PROJECT LEAD THE WAY
KENTUCKY

PLTW KY held Mars Rover Challenge state competition at the University of Kentucky on March 10, 2012.  28 teams of fifth graders from 14 elementary schools from across Kentucky competed.  First Place: Reidland Elementary, McCracken CountySchools Second Place:  Simpsonville Elementary, Shelby County Schools Third Place: Painted Stone Elementary, Shelby County Schools Fourth Place:  Elkhorn Elementary, [...]

College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky is hosting a pre-engineering summer day camp, Gateway Academy, in June 2012 for rising 7th graders.   The Gateway Academy is a STEM based pre-engineering summer program, based on curriculum provided by Project Lead the Way Engineering program, taught by nationally certified PLTW teachers.  The program provides fun hands-on [...]

PLTW students in Heath Middle at McCracken County participated in a dragster race in December using dragsters they designed and built. See pictures below.  Television coverage of the event can be found at: http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Middle-school-students-test-their-engineering-skills-135617068.html. Also, you can find youtube video about PLTW in McCracken County at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBjQ__Bxc44&list=UUVz0o_K5bycKitl23_FjUuQ&index=4&feature=plcp                  

The fifth-graders in Rebecca Logan’s science class faced a tough task: build a bird feeder – squirrel proof, no less – from an assortment of plastic jugs, tape, string and coat hangers. It isn’t necessarily Logan’s strongest academic students who excel at hands-on engineering projects, but when she spots that talent, she can steer them toward [...]

Announcing partnership between Project Lead The Way Kentucky (PLTWKY), housed in the UK College of Engineering, and Lockheed Martin in Lexington, KY. Lockheed Martin is supporting the PLTWKY Mars Rover Challenge Competition for fifth grade students from across the Commonwealth on March 10, 2012 in the KY NASA lab, 112 Robotics.