Elementary students are introduced and experience the three general pathways of STEM: biomedical, computer science, and engineering.
PLTW Launch modules are included at each grade to support the grade-level math and science curriculums in these pathways.
Pre-Kindergarten
• Healthy Habits
• Living and Nonliving Things
• Floating and Sinking
• Spatial Sense and Coding
Kindergarten
• Structure & Function: Exploring Design
• Structure and Function: Human Body
• Pushes and Pulls
Ist Grade
- Designs Inspired by Nature
- Observing Sun, Moon, and Stars
- Animated Storytelling
2nd Grade
• Properties of Matter
• The Changing Earth
• Grids and Games
3rd Grade
• Stability & Motion: Forces & Interactions
• Life Cycles and Survival
• Programming Patterns
4th Grade
• Earth: Past, Present, and Future
• Organisms: Structure and Function
• Input/Output: Computer Systems
5th Grade
• Infection Detection
• Patterns in the Universe
• Robotics and Automation