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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What small scale systems are related to larger scale systems? In language and culture? In science?
Students documented their own physics experiments in order to fight gravity using kites, balloons, and other flying objects of their own creation.
6th grade students set out to explore the questions surrounding disability, using video gaming as both a point of common interest and a real-world engineering and technological challenge.
In This American Life: An Immigration Project, students ask “What challenges have immigrants faced throughout history?”
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 ran and organized a Kickstarter campaign to write and film a documentary that covered the topic of gun violence and its effects in the United States.
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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.
Students learned how to design and build fun toys designed to meet a disabled child’s needs.
In Pompeii: Scenes of Destruction, students asked “What can you learn about the values of a society from the artifacts they carry with them into exile or as they flee a natural disaster?”
In Storytellers of the Land, fifth graders read and wrote origin stories about animals and nature and teamed up with local conservation organizations to analyze thousands of trail camera photos of local wildlife.
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?
This project allowed students to explore methods of data collection, analysis, and research into public health at a local and global level
How can we help provide San Diego artists with affordable housing?
How does the border affect the lives of people in the San Diego/Tijuana region?
Kindergarten students create an inquiry-based project about the nature of play, and in the process transformed an unused piece of land into a new play area.