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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Each student chose an animal to study closely. To record what they’ve learned, they drew models.
Why is it important to have access to books? How can we help our community get access to books?
50 high school juniors collaborated with a local musician and film director to create a music video for the song, “Bubbles In Space” by Mike Andrews.
Calculicious was a cross-curricular project at High Tech High, where seniors were engaged in using calculus to make and describe art.
How can we celebrate 100 years of the “Golden Wings”?
Students will be performed as if they are at a Caribbean Carnival celebration in Trinidad and Tobago. Students studied dances from the African Diaspora.
How are simple machines and motorized mechanisms used to provide entertainment in the form of carnival rides?
In Chaos or Community: Learning to Listen How Dialogue Can Save Us All, a student created play on History of Police Brutality & Civil Rights
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.
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What should the public know about drugs today? How can we inform them?
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 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.
How can students design an engaging and interactive activity for the Natural History Museum that children will find both fun and educational?
Students interviewed younger children and parents in a school next to military housing in order to create a “story cushion” — a pillow with voice recorded chips so children could listen to their parent’s voice whenever they wanted.
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.
How can we help provide San Diego artists with affordable housing?
Students will study the process of developing plot and enhance their understanding of story structure and elements by writing plays in cooperative groups.
How can we protect the wildlife in the Otay River Watershed?