Project Lead the Way

To become a certified PLTW Classroom Teacher:

• create an account at my.pltw.org and join your school's site.
• register for the event at my.pltw.org.
• complete two prerequisite courses at my.pltw.org.
• complete a 16-hour face-to-face course taught by a certified LEAD Teacher.

Note:  The 16-hour course is broken into sections.  The first 12 hours is completed at the school site.  The last section is Grade Level Implementation where teachers work with other teachers from throughout the district in grade level groups to explore and create plans for the first module. 

To become a certified LEAD Teacher: 

• Complete the 16-hour Classroom Teacher training.
• Implement at least one module in the classroom.
• Complete the 16-hour LEAD Teacher training provided by PLTW Master Teachers.

Each school has two teachers who have completed additional training and have been certified as LEAD Teachers.  List of LEAD Teachers in Davis School District.

 

 

Launch Apps - a list of apps required to run the Launch Program

Computer Specifications - hardware requirements to run the Launch Program

Link to additional help for required PLTW software including updates and troubleshooting.

 

Guides to Registration:

How to register for a Classroom Teacher event:  video

How to register for a Classroom Teacher event:  step-by-step guide

Resources for Conducting a Training Event

Checklist for preparation.

Suggested room layout.

Check list of requirements for teachers who are certifying as a Classroom Teacher.

To become a certified PLTW Classroom Teacher:

• create an account at my.pltw.org and join your school's site.
• register for the event at my.pltw.org.
• complete two prerequisite courses at my.pltw.org.
• complete a 16-hour face-to-face course taught by a certified LEAD Teacher.

Note: The 16-hour course is broken into sections. The first 12 hours is completed at the school site. The last section is Grade Level Implementation where teachers work with other teachers from throughout the district in grade level groups to explore and create plans for the first module. 

To become a certified LEAD Teacher: 

• Completion of the 16-hour Classroom Teacher training.
• Implement at least one module in the classroom.
• Completion of the 16-hour LEAD Teacher training provided by PLTW Master Teachers.

 

 How-to videos on the following topics:

• How to Invite Users to a Site.
• How to Request to Join a Site.
• How to Reset Student Passwords.
• How to Roster Students.

How to Manage Classes Once They Are Rostered

 

A helpful video on how to use the PLTW Store

For the resources offered by the PLTW Store including guidelines for returns, technical specifications, and bills of materials (kit contents.)

GradeKDSDLaunchLogsAnimalsandAlgorithms.docx

Grade1DSDLaunchLogAnimatedStorytelling.docx

Grade2DSDLaunchLogGridsandGames.docx

Grade3DSDLaunchLogThirdGradeProgrammingPatterns.docx

Grade4DSDLaunchLogsInputOutputComputerSystems1.docx

Grade5GroupRolesRoboticsandAutomation.docx

RoboticsandAutomationLaunchLog.docx

Modified Launch Logs

This is the Launch Log for the Robotics and Automation Challenge:

Grade6DSDLaunchLogsRobotsandAutomationChallenge.docx

These additional logs have been modified to work with 6th grade students:

Structure and Function:

Launch Log: Structure and Function

Resource:  Hand Bones

Forces and Interactions:

Directions:  Forces and Interactions -

Launch Log:  Forces and Interactions -

Input and Output: Computer Systems

Launch Log:  Input and Output -

 

The following resources for third grade were created by LEAD teacher Kailee Pena.

Job Cards

Programs

Fill-in-Stories

Tip:  With 1st Grade on Activity 1 "Rosie's Runtime," I looked all over for a copy of the colored circles so that the students could have a paper copy to plan out their program before they actually tried it on the circles. The only thing I could find was circles with 4 of each color and not the 6 that we have. It also had orange and purple, which those colors do not come in our kit. The way I solved it was to find one of the examples and take a picture of it on the computer with my iPhone, e-mail it to myself, and then print it out.

Tip: The very first activity is challenging and may require more direct instruction. The suggestion was made to do it as a class and then give more freedom on the following activities:

Question: When starting Hopscotch, do students need to create an account?

Answer: This question resulted in several possible solutions:

1)  Students will not need to create an account. Your teachers will need to create one, however. At that point, your students can use that account to log into the app. Once a device is logged into the app, Hopscotch keeps them logged in until told to log out.

2)  They don’t need to create a username for each student. They can make a fake student in their list and give that student a username and password that all of the students can use to log into PLTW so access the instructions.

3)  I had my students just put in their dsd login and password. As long as they type it correctly it works great. So, all their usernames and passwords are the exact same logins as the ones used to log into a school computer.

 

 

Some of the apps that are listed for the 5th grade Robotics Module are not compatible with the I-pad version IOS 11.  Here are suggestions for working around this problem:

1.  Have students google "autonomous robots" and conduct research that way. This allows students to see other applications of how autonomous robots are really used. For the AutoDesk Inventor, access the program called "Fusion 360" which is web based.  The link to Fusion 360 is right in the module in the student view.

2.  This website has a lot of robotic research and information that the 5th grade module could use:  https://www.thespruce.com/top-science-websites-for-kids-1259286.

Question:  Can you clarify the progression of module instruction for 5th and 6th grade? It is my understanding that 5th grade should be teaching the first robotics module this year, and that 6th grade would do that one, as well as the Challenge module this year. Then, next year, 5th grade would still just do the first module, and 6th grade would just do the Challenge module. Is that your understanding of the plan?

Answer:   For the most part, yes. It is not mandatory for 6th grade to do both 5.1 and 5.2 the first year although several schools have reported doing so.