PLTW Affiliate Institute, San Diego State University Promotes engineering, technology and biomedical science courses for middle school and high school students. There are over 235 middle and high schools in California enrolled in the program and we are rapidly growing.

April/May Influence

New series showcasing influential people in past and present history
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Written by: Craig Counts, Clarckson, New York
in 2005. Photo source: Kidzworld (kidzworld.com)

Philo Farnsworth was born on August 19, 1906 on Indian Creek in Beaver County, Utah. When he was only 12, Farnsworth built an electric motor and produced an electric washing machine for his family. Farnsworth attended Bringham Young University in Utah where he studied television picture transmission. In 1927, Farnsworth became the first .... [more]

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_{We are growing! This fall there will be 389 PLTW programs (GTT, PTE or Biomed) in California ..... that number is surpassed only by Indiana}

The 2012 Chevron Design Challenge finished up with the finals at Lincoln High School in San Diego on May 12.

Congratulations to the winners:
1st place, the Sultans from Santana HS
2nd place, Easy as PI from Scripps Ranch HS
3rd place, Engineering Titans I from Gunn HS
4th place, the Panthers from Porterville Hs
5th place, Team Synergy from Warren HS

Summer training registration is now open. Log onto the extranet at www.pltw.org
We are offering the GA-EE one-week course at Mitchell Middle School in Sacramento, June 11-15

Announcements

PLTW is excited to announce its relationship with VEX Robotics, which will give PLTW schools new, exciting and cutting-edge opportunities both inside and outside the classroom. VEX Robotics' equipment is a high quality platform with broad functionality that allows students to create more innovative solutions to problems.
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