Reports, guides, handbooks High school registration guide 2020-21

PLTW Honors Engineering Design and Development [Students may earn Articulated College Credit] Prerequisite/Selection Process: Acceptance into CEMS at BHS and PLTW Honors Princi- ples of Engineering Intended Audience: Grade 12 Credit: Three trimesters = 1.5 credits PLTW college credit can be earned Major Outcomes: • Teams of students work together guided by the teacher and a community mentor to research design and construct a solution to an engineering problem • Students will learn manufacturing skills to help in the development of their innovative project. • Teams will participate in an end of course presentation event at BHS Projects, Activities, etc.: Use research, experi- ments, and design techniques to aid in problem solving; write and develop a final presentation using technology presentation tools ENGLISH CEMS Honors English 9 CEMS Prerequisite/Selection Process: Acceptance into CEMS at BHS Intended Audience: Grade 9 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit Major Outcomes: • Reading and responding to CEMS related themes and ethical considerations in literature and informational texts • Formal argument writing skills High School Registration Guide • Research skills • Multi-media group presentation skills • Improved reading efficiency • Large group discussion skills Project, Activities, etc.: Literary analysis writing, argumentative essay writing, Socratic Seminars, small group presenta- tions, reading comprehension quizzes Instructional Focus: Organization of formal arguments, introduction to ethics, qualities of effective presentations, participation in open-ended large group discussion topics Honors English 10 CEMS Prerequisite/Selection Process: Acceptance into CEMS at BHS Intended Audience: Grade 10 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit Major Outcomes: • Rhetorical analysis writing • Interpretation and evaluation of literature and informational texts • Understanding of fiction and non-fiction • Growth-based model of learning to read and write critically • Process Essay writing • Video Storytelling Projects, Activities, etc: Essay writing, video presentations, reading Literature and nonfiction Instructional Focus: Connections between rhetoric and CEMS, using video to tell a story, philosophical foundations for scientific discovery or technological progress. 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 [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 Principles of Engineering [Students may earn Articulated College Credit] Prerequisite/Selection Process: Acceptance into CEMS at BHS and PLTW Honors Introduction to Engineering Design Intended Audience: Grades 10 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit PLTW college credit can be earned Major Outcomes: • Exploration of engineering and engineering technology • Explore technology systems and manufacturing processes • Use of math, science and technology in engineering problem solving process • Social and political consequences of technological changes Projects, Activities, etc.: Projects and problems Instructional Focus: Use research and design techniques to analyze problems, inquiry bases 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 PLTW college credit can be earned 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 • 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 37

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