PLTW Launch – Elementary STEM Curriculum (PreK-5)
Accelerate Discovery with Elementary Curriculum and Project-Based Learning
Spark. Ignite. Accelerate.
Young learners are naturally wired for discovery. You’ve seen it. Discovery is what makes them tick.
PLTW Launch (PreK-5) taps into students’ exploratory nature, engages them in learning that feels like play, and encourages them to keep discovering – now and for whatever future they choose.
Students build in-demand skills through inspiring activities that aren’t typical in a traditional classroom.
They are immersed in energized, hands-on activities, projects, and problems that build upon each other and relate to the real world. Students experience integrated learning that blends computer science, engineering, biomedical science, and more. Throughout the modules, even the youngest learners apply their math and English Language Arts (ELA) skills, learn science to standards, and adopt skills that are foundational across disciplines.
Additionally, to support rigorous learning for all students, including America’s 5 million English Language Learners, all PLTW Launch students and teachers have access to curriculum in both English and Spanish.
Expand Potential for All Your Students, and Teachers.
Energize Engagement
Inspire students to work together, solve problems and persevere in a vibrant, dynamic environment.
Amplify Equity
Foster interaction and social emotional learning for all students, especially underrepresented and female students.
Streamline Your Time
Leverage curriculum that’s designed with all the information and materials you need to bring lessons to life for your students.
Planning Tools: Standards by Module, Grade, or State | Module Descriptions
Explore PLTW Elementary Curriculum Modules
Each PLTW Launch module engages students in cross-disciplinary activities that spark a lifelong love of learning and build knowledge and skills in areas including computer science, engineering, and biomedical science. In addition, each module empowers students to develop essential skills such as problem solving, critical and creative thinking, communication, collaboration, and perseverance.
We offer more than STEM curricula. PLTW schools and students are set up for long-term success.
Dynamic and Meaningful Professional Development for Teachers
PLTW Core Training is a robust and interactive professional development experience that empowers teachers to facilitate engaging and meaningful learning for their students.
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Funding and Grant Opportunities
Make PLTW happen in your school through a variety of available funding and grant opportunities.
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Assessments Designed to Mirror PLTW’s Transformative Learning Experience
Using innovative, inquiry-based items, PLTW’s redesigned Assessments measure a broader range of knowledge, skills, and cognitive abilities, and deliver a dynamic experience that is authentic to the learning environment of the PLTW classroom.
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Provide your elementary students with access to real-world, applied learning experiences that empower them to gain the skills they need to thrive in college, career, and beyond.