This course is something that I will remember for the rest of my life.


CTD STUDENT


Start-Up Challenge: Building a Business (Grades 2-3)


What skills does a businessperson need to market and “sell” a new product or service? How does a business make money? Young entrepreneurs are introduced to the fundamentals of designing and running a business. Discover what skills a successful businessperson needs and create an original prototype of a new product or service. Join a simulation where supply and demand, products, services and taxes are all key components. During this course, students will:


Define vocabulary such as supply, demand, investment, marketing, and profit


Build a budget and business plan for an original idea


Participate in a simulated business world where students develop and market their original product to their peers (investors and buyers)


CTD PATHWAY: This course is for students who are ready to take their lemonade stand to the next level. Incorporating both mathematic and entrepreneurial elements, students gain a foundation for future study of finance, economics, and business development.


Zoology: Animal Behavior & Biology (Grades 3-4)


How do behavioral traits help animals survive and thrive in their ecosystems? Learn about the unique adaptations that animals have to their environments. Uncover the many behaviors animals use to claim a territory, find food, avoid predators, find mates, and raise their young. Students engage in hands-on investigations, analyze data, and draw conclusions about their observations to learn more about the background of animal behavior. During this course, students will:


Identify the principles and practices associated with ethology, or the study of animal behavior


Develop an understanding of instinct vs learned behavior


Generate questions, design and conduct scientific investigations, and formulate models


CTD PATHWAY: This course is for designed for students with an interest in biology and animals, as provides an excellent foundation for future study of life science. It paves the way for future coursework in anatomy, classification, biology, and earth science.


Digital Architects (Grades 3-4)


How do architects use math, physics, and art to design buildings? Explore the architectural design process using math, physics, and visual- spatial reasoning skills. Through hands-on building projects, blueprint sketching, and digital modeling software such as SketchUp-Make®


3D,


novice architects investigate how buildings come to be and how people interact with the built environment. Students experience how math and art come together as they design and create their own model buildings. During this course, students will:


Explore how the design process influences the engineering process


Articulate how the architectural design of a building impacts the surrounding community it is added to Compare and contrast digital and tangible tools for drawing renderings


CTD PATHWAY: In this course, students gain experience working with the steps an architect takes from the initial design to the completion of a building through their own original building creation. Identifying and applying key steps in the design and building processes sets the stage for future exploration of technology and engineering applications, such as materials science and engineering and environmental engineering courses.


Critical Mathematics: From Googol to Infinity (Grades 3-5)


Examine the infinitely large and the incredibly small, and increase your understanding of ratio, integers, fractions, and exponents. Problem-based coursework, discourse and mathematical debate leads the learning in this course. Focusing on the Common Core Standards of Numbers & Operations and middle school goals of Ratios & Proportional Relationships and The Number System allows students to build their skills in these areas.


Explain the practical applications of exponents and scientific notation Use ratios to solve problems and model real life mathematics Play with fractals to discover patterns and begin understanding limits


CTD PATHWAY: This course is for students with a passion for numbers and an interest in learning how math helps us understand the world. The course prepares students for further study in middle school mathematics.


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