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 decided to test the quality of San Diego’s coastal waters and produce media in multiple formats to inform the public about what they discovered.
Students played a game called MUN Trade War, where they used math to model economic and military avenues of international engagement.
“Do you know what symbiosis is?” reads the first line of the book Evolving Ecologists, …
In Newspaper Plays: Year In Review!, students asked “How can I use my voice and body to tell more effective stories?”
In this project students will be asked to be: Builders/unbuilders, authors, editors, artists, poets, athletes.
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 Operation: Protect San Diego 2.0, students examined “What can the average San Diego citizen do to protect our local environment and its inhabitants?”
How can we protect the wildlife in the Otay River Watershed?
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Students learned how to design and build fun toys designed to meet a disabled child’s needs.
How does the border affect the lives of people in the San Diego/Tijuana region?
Students created an art and music exhibition which explained the math concepts behind the trajectory of objects.
How should immigrants and refugees be welcomed when they enter a new country?
In Ebola: Going Viral, our objective is to pose solutions to the Ebola outbreak in the United States by studying other infectious diseases.
How can we celebrate 100 years of the “Golden Wings”?
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.