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.
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How can the programming of a large, complex piece of software be managed?
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.
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Rise Up! A Changemaker Project built upon The Roots to Rise fall project when students explored the power of their own roots and stories, and a change they hope to create in their future.
Students created an illustrated book that accessibly explained different economic concepts.
To explore our personal relationship with technology and unpack the complex role it plays in our existence.
Students learned biology concepts and scientific methods through a real world challenge — growing food with no natural light, no gravity, and hardly any space.
Students learned about rotational volumes by cutting shapes into books and rotating the pages around the axis of the book spine to create a three dimensional shape.
How can we use science to grow a healthy and beautiful community garden?
In Storytellers of the Land, fifth graders read and wrote origin stories about animals and nature and teamed up with local conservation organizations to analyze thousands of trail camera photos of local wildlife.
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.
Students will study the history and influence of maritume culture.