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 Ebola: Going Viral, our objective is to pose solutions to the Ebola outbreak in the United States by studying other infectious diseases.
Students created an illustrated book that accessibly explained different economic concepts.
Through the exploration of Social Emotional Learning, First Graders will learn to identify their feelings and which emotions they are grappling with.
In your own words, define what engineering is.
How does the border affect the lives of people in the San Diego/Tijuana region?
The evolution of art in Western civilization is an epic journey, a mirror to humanity’s past from its ancient roots.
Students dissected, analyzed, predicted and suggested specific ways to improve lives and livelihood.
In Finding Dory: Saving the Coral Reefs Through Captive Breeding, students searched to see how can scientists find creative ways to protect coral reef systems.
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In Pompeii: Scenes of Destruction, students asked “What can you learn about the values of a society from the artifacts they carry with them into exile or as they flee a natural disaster?”
A 6th grade children’s book on climate change and its impact on endangered species.
In Humans of HTH: The Art and Science of a Meaningful Life, students in English and Physics will study how photography can capture meaningful images.
Students melded art, physics, math, and elements of design and engineering to build a rolling ball structure called Kinetic Coasters.
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 we improve our, and the generations to follow, well-being with the wisdom of indigenous people?
What does it mean to be a “survivor”? Why should we care about and respect the environment and each other?
Students learned about properties of light and the effect it has on certain materials via experiments before writing shadow puppet plays.
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.