This is a class for those who would like to build original products they can use at home. Students learn basic hand building construction in wet clay including: pinch, coil, slab and combined techniques. Some possible Course Description projects are: cups, mugs, vases, bowls, plates, figures real and imaginary, and sculpture realistic or abstract. A final finish is applied using various glaze colors. Students are responsible for maintaining tools and materials and work somewhat independently. None Pre-Requisite(s) Course Descriptions by Department Technology and STEM 731—Project Lead the Way: Introduction to Engineering Design (PLTW: IED) Credit(s) 1 Grade(s) 9, 10 Weight A=4.5 This is Project Lead the introductory foundation course in the Pathway to Engineering (PTE) progam. Way’s Students dig deep into the engineering design process, applying math, science, and engineering standards to Course Description hands-on projects. They work both individually and in teams to design solutions to a variety of problems using 3D modeling software and they use an engineering notebook to document their work. Pre-Requisite(s) Recommend Algebra I along with strong science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer skills 743—Journalism Credit(s) 1 Grade(s) 9, 10, 11, 12 Weight A=4 Course Description Become a reporter for the This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of Leopard Tales! journalism and newspaper writing techniques with a realistic experience in creating a newspaper. Students in this course do all the work for publication of each issue of the school newspaper while writing articles and creating page layouts in Adobe InDesign. Students will develop their writing abilities and editing skills by following the AP stylebook and learning the true ropes of journalistic writing, all while learning to meet deadlines. Students will also develop skills in photography and basic photo editing. The course will require some after school deadlines as well as some out-of-school time for news coverage. Pre-Requisite(s) None Course Descriptions by Department Physical Education/Health 810 Health – Credit(s) 0.5 Grade(s) 9 Weight A=4
Course Description This is a class for those who would like to build original products they can use at home. Students learn basic hand building construction in wet clay including: pinch, coil, slab and combined techniques. Some possible projects are: cups, mugs, vases, bowls, plates, figures real and imaginary, and sculpture realistic or abstract. A final finish is applied using various glaze colors. Students are responsible for maintaining tools and materials and work somewhat independently. Pre-Requisite(s) None Course Descriptions by Department Technology and STEM 731—Project Lead the Way: Introduction to Engineering Design (PLTW: IED) Credit(s) 1 Grade(s) 9, 10 Weight A=4.5 Course Description This is Project Lead the Way’s introductory foundation course in the Pathway to Engineering (PTE) progam. Students dig deep into the engineering design process, applying math, science, and engineering standards to hands-on projects. They work both individually and in teams to design solutions to a variety of problems using 3D modeling software and they use an engineering notebook to document their work. Pre-Requisite(s) Recommend Algebra I along with strong science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer skills 743—Journalism Credit(s) 1 Grade(s) 9, 10, 11, 12 Weight A=4 Course Description Become a reporter for the Leopard Tales! This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of journalism and newspaper writing techniques with a realistic experience in creating a newspaper. Students in this course do all the work for publication of each issue of the school newspaper while writing articles and creating page layouts in Adobe InDesign. Students will develop their writing abilities and editing skills by following the AP stylebook and learning the true ropes of journalistic writing, all while learning to meet deadlines. Students will also develop skills in photography and basic photo editing. The course will require some after school deadlines as well as some out-of-school time for news coverage. Pre-Requisite(s) None Course Descriptions by Department Physical Education/Health 810 – Health Credit(s) 0.5 Grade(s) 9 Weight A=4
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