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 learned about current trends in education and created their dream universities of the future.
In this project, students learned about geometry and algebra by designing and creating their own paper lanterns.
How has my neighborhood taken shape over the years?
How can students design an engaging and interactive activity for the Natural History Museum that children will find both fun and educational?
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?
In Staff Class to the Past: Time Travel Through U.S. History, students answered the question what would it be like to travel back in time and experience history as it unfolded?
How are simple machines and motorized mechanisms used to provide entertainment in the form of carnival rides?
In your own words, define what engineering is.
Students planted positive seeds of school culture, both literally in the garden and figuratively in the hallways of our new shared school building.
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Does My Vote Matter introduces students to the wide array of voting systems that exist and to various measures of fairness in those systems.
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.
In Staff Class to the Past: Time Travel Through U.S. History, students answered the question what would it be like to travel back in time and experience history as it unfolded?
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.
In Ampersand: The Student Journal of School & Work, students came together after working at their internships to create a yearbook of their experiences, so they could be shared with their peers.
Students learned about shoe design before creating their own in order to explore them as a point for a study of identity and diversity.
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.
In your own words, define what engineering is.