Until John chimes in here i will post some information pertaining to here. Project Lead The Way is based out of Clifton Park, NY. The high school john went to (also in Clifton Park) was one of the founding high schools to work with and help develop PLTW. I'm guessing John's instructor at the time thought his project was good enough to use as an example and wrote it in with the curriculum. Just another example of what a small world we live in
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