PRE-ENGINEERING ACADEMY
Accelerate your potential as an engineer through design and innovation. In this college prep course offered exclusively to high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors through Project Lead the Way, you’ll harness the power of science, math, and creativity to solve real-world problems and create impactful solutions that shape our everyday lives. From designing bridges that support heavy traffic to crafting robots that simplify tasks, you’ll expand your knowledge and experience the joy of experimentation and building, fueling your passion for engineering while making a lasting impact on the world around you.
Create the Future
Dive into class with project-based learning and industry-leading 3D software to design your own projects. Use digital logic to build and program robotics. Honors level math and science classes help you to apply math and science to engineering concepts to create your own future.
“This is a great place for kids to learn the basics of engineering. I am blown away by the instructors attention to the growth and development of the students.”
Pre-Engineering
Pre-Engineering prepares high school students for success in colleges of engineering.
Math and science are combined with engineering-related classes to provide you with academic preparation and an understanding of engineering to determine your interest in pursuing engineering as a career. If you choose to attend as a junior and senior, you will take the PLTW Pre-Engineering pathway. If you attend for three years, and enroll as a sophomore, you will take the Advanced PLTW Pre-Engineering Academy which includes an extra year of curriculum.
Graduates from the Academy should be planning to obtain a college degree in an engineering discipline.
“Strong foundations are critical in engineering disciplines, and this program goes above and beyond to provide that for the students.”
“Pre-Engineering allows you to truly grasp the point of engineering and gives you a fun way of understanding it.”
PLTW PRE-ENGINEERING
Areas of Study
- Introduction to Engineering Design
- Principles of Engineering
- Honors Algebra II/Honors Geometry
- Aerospace Engineering or Civil Engineering & Architecture – or Computer Integrated Manufacturing or Digital Electronics or Computer Science Principles
- Honors Chemistry
- Honors Trigonometry/Honors Pre-Calculus/Honors AP Calculus
- Engineering Design & Development
- Honors Physics
ADVANCED PLTW PRE-ENGINEERING
Areas of Study
- Introduction to Engineering Design
- Principles of Engineering
- Honors Algebra II/Honors Geometry
- Honors Physics
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing or Computer Science Principles or Digital Electronics
- Honors Trigonometry/Honors Calculus
- Aerospace Engineering
- Civil Engineering & Architecture
- AP Calculus
- Honors Chemistry
- Engineering Design & Development
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@wutokie`s Alex Peiffer and Justin Brown paid a visit to our Pre-Engineering Development and Design class to discuss a partnership between their company and Central Tech PE seniors as part of their capstone project. 🤝
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Biomedical Sciences and Pre-Engineering students exceeded expectations! ⚡️
Countless hours preparing projects paid off at the Capstone Symposium. What a great way to end their time at Central Tech!
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Our Pre-Engineering students Lily Yates, Ruby Forrester, and Matthew Peterson presented their design presentations and rocked it. 🎸
Their goal is to help those who drive vehicles with NO way of blocking the sun beaming between the rearview mirror and sun visor. ☀️
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Aerospace? Architecture? Civil Engineering? Robotics? My mind is blown! 💥 Apply today for our Pre-Engineering Academy! centraltech.info/pre-engineering
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3...2...1...Pre-Engineering students test a rocket engine`s thrust.
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Pre-Engineering students invited staff to fly a Cessna 172p aircraft on their flight simulation software and Superintendent Kent Burris took them up on that offer.
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Female students in the Pre-Engineering and Biomedical Sciences classes attended the Women in Sciences conference last week. They experienced a hands-on science fair, college and career opportunities, interactive panel discussion with 5 different women in the STEM field, explored the @sciencemuseumok, participated in an engineering challenge, planetarium show, and STEM activity tables.
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Let the games begin! Pre-Engineering students were challenged to see who could build a device to launch beanbags the farthest. The challenge evolved into whose device could consistently hit a target. The project reached carnival status this week as students and staff tested the launchers to win prizes.
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Last day of school pranksters these Pre-Engineering students are, hiding all the class banners this morning 😆 (Thanks for returning them.)
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The Biomedical Sciences and Pre-Engineering classes hosted their annual poster symposium today. Students are assigned a capstone project where they choose a problem they would like to solve. They must research, test, and provide results on the issue they chose.
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Score! Pre-Engineering students work on a Principles of Engineering (PoE) soccer project. Turn your sound on to hear them explain.
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You`re invited! The Central Tech STEM Symposium featuring projects from the BioMedical Sciences and Pre-Engineering classes is scheduled for Thursday, May 19 from 11am-1pm.
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Pre-Engineering students dive into class with project-based learning and industry-leading 3D software to design your own projects. They use digital logic to build and program robotics. Honors level math and science classes help them to apply math and science to engineering concepts to create their own future.
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Thank you Premier Steel Services for having the Pre-Engineering students come out to hear about the Fast Cast Bridges!
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BioMed and Pre-Engineering teachers visited Bristow, Davenport, Depew, and Stroud to talk to students about Central Tech and do some STEM activities.
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How much thrust does a model rocket engine produce? Pre-Engineering aerospace students ignite an engine connected to a force sensor to graph the thrust output as the rocket travels through its ascent, coast, and descent phase. (HINT: This engine can produce nearly 200 pounds of thrust!)
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Pre-Engineering students do the hand shaking experiment with robots. Sound on to hear Mr. Applegate`s explanation.
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BioMed and Pre-Engineering teachers visited Cleveland to talk to students about Central Tech and do some STEM activities.
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It was great having everyone back in class today. We can`t wait to get back to hands-on learning in the coming weeks.
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Pre-engineering practicing for the VEX Robotics Change Up Competition. You all built a great robot. Good luck today! #centraltechedu #centraltechPreEngineering #stem #stemeducation #pltw
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Available Certifications/License
May Require Additional Fees
Read More- Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus Exam
Quick Facts
Students, Campus, Times
Read More- Students: High School Only
- Campus: Drumright Only
- Times: Morning, Afternoon
- School Year: August-May
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