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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Students will study the history and influence of maritume culture.
Students will become historians as they research the life of a “new American.”
In this student-created and student-run simulation, participants took on the roles of Syrian citizens forced to leave and seek refuge in another country.
What issues and problems does San Diego and its people face? How can I use empathy and compassion to make a positive difference in my community?
After learning that suicide was the second largest killer of young people, and the growing need for education about mental health, students partnered with families to discuss their loss of a loved one on camera for a student-run video and banner campaign.
What should the public know about drugs today? How can we inform them?
In this project, students chose a “food philosophy” and kept a journal of all they ate for the eight weeks of their study. They interviewed family members about favorite recipes and their history, tried them out, and wrote a cookbook containing the best of them.
Students in the Wicked Soap Company use the engineering design process to make and then sell amazing soap.
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Students dissected, analyzed, predicted and suggested specific ways to improve lives and livelihood.
First grade students learned about rainforests, ecosystems, agriculture, history, the economics of trade, and cooking by studying the history of chocolate.
Students explored how people use parks to connect to themselves, each other, and to nature while also learning about the stars on trips to these parks.
Students went on a three-day, 23-mile journey on foot from the Mexican border to the Cabrillo National Monument, capturing the details of the journey through photography and journaling, later to be synthesized into a book focused on dichotomies that students chose to highlight.
Tenth grade students created podcasts related to California state ballot propositions.
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.
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.