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 This American Life: An Immigration Project, students ask “What challenges have immigrants faced throughout history?”
How do dissent, political activism and participatory democracy play a role in the struggle for freedom and equality?
Students will study the process of developing plot and enhance their understanding of story structure and elements by writing plays in cooperative groups.
It was not your typical treasure map, but the students were excited nonetheless.
Students will become historians as they research the life of a “new American.”
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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.
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 visited the Veteran’s Village of San Diego (VVSD) to interview veterans, write about their stories, and co-design a piece of art with them.
It was not your typical treasure map, but the students were excited nonetheless.
Students learned about properties of light and the effect it has on certain materials via experiments before writing shadow puppet plays.
Our nation is in need of healing: healing from our racial division, healing from bigotry and oppression, and healing from fear.
Does My Vote Matter introduces students to the wide array of voting systems that exist and to various measures of fairness in those systems.
This project allowed students to explore methods of data collection, analysis, and research into public health at a local and global level
How should immigrants and refugees be welcomed when they enter a new country?