Whitman high school engineering track

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Anonymous wrote:Wheaton has a great Project Lead the Way program. Former engineers from schools like MIT and the Naval Academy teach there.

Wheaton must be a w school, according to prior poster.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone gone through Whitman high school’s Engineering program? How is it different from just taking regular AP science classes? Versus these over 4 years..
1. Principles of Engneering
2. One of the following
Civil engineering
Aerospace engineering
Digital Design engineering
3. Engineering development and design
Thanks.

This is Project Lead The Way (PLTW). My DC did it at Poolesville. It’s a structured set of engineering classes and provides a nice foundation if your DC is interested in engineering. These classes aren’t science classes.

If they aren’t science, what are they?

What is the engineering program at Wooton?

They are engineering. Google is your friend if you want to understand the difference between science and engineering.

Google will actually tell you that engineering is a science. It’s an applied science as opposed to a natural science like biology.

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Anonymous wrote:Will PLTW engineering survive the program analysis?

PLTW is a national program. Likely wherever MCPS puts the Engineering programs in the regions will be PLTW.

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Anonymous wrote:Will PLTW engineering survive the program analysis?

Yes, schools can offer it locally, and there will be one engineering program in each region. Presumably, this will be PLTW.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone gone through Whitman high school’s Engineering program? How is it different from just taking regular AP science classes? Versus these over 4 years..
1. Principles of Engneering
2. One of the following
Civil engineering
Aerospace engineering
Digital Design engineering
3. Engineering development and design
Thanks.

This is Project Lead The Way (PLTW). My DC did it at Poolesville. It’s a structured set of engineering classes and provides a nice foundation if your DC is interested in engineering. These classes aren’t science classes.

If they aren’t science, what are they?

What is the engineering program at Wooton?

They are engineering. Google is your friend if you want to understand the difference between science and engineering.

Google will actually tell you that engineering is a science. It’s an applied science as opposed to a natural science like biology.

It’s like you didn’t even try.

“Science aims to understand the natural world by acquiring knowledge, while engineering applies that knowledge to design and create solutions for practical problems. Scientists ask "why?" and follow the scientific method to discover, whereas engineers ask "how?" and follow a design process to innovate and build new technologies, products, and systems to improve lives”