Environmental Sustainability (PLTW)
Environmental Sustainability (ES) is a high school-level specialization course in PLTW Engineering. In ES, students investigate and design solutions to solve real-world challenges related to clean drinking water, a stable food supply, and renewable energy. Students are introduced to environmental issues and use the engineering design process to research and design potential solutions. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.
Notes
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) curriculum guides and course competencies are only available to PLTW-affiliated schools through agreement with PLTW. To obtain additional information, contact: Project Lead The Way, 3939 Priority Way South Drive, Suite 400, Indianapolis IN 46240. Toll-free: 877-335-7589. Online: https://www.pltw.org
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Course Sequences
A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.
Industry Credentials (Only apply to 36-week courses)
- Project Lead the Way End-of-Course Assessments
- Project Lead The Way End-of-Course Assessments: Computer Science A
- Project Lead The Way End-of-Course Assessments: Computer Science Essentials
- Project Lead The Way End-of-Course Assessments: Computer Science Principles
- Project Lead The Way End-of-Course Assessments: Cybersecurity
Career Clusters
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| Environmental Service Systems |
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| Food Products & Processing Systems |
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| Natural Resources Systems |
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| Plant Systems |
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| Power, Structural, & Technical Systems |
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| Pathway | Occupation |
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| Design/Pre-Construction |
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| Pathway | Occupation |
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| Energy Sustainability and Efficiency |
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| Fuels Production |
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| Pathway | Occupation |
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| Governance |
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| Planning |
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| Regulation |
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| Pathway | Occupation |
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| Engineering & Technology |
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| Science & Mathematics |
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| Pathway | Occupation |
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| Health, Safety, & Environmental Management |
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