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 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.
This project allowed students to explore methods of data collection, analysis, and research into public health at a local and global level
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.
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 do dissent, political activism and participatory democracy play a role in the struggle for freedom and equality?
How can we improve our, and the generations to follow, well-being with the wisdom of indigenous people?
In the project, Wow, It’s Cacao, students learned and reflected about the importance of chocolate in several cultures around the globe.
How should immigrants and refugees be welcomed when they enter a new country?
It was not your typical treasure map, but the students were excited nonetheless.
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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.
What is impacting the environment in San Diego and why is it occurring?
What are the motives, practices & philosophies that characterize humans’ production of food & water?
How can we protect the wildlife in the Otay River Watershed?
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?
Students built weather balloons and rockets in order to learn more about Astro-photography and Earth Science in an attempt to start their own HTH NASA.
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.
Students in kinder, third grade, sixth grade, and high school collaborated with university researchers to learn about ants in their urban and natural environments.