Engineering Events Calendar

PLTW Assessment Training

Check the training schedule here- and when teachers sign up, they might win a brand new Amazon Kindle!


As you know PLTW is very excited about transitioning to our new Assessment System and our partnership with the Northwest Evaluation Association. I am writing you to seek your support in helping us ensure that 100% of the PLTW teachers get trained on the new system and administer Growth Assessments. We have put together the top four reasons for teachers to take the time from their busy schedules to complete the assessments for you to use in your communication to them. We would love it if you would send out a communication to your email list of PLTW teachers to encourage those who have not yet done so - to register, get trained, and administer assessments. The top 4 reasons for administering the assessment program are:

1. The combination of pre-and post-growth assessments will provide teachers with detailed information that can be used to inform instruction and help students reach their potential. Teachers will benefit from hard data on where each student is in their academic progress in math and science. PLTW will also be able to leverage these results to improve the curriculum and programming.

2. PLTW partners - from teachers and school districts to philanthropists and corporations - have expressed a desire for data on student performance to help with securing funds to implement the program. The new Assessment System will help address those needs, which will help all of us achieve our goal of creating the next generation of innovators.

Engineering, Go For It!

FOURTH EDITION NOW AVAILABLE!


Lesson Plan: Explorations in Energy

Alternative energy offers advantages over shrinking fossil-fuel supplies, but harnessing it is a complex process. Here, middle school students learn about extracting hydrogen from water. In a separate activity, high school classes create ethanol from fermented foods.

Lesson: Hydrogen Electrolysis of Water

Class Activity: Ethanol Fermentation

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Deadline to Register for PLTW Training

The deadline to register for PLTW's 30-minute, online Assessment training is rapidly
approaching. We know you have busy schedules and appreciate the time you are taking for these training sessions. As a token of our appreciation, PLTW will be giving away a host of prizes to training participants, including the Amazon® Kindle®, a Nintendo® Wii®with the Wii Fit Plus® and the iPodTouch®.

Training is available Monday through Friday between now and September 24 at the times
listed below. When registering for training, please use your PLTW Extranet/Virtual
Academy login email. Your new PLTW Assessment System login will be sent to this
email address ONLY!

PLTW Online Training 10 a.m. EST

PLTW Online Training 12pm EST

PLTW Online Training 2pm EST

PLTW Online Training 4pm EST

PLTW Online Training 6pm EST

Each week, one training participant will be selected at a random drawing to be conducted by PLTW as the recipient of a new Amazon Kindle. Teachers who have already completed training are already included. In addition, at the end of the final session on September 24, one winner will be randomly drawn by PLTW from the list of all training participants and awarded a Nintendo Wii with Wii Fit Plus. Finally, in June, five of the teachers that have administered all growth and end of course assessments will be randomly selected by PLTW to receive an iPod Touch.

Don't miss your
chance to win these exciting prizes - register for training today!

Student Showcase

The STEM division and OKACTE officers will be hosting the Project Lead the Way Counselor Conference on October 26, 2010. We would like to invite several schools to participate in the PLTW Student Showcase. Schools interested would set up an interactive display/booth educating counselors about their program; counselors would walk around and visit each booth. The set up time would be 8:30 and the display could be taken down after lunch. Each school is limited to bring three students and lunch will be provided. We are looking for Pre-Engineering, Biomedical or Gateway programs. If your school is interested please fill out the attached registration and return it to me by September 15. If you have any questions feel free to give me a call. We are hoping sending school counselors, technology center counselors and administrators across the state will be in attendance. Registration:

Project Lead the Way Student Showcase
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Tulsa Southern Hills Marriott
1902 E. 71st Street
Tulsa, OK
8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon