Prerequisites Students must have successfully completed the general science sampler course and Integrated Math 1 or Algebra 1.

Principles Of Technology is a science course designed to prepare students for technical careers. The complexity and rapid change of modern technology require training that is applicable to more than a single job. Technicians must understand the Mechanical, Fluid, Electrical, and Thermal principles on which modern equipment operates. If technicians understand the principles on which their current work is based, they can apply those principles to new tasks as the need arises. Principles of Technology is called, for lack of a better term, an "Applied Physics" course with a great deal of the course work done in labs. Topics that will be covered by this class include Force, Work, Rate, Resistance, Energy, Power, and Force Transformers. In addition to these topics students will be exposed to the world of robotics as a primer for the advanced Principles of Technology/Robotics class. This course satisfies one of the Science credits needed for High School graduation and is accepted by the University of Washington as a lab science.