Course: #6418
Grade(s) offered: 11-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: Architectural Drafting/Design
This course is appropriate for students seeking to continue advanced level experience in Architectural Design.
Technology Education
Changing technology has created a growing need for people with experience and education in technical career fields. Many employers are experiencing shortages of highly trained technical people. Whether students are planning to go to college, technical college, or into employment right after high school, they will gain valuable information and technology skills. Careers of today require strong academic and technical preparation. By carefully planning course selection, students will improve their employment opportunities. Various student fees are part of Technology Education courses.
Project Lead the Way. Minnetonka High School has been certified by Project Lead the Way. This pre-engineering program is highly respected by universities and provides future engineering and architecture majors the opportunity to earn college credit at Minnesota universities. Visit www.pltw.org for more information.
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Course: #6420
Grade(s) offered: 11-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: Introduction to Engineering Design or Principles of Engineering
This course is appropriate for students seeking a continuing advanced level experience in Engineering Design.
Course: #6448
Grade(s) offered: 10-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: Woodworking
This course is designed for the advanced woodworking student.
Course: #6426
Grade(s) offered: 9-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
This course completes .5 towards the Arts credit
Prerequisites: None
This course will help students learn airbrush techniques that will expand their artistic expression and bring professionalism to their graphic products.
Course: #6428
Grade(s) offered: 10-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
This course completes .5 towards the Arts credit
Prerequisites: .5 credit in Airbrush I
This course will allow students to take what they have learned in Airbrush I to a new level.
Course: #6414, S1
Course: #6416, S2
Grade(s) offered: 10-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
This course requires completion of S1 and S2 to earn .5 Arts Credit
Prerequisites: None
This course instructs students in architectural design trends giving them a practical, hands-on experience in structural design, interior design, and floor planning.
Course #: 6402, S1
Course #: 6404, S2
Grade(s) offered: 10-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: None
This Project Lead the Way course provides an overview of the many fields of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
Course: #6424
Grade(s) offered: 9-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
This course completes .5 towards the Arts credit
Prerequisites: None
This is an exploratory course open to all students seeking an introductory experience in Graphic Arts.
Course: #6422
Grade(s) offered: 9-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: None
Home Renovation and Maintenance provides students with an opportunity to explore the many different areas that relate to planning and completing home renovation projects and other simple maintenance.
Course: #6400
Grade(s) offered: 9-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description:
This is an exploratory course open to all students seeking an introductory experience in architecture or engineering.
Course: #6406, S1
Course: #6408, S2
Grade(s) offered: 9-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
This course requires completion of S1 and S2 to earn .5 Arts Credit
Prerequisites: None
This Project Lead the Way course explores the areas of engineering, through a hands-on, real-world problem-solving approach to learning.
![Interdisciplinary Sculpture]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1577487207/minnetonka/vmytqgvzdmuxj9o3iseq/Interdisciplinary-Sculpture.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1577487207/minnetonka/vmytqgvzdmuxj9o3iseq/Interdisciplinary-Sculpture.jpg","width":400}])
Course: #6444
Grade(s) offered: 9-12
Credits: .5 (semester course)
This course completes .5 towards the Arts credit
Prerequisites: None
This sculpture course will emphasize the artistic creation with the technical instruction using metal and other mediums.
Course: #6440, S1
Course: #6442, S2
Grade(s) offered: 11-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: Metals II
Students will experience advanced applications of precision manufacturing using a variety of materials and processes. Students will have the latest precision manufacturing technology available to use.
Course: #6436, S1
Course: #6438, S2
Grade(s) offered: 10-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on precision metals manufacturing through lab activities using a wide variety of hot and cold metal forming and fabricating equipment.
Course: #6434
Grade(s) offered: 9-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: None
Metalworking is an exciting and challenging introductory course to the world of metals manufacturing.
![Physics of Home Renovation]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1577466267/minnetonka/o52kebialanich6ltjx9/PhysicsofHomeReno.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1577466267/minnetonka/o52kebialanich6ltjx9/PhysicsofHomeReno.jpg","width":400}])
Course: #3036, S1
Course: #3038, S2
Grade(s) offered: 11-12
Credits: 2.0 (year-long course, two hours) Fulfills the Physics science requirement
Prerequisites: None
Hands-on course designed to give a working conceptual view of the Trades Industry. Modern Physics/Home Renovation concepts will be taught by incorporating the key principles of physics through the lens of design with a focus on project-based assessments.
Course: #6430
Grade(s) offered: 9-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: None
ATVs, dirt bikes, go-karts, lawn mowers, and mini bikes: if you use any of these, then you should be in this course. In the power part of the course, each student completely disassembles and reassembles a a small 4 stroke/cycle school engine while learning the systems that make an engine work.
Course: #6432
Grade(s) offered: 10-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: Power and Energy I
The first small engines course provided students with the basics of small 4-stroke/cycle operation, systems trouble-shooting and overhaul.
Course: #6410, S1
Course: #6412, S2
Grade(s) offered: 10-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: None
This Project Lead the Way course will give students the major concepts they’ll encounter in a post-secondary engineering course of study.
Course: #6446
Grade(s) offered: 9-12
Credits: .5 (per semester)
Prerequisites: None
Students will learn how to safely use woodworking power equipment while initially making teacher-designed projects.
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In Project Lead the Way (PLTW) courses, students apply concepts of engineering, architecture, science, math, and technology to solve complex, open-ended problems in a real-world context. PLTW is highly respected by universities and provides students the opportunity to earn college credit at Minnesota universities.