Contrary to what you may have heard on Oprah, not only do High Tech High students read books, but they actually produce books too. HTH students and faculty publish their work on websites and in books, because we believe that an important step in the learning process is presenting one’s work to an authentic audience. It is also how we hold ourselves accountable for the work that we do. Help the High Tech High accountability effort by purchasing books below.
HTH Publications
In “Black Holes: What are they?” 9th grade HTH students Ethan Chan and Michael Thompson explain the concept of black holes in a manner simple enough for a child to understand.
Chemistry and Conflict is a book that focuses on how different chemical compounds have related to various conflicts throughout human history
An A-Z alphabet book about the Mayan culture as studied and written by Ms. Riley’s 7th grade class at High Tech Middle School.
In Do Grunion Really Run? And Other Grunion Wonders, 1st graders at HTE North County engaged in field work and met with experts to teach others around the world about the natural wonder, the grunion.
Alphabet Soup: The A-Z of Cell Biology, has a cell biology terms for each letter of the alphabet. The whole book was researched, designed, edited, illustrated, and refined by Jenny Morris’s bio class.
Peer Collaboration and Critique: Using Student Voices to Improve Student Work asks: Who owns a final product? Teacher or students?