Design finished products using the 3D Printer and Laser Engraver
Field Trip to construction site, and engineering design firm
Learning community cross-curriculum projects
10th Grade - Digital Electronics (DE) 7721 AP Credit and Math Elective Credit
Build and explore digital circuits
Multisim circuit design software training
Learn to solder your own circuit board (a class favorite!)
Use Boolean algebra and binary code to solve logic problems with digital circuits, and programmable logic boards and robots
Design and create counters, scoreboards, and shift registers
Field Trip to production factory, and Hewlett Packard Enterprises, and construction site.
Resume building and Mock Interviews
Learning community cross-curriculum projects
11th Grade - Principles of Engineering (POE) 7723 Honors Credit and Science Elective Credit
Advanced physics and mathematics
Focuses on many engineering disciplines in multiple units
Mechanical Engineering – simple and complex machines
Civil Engineering – structures and trusses
Electrical Engineering – circuits and electricity
Hands-on exploration and construction of working machines
Field Trip to Southwest Airlines maintenance hangar, production factory, and construction site.
Resume building, and interviews for paid summer internships
Learning community cross-curriculum projects
12th Grade - Engineering Design and Development (EDD) 7722 AP Credit
Capstone class focused on the engineering design process
Students work with a partner to choose and solve a problem
Patent and academic journal research
Construction of a model and final prototype
Use of 3D printer, laser engraver, construction tools
Students contact and work with experts outside of the school
Final presentation before a panel of judges and an audience
Field Trip to Southwest Airlines maintenance hangar, production factory, and construction site.
AOE grads earn a coveted blue PLTW engineering stole.
Learning community cross-curriculum projects
11th-12th Grade - Computer Integrated Manufacturing 7720 AP Credit
Programmable Machining using CNCs and CAM software
Robotics in Manufacturing
Principles of Manufacturing
Manufacturing Processes
Elements of Automation
Integration of Manufacturing Elements
CIM is one of the specialized courses in PLTW Pathway to Engineering course sequence. Students who have successfully completed the foundation courses Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) and Principles of Engineering (POE) can easily transition to this course.
11th-12th Grade - Civil Engineering and Architecture 7719 AP Credit