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=Welcome to STEMengine= =Central's Industrial Technology Education Department Goal= The Integrated Technology Education Department embraces its role of educating students for 21st century needs. Through collaboration with core academic disciplines and an open source STEM curriculum, the department's goal is to educate Pickerington's students in a real world, tactile learning environment while exposing them to career options in engineering, communications, information technology, journalism and other professional fields.

=Pickerington Central's Industrial Technology Education at the 2011 OTEEA STEM Pumpkin Chunkin Contest.=

(October 22, 2011). Under the guidance of Industrial Technology Education teacher Levon Thomas, five Tigers (Nick Wilson, Richard Linek, Patrick Fluty, Ryan Schmeltzer and Austin Ladd) destroyed the competition at the 2011 Ohio Pumpkin STEM Throwing Machine Design Challenge, with a record setting throw of 216.5 ft. The event was hosted at London High School, by the Ohio Technology and Engineering Educators Association for kindergarten through college aged students.

The parameters of the design challenge called for the students to utilize academic concepts in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to design and build a throwing machine to hurl a four pound pumpkin projectile forward. For safety reasons, students also had to design and incorporate a release mechanism, and trigger it from fifteen feet away from the throwing machine.

A team of promising freshmen Tigers, (Noah Rattcliff, Matt Katona, Stephen Spann, Matt Evans, and Anthony Butzer) also represented the school well with a 7th place finish.

__**1st place Trebuchet**__



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__**7th Place Slingshot**__ media type="custom" key="11004802"media type="custom" key="11004808"

=STEMengine= =PHSC offers the following STEMengine courses:=
 * STEMengine** is PHSC's Engineering curriculum, and is divided into the following enginnering fields:
 * Civil Engineering
 * Mechanical Engineering
 * Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
 * know as INTech
 * Civil Engineering
 * Intro. to Drafting, Drawing and Design
 * Advanced Drafting, Drawing and Design
 * Independent Study
 * upperclassmen only, by application and instructor approval
 * Construction Building and Materials
 * Construction Drafting and Design
 * Architectural Drafting and Design
 * Independent Study
 * upperclassmen only, by application and instructor approval
 * Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering
 * Introduction to Engineering Technology
 * Advanced Engineering Technology
 * Independent Study
 * upperclassmen only, by application and instructor approval
 * Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
 * See STEMtech