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Mars Rover 2013 State Competition Winners!

Posted on - May 06, 2013
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Champion of Mars Rover 2013 State Competiton is  Team Thunder from Flat Lick Elementary,Knox County. Team members: Zach Patterson, Bryson Alewine, Andrew Sizemore, Ryleigh Swafford, Victor Bingham Thanks to our sponsors: Lockheed Martin, CPE and PLTWKY for funding this event.   18 teams from 6 school districts competed. The winners are:   1st place: Knox County, Team Thunder [...]

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PLTWKY 2013 Mars Rover Design State Competition

Posted on - April 16, 2013
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PLTWKY 2013 Mars Rover Design State Competition Date/Time: May 4, 2013, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Location: Grand Ballroom, Student Center, University of Kentucky Details and Registration: http://www.pltwky.org/pltwky-mars-rover-challenge-2013/

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Winner of the IP Pitch contest is..

Posted on - March 15, 2013
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  Hunter Edward Goree and Jeremy Taylor Shields from Graves County High School won the best project award in the IP Pitch Pilot Contest for their project ‘Rest Easy Hunting Apparatus’! Their idea tackles the unlikelyhood of a hunter wearing safety harness because of discomfort or inconvenience.  By providing maximum protection from taking a fall [...]

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PLTW KY High School Inventors to Bring Big Ideas to UK

Posted on - March 08, 2013
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Read the article on University of Kentucky News UKNow at: http://uknow.uky.edu/content/kentucky-project-lead-way-high-school-inventors-bring-big-ideas-uk  Click here for Agenda (PDF) IP Pitch Pilot contest is sponsored by: Kentucky Association of Manufacturers & Foundation of Kentucky Industry ($1,250 travel stipends) Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship  ($1,000 prizes)  Many thanks to our sponsors!!

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PLTWKY hosting IP Pitch Contest on UK Campus

Posted on - February 08, 2013
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PLTWKY hosting IP Pitch pilot contest on UK campus with supprt from the Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship and Kentucky Association of Manufacturers & Foundation of Kentucky Industry. Dates:  March 13-14, 2013, UK Campus, Lexington, KY Location:  Davis Marksbury Building for the pitch contest, followed by Campus Tours of Engineering, the Business School, and Basketball [...]

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Gateway Academy summer camp in Apollo High in Owensboro

Posted on - January 24, 2013
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Community Campus of Greater Owensboro conducted PLTW Gateway Academy summer camps in Apollo High School for rising 7th and 8th graders in summer 2012. One camp was offfered just for girls and another one for both girls and boys. Watch this video on youtube about 2012 camp at: http://youtu.be/o3Ah0R10sS4 Details of Owensboro Gateway Academy summer camp 2013 are at: [...]

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PLTWKY joins KAM in celebrating Manufacturing Day today – PLTW in Franklin County

Posted on - October 05, 2012
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PLTWKY joins KAM in celebrating Manufacturing Day today, Oct 5, 2012,  by raising awareness of Career Pathway Opportunities. KAM is a partner of  PLTWKY Watch this video, PLTW Pre-Engineering program in Franklin County: http://kytech.ky.gov/PRE_ENGINEERING_FRANKLIN_CO.wmv To highlight the importance of manufacturing to Kentucky’s economy and draw attention to the many rewarding, high-skill careers available in manufacturing [...]

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PLTWKY joins KAM in celebrating Manufacturing Day today – PLTW in McCracken County

Posted on - October 05, 2012
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PLTWKY joins KAM in celebrating Manufacturing Day today, Oct 5, 2012,  by raising awareness of Career Pathway Opportunities. KAM is a partner of  PLTWKY Watch this video, PLTW in McCracken County schools: http://youtu.be/SBjQ__Bxc44 To highlight the importance of manufacturing to Kentucky’s economy and draw attention to the many rewarding, high-skill careers available in manufacturing fields, [...]

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PLTWKY joins KAM in celebrating Manufacturing Day today – KY P20 Innovation Lab

Posted on - October 05, 2012
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PLTWKY joins KAM in celebrating Manufacturing Day today, Oct 5, 2012,  by raising awareness of Career Pathway Opportunities. KAM is a partner of  PLTWKY Watch this STEM Education Lab video,  Kentucky P20 Innovation Lab:  http://youtu.be/R8twBGoGRqc To highlight the importance of manufacturing to Kentucky’s economy and draw attention to the many rewarding, high-skill careers available in [...]

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PLTWKY joins KAM in celebrating Manufacturing Day today – CTE for me

Posted on - October 05, 2012
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PLTWKY joins KAM in celebrating Manufacturing Day today, Oct 5, 2012,  by raising awareness of Career Pathway Opportunities. KAM is a partner of  PLTWKY Watch this video, CTE for me: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=119857 To highlight the importance of manufacturing to Kentucky’s economy and draw attention to the many rewarding, high-skill careers available in manufacturing fields, the National [...]

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