omaha
North Engineering team wins overall team competition
Students
in Chiles High School POE classes competed in the first FAMU/FSU College of Engineering "Roller Coaster Engineering
Challenge" Competition. The 70 teams competing were given
identical sets of materials and criteria. They had three
weeks to design and build a roller coaster track that was
both fast and safe. A marble was used to simulate the car.
On May 4-5, five students from Cazenovia High School,
a Project Lead The Way school, and their instructor, Chris Hurd, went to the
Rochester Institute of Technology to compete in the 16th annual RI/SME Robotic Technology
and Engineering Challenge.