December 2007

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Clear Brook High School

Engineering, Agriculture, Technology

Engineering Elective Courses

Web Design Web Design is a one year course. The students learn to design web sites using HTML code, Flash, Photoshop, ImageReady, and Cascading Style Sheets. The students will explore graphics creation, animation, layout design, organization and site management, and publishing issues. It is a technology applications credit and its course number is 2871 and it is open to 10-12 grade. There is a lab fee for this course.

Game Programming This is listed in the course catalog as Business Computer Programming. The students will develop a foundation in a game programming language and the gaming industry. Students will learn various standard programming languages used in game development and virtual reality stimulators. The course number is 7385 and is a junior/senior level course. The student must have passed digital graphics or webmastering, and geometry. It is under business education in the course selection bulletin.

Introduction to Veterinary Assistant Technology Interested in the veterinary field?  This course provides training in the veterinary assistant field and introduces students to veterinary science and animal industries. It is course number 7155 and is open to 10-12 grade students. There is a lab fee for this course. Students are also given the opportunity to develop leadership skills through the Future Farmers of America organization.

Project Lead The Way

In future years there are plans to offer additional courses in Civil Engineering and Architecture, and Aerospace Engineering.  If students are interested in science, technology, and/or math, Engineering may be a field for you and Project Lead The Way can help students  figure that out.

PLTW is a nationwide organization whose goal is to:

“Prepare an increasing and more diverse group of students to be successful in science, engineering, and engineering technology.”

To achieve that goal, PLTW has developed a series of high school electives, designed to introduce students to the field of engineering.   

Students start by taking Introduction to Engineering and Design (IED).  This is the introductory elective, and the prerequisite for most of the other PLTW classes.  It teaches a basic design process, drafting skills, and 3D solid modeling.

From there students can take Digital Electronics (DE) or Principles Of Engineering (POE), depending on whether you are more interested in electronics or mechanical devices.

 

While these are in the engineering school, they are open to all students. This only features a few courses. More will be featured in the next newsletter.