PLTW STEM Elective Pathways

Bio Med Pathway

Director: Deena Depamphilis

Please see the PLTW Overview and PLTW Website for detailed information on each course offering.

PRINCIPLES OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE (PBS)

In this rigorous course, students explore concepts of biology and medicine as they take on roles of different medical professionals to solve real-world problems. Students are challenged in various scenarios including investigating a crime scene to solve a mystery, diagnosing and proposing treatment to patients in a family medical practice, to tracking down and containing a medical outbreak at a local hospital, stabilizing a patient during an emergency, and collaborating with others to design solutions to local and global medical problems. Students develop technical and in-demand, transportable skills that they need to thrive in life and career. By completion of this course students should understand the diverse set of careers and related skills in the biomedical science field. This is the first of 4 courses in the biomedical pathway, no prerequisites are required, freshmen are encouraged to enroll. This course is a lab science and fulfills a unit of lab-based science for MassCore. (5 Credits)

HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS (HBS)

In this rigorous course students examine the interactions of human body systems as they explore identity, power, movement, protection, and homeostasis. Exploring science in action, students build organs and tissues on a skeletal Maniken®; use data acquisition software to monitor body functions such as muscle movement, reflex and voluntary action, and respiration; and take on the roles of biomedical professionals to solve real-world medical cases. Prerequisites: Successful completion of Principles of Biomedical Sciences or Biology. This course is a lab science and fulfills a unit of lab-based science for MassCore. (5 Credits)

MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS (MI)

BIOMEDICAL INNOVATIONS (BI)

Engineering Pathway

Director: Deena Depamphilis

Please see the PLTW Overview and PLTW Website for detailed information on this Pathway.

INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN (IED)

PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING DESIGN (POE)

CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE (CEA)

ENGINEERING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT (EDD)