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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Each student chose an animal to study closely. To record what they’ve learned, they drew models.
Why is it important to have access to books? How can we help our community get access to books?
50 high school juniors collaborated with a local musician and film director to create a music video for the song, “Bubbles In Space” by Mike Andrews.
Calculicious was a cross-curricular project at High Tech High, where seniors were engaged in using calculus to make and describe art.
How can we celebrate 100 years of the “Golden Wings”?
Students will be performed as if they are at a Caribbean Carnival celebration in Trinidad and Tobago. Students studied dances from the African Diaspora.
How are simple machines and motorized mechanisms used to provide entertainment in the form of carnival rides?
In Chaos or Community: Learning to Listen How Dialogue Can Save Us All, a student created play on History of Police Brutality & Civil Rights
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.
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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.
Each student chose an animal to study closely. To record what they’ve learned, they drew models.
How can the programming of a large, complex piece of software be managed?
Teachers devised a project to stimulate students to think critically about their communities. They created conceptual maps of the city to communicate a message they cared about.
How should immigrants and refugees be welcomed when they enter a new country?
Students wrote pieces of poetry and conducted interviews to be included in different field guides about the San Diego bay.
In La Llaga: Border Project, students explore the reasons why people choose to risk their lives in the attempt to enter the United States illegally.
How are simple machines and motorized mechanisms used to provide entertainment in the form of carnival rides?