Project-Based Learning at HTH
These projects are examples of the work that is done at all of the High Tech High Schools. It is our record of what we have done and how to get there. Teachers can utilize this to display what they have done with their students, and get ideas from others teachers. Students can show their parents and friends the work that they have done, and the community can see how project based learning enables students to do and learn. Please enjoy the projects and videos.
Browse Projects
Students explored the simplicity and limitless uses of a cardboard box and then built arcade games out of cardboard and other recycled materials.
The core purpose of this project was for students to develop a connection to the natural world, and examine the role of pollinators, and re-plant a school garden.
Students investigated the role of bees in our ecosystem, the various ways bees are being threatened, and wrote and performed plays about some aspect of what they had learned.
Students worked in groups to research and define an aspect of blood physiology, blood banking, or blood-related diseases before creating multimedia art pieces using what they had learned.
First grade students learned about rainforests, ecosystems, agriculture, history, the economics of trade, and cooking by studying the history of chocolate.
Students learned about current trends in education and created their dream universities of the future.
December Sky combine the thrill of speed with the something that every young person dreams about—our future in the cosmos.
In this project, students learned about geometry and algebra by designing and creating their own paper lanterns.
Tenth grade students created podcasts related to California state ballot propositions.
Browse Projects
How does our perspective change our perception of reality?
Students created owl boxes for predatory birds to live in near a new building on the HTHCV campus, to learn about the local environment and help deal with the school’s rodent problem.
Students created their own toy alongside local pre-schoolers and write a story about what that toy does when no one is around.
Students ran a political campaign simulation and conducted extensive interviews with people from the community about societal issues so students could learn about these topics both on a macro-level and through personal experiences.
9th grade students had the opportunity to explore themselves through a variety of artistic exercises.
Students learned about properties of light and the effect it has on certain materials via experiments before writing shadow puppet plays.
Students conducted research and interviews about a specific molecule and its role in history. The information they gathered was used to create art pieces for a book on the different compounds.
How can we feed our bodies to be healthy? How can we move our bodies to be healthy?
How can we help provide San Diego artists with affordable housing?