Project Lead The Way (PLTW)

Our high school scholars currently have the choice of three PLTW courses, Human Body Systems, Computer Science Principles, and Cybersecurity. In Human Body Systems, students examine the interactions of human body systems as they explore identity, power, movement, protection, and homeostasis in the body. Exploring science in action, students build organs and tissues, monitor body functions such as muscle movement, reflex and voluntary action, and respiration; and take on the roles of biomedical professionals to solve real-world medical cases. Students in PLTW Human Body Systems have the opportunity to attain 3 college credits through Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). In Computer Science Principles, students can express their creativity through code as they analyze computing innovations and the impacts they have on our lives, use abstraction and algorithmic thinking to solve problems and create value for others, and develop, analyze, implement, and test programs developed for a purpose. Throughout the course, students learn to uncover patterns in data, protect data, and explore how the internet connects the world in which we live. Students can also choose to take Cybersecurity. In this course students learn to identify cybersecurity threats and protect against them, detect intrusions and respond to attacks, and identify their own digital footprint to learn how to defend their own personal data.