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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In 1st Grade Community Magazine, questions like “What makes up a community?” and “What is in the immediate community of our school?” are explored.
Teachers devised a project to stimulate students to think critically about their communities. They created conceptual maps of the city to communicate a message they cared about.
Why is it important to live in harmony with native species?
Does My Vote Matter introduces students to the wide array of voting systems that exist and to various measures of fairness in those systems.
How to take the most simple of all drawings…the doodle, and turn it into something more.
Fourth grade teachers designed a project for students to look at history through the lens of sports and to explore how sports build and shape communities.
In Ebola: Going Viral, our objective is to pose solutions to the Ebola outbreak in the United States by studying other infectious diseases.
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What should the public know about drugs today? How can we inform them?
We will use the lucha libre metaphor to find ways of tackling social problems that are prevalent both in Latin America and in our own community.
Students created an art and music exhibition which explained the math concepts behind the trajectory of objects.
How can we help provide San Diego artists with affordable housing?
In this project, students learned about geometry and algebra by designing and creating their own paper lanterns.
In Operation: Protect San Diego 2.0, students examined “What can the average San Diego citizen do to protect our local environment and its inhabitants?”
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.
Fourth grade teachers designed a project for students to look at history through the lens of sports and to explore how sports build and shape communities.