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ELECTIVE COURSES FOR CEMS PLTW Honors Digital Electronics [BHS only] [Students may earn Articulated College Credit] Prerequisite/Selection Process: Acceptance into CEMS at BHS Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11, and 12 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit PLTW college credit can be earned Major Outcomes: • Foundations in Electronics • Logic Design • Controlling Real World Systems Projects, Activities, etc.: Design and build circuits, learn binary, soldering, random number generator, robotics Instructional Focus: Learn the digital circuit design process to create circuits using design software and physical components to present solutions that can improve lives. PLTW Honors Computer Science Principles [AHS, BHS only] [Students may earn Articulated College Credit] Prerequisite/Selection Process: Acceptance into CEMS at BHS Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11, and 12 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit PLTW college credit can be earned Major Outcomes: • Introduce computational tools that foster creativity • Problem solving with structured activities and progress to open-ended projects and problems • Develop computational thinking Instructional Focus: Use programming to develop computational thinking, to generate excitement about the field of computing, and to introduce computational tools that foster creativity PLTW Honors Computer Integrated Manufacturing [BHS Only] [Students may earn Articulated College Credit] Prerequisite/Selection Process: Acceptance into CEMS at BHS Intended Audience: Grades 11, and 12 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit Major Outcomes: • Principles of Manufacturing - Students will learn to use input and output devices as a foundation to model manufacturing processes • Manufacturing Processes - Students analyze a product to consider design improvements, perform calculations to make manufacturing decisions, and recommend processes 40 • Elements of Automation -introduce students to robotic automation within a manufacturing system • Integration of Manufacturing Elements Instructional Focus: Hands on activities PLTW Honors Civil Engineering and Architecture [Students may earn Articulated College Credit] Prerequisite/Selection Process: Acceptance into CEMS at BHS and PLTW Honors Princi- ples of Engineering Intended Audience: Grades 11 and 12 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit PLTW college credit can be earned Major Outcomes: • Introduction to the fundamental design and development aspects of civil engineering • Introduction to architectural planning, in- cluding site planning and building design • Project planning considering transporta- tion, water resource and environmental issues Projects, Activities, etc.: This is a Project Lead the Way course; projects and problems Instructional Focus: Use research and design techniques to analyze problems, inquiry- based approach, field and lab activities PLTW Honors Cybersecurity [BHS Only] [Students may earn Articulated College Credit] Prerequisite/Selection Process: Acceptance into CEMS at BHS Intended Audience: Grades 11, and 12 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit Major Outcomes: • Cybersecurity introduces the tools and concepts of cybersecurity and encour- ages students to create solutions that allow people to share computing resources while protecting privacy • Students’ knowledge of and commitment to ethical computing behavior is enhanced Instructional Focus: This course aims to de- velop students’ skills as consumers, friends, citizens, and employees who can effectively contribute to communities with a depend- able cyber-infrastructure that moves and processes information safely PLTW Honors Aerospace Engineering [Students may earn Articulated College Credit] Prerequisite/Selection Process: Acceptance into CEMS at BHS and PLTW Honors Princi- ples of Engineering Intended Audience: Grades 11 and 12 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit PLTW college credit can be earned Major Outcomes: • Introduction to aerodynamics design and testing • Flight systems and aerospace materials • Space life sciences and astronautics Instructional Focus: Experiments, project testing and field trips Projects, Activities, etc.: Gliders, flight simu- lator, model rockets, wind turbine, orbital mechanics modeling, Mars Rover robotics Instructional Focus: Students explore funda- mentals of flight in air and space through designing and testing components related to aerospace engineering. PLTW Honors Environmental Sustainability [Students may earn Articulated College Credit] Prerequisite/Selection Process: Acceptance into CEMS at BHS and PLTW Honors Princi- ples of Engineering Intended Audience: Grades 11 and 12 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit PTLW college credit can be earned, does not meet science credit requirement Major Outcomes: • Build models of natural water systems • Propose a genetic engineering solution to a global food security issue • Biomanufacturing of biofuels Projects, Activities, etc.: The growing market for jobs in biological engineering is playing a central role in energy and agricultural sus- tainability solutions. The ES course develops students’ thinking skills and prepares them for emerging careers through topics such as genetic engineering, biofuels, and biomanufacturing. Instructional Focus: Experiments and field trips PLTW Honors Computer Science A [Students may earn Articulated College Credit] Prerequisite/Selection Process: Acceptance into CEMS at BHS Intended Audience: Grades 11 and 12 Credit: Three trimesters = 1.0 credit PLTW college credit can be earned Major Outcomes: • Students focus on integrating technolo- gies across multiple platforms and networks. • Students create models and simulations that create solutions to real world prob- lems found in science and industry. • Students analyze, adapt, and improve each other's programs while working primarily in JAVA and other industry- standard tools. Instructional Focus: This course prepares students for the AP Computer Science A Test High School Registration Guide

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