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 will study the history and influence of maritume culture.
Students will become historians as they research the life of a “new American.”
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.
What issues and problems does San Diego and its people face? How can I use empathy and compassion to make a positive difference in my community?
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.
What should the public know about drugs today? How can we inform them?
In this project, students chose a “food philosophy” and kept a journal of all they ate for the eight weeks of their study. They interviewed family members about favorite recipes and their history, tried them out, and wrote a cookbook containing the best of them.
Students in the Wicked Soap Company use the engineering design process to make and then sell amazing soap.
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In Life By The Tide: Our Coastal Ecosystems, our students will conduct research about this ecosystem and the organisms that inhabit this region.
What have the History Books left out? How have our most influential leaders been misrepresented or not represented at all?
Each student chose an animal to study closely. To record what they’ve learned, they drew models.
Students played a game called MUN Trade War, where they used math to model economic and military avenues of international engagement.
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.
What is impacting the environment in San Diego and why is it occurring?
December Sky combine the thrill of speed with the something that every young person dreams about—our future in the cosmos.
First grade students learned about rainforests, ecosystems, agriculture, history, the economics of trade, and cooking by studying the history of chocolate.