PLTW Biomedical Sciences
PLTW Biomedical Science students are taking on the same real-world challenges as medical professionals– and they’re doing it before they even graduate from high school. Working with the same equipment used by professionals in hospitals and labs, students engage in compelling, hands-on activities and work together to find innovative solutions to relevant problems. Students take from the courses in-demand knowledge and skills they will use in high school and for the rest of their lives, on any career path they take. Whether designing the next generation of medical innovations or teaching healthy lifestyle choices to their communities, today’s biomedical science professionals are tackling big challenges to make the world a better place.
Curriculum
Principles of Biomedical Science
In this course, students explore concepts of biology and medicine as they take on roles of different medical professionals to solve real-world problems. Over the course of the year, students are challenged in various scenarios including investigating a crime scene to solve a mystery, diagnosing and proposing treatment to patients in a family medical practice, to tracking down and containing a medical outbreak at a local hospital, stabilizing a patient during an emergency, and collaborating with others to design solutions to local and global medical problems.
Human Body Systems
Through projects such as determining the identity of a skeleton using both forensic anthropology and DNA analysis, students examine the interactions of human body systems and apply what they know to solve real-world medical cases.
Medical Interventions
Students delve into activities like antibody- based testing for the diagnosis of disease and designing a prosthetic arm as they follow the life of a fictitious family and investigate how to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease.
Biomedical Innovation
Students build on the knowledge and skills gained from previous courses to design their own Innovative solutions for the most pressing health challenges of the 21st century.
Opportunities at Silver Creek
· Witness an Open Heart Surgery
· Hands On Laboratory Experiments
· Job Shadow Local Physicians or Specialists
· Potential Internships in the Medical Field
· Partnership with local companies for tours, job shadowing, internships, and product creation.
· Certified Clinical Medical Assistant Certification Exam
Empower Tomorrow's Biomedical Science Professionals Today
Whether discovering new cancer treatments or teaching healthy lifestyle choices to their communities, today’s biomedical science professionals are tackling big challenges to make the world a better place.
PLTW Biomedical Science students are taking on these same real-world challenges – and they’re doing it before they even graduate from high school. Working with the same tools used by professionals in hospitals and labs, students engage in compelling, hands-on activities and work together to find solutions to problems. Students take from the courses in-demand knowledge and skills they will use in high school and for the rest of their lives, on any career path they take.
PLTW is committed to preparing students for lasting careers by making a difference in the classroom with hands-on and relevant experiences.