Heritage High School – PLTW – Intro to Engineering Design

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

The major focus of the IED course is to expose students to design process, research and analysis, teamwork, communication methods, global and human impacts, engineering standards, and technical documentation. IED gives students the opportunity to develop skills and understanding of course concepts through activity-, project-, and problem-based learning. Students will develop problem-solving skills and apply their knowledge of research and design to create solutions to various challenges that increase in difficulty throughout the course. In addition, students use Inventor, which is a state of the art 3D design software package from Autodesk, to help them design solutions to solve proposed problems. Students will also learn how to document their work, and communicate their solutions to their peers and members of the professional community. This course is a portion of the FISD Pre-Engineering Program that is associated with “Project Lead the Way” curriculum that can lead to university credit. Materials fee may be required for this course. This course can be used to satisfy the technology applications credit.