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Forces At Play!

Third graders at High Tech Elementary designed and built cardboard arcade games based on simple machines like levers, pulleys, and inclined planes [read more]
  • Jessica Amante, Jordan Fields, Samantha Lee, Sinyoung Choi

English

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The End of the World Uncovered

Students and teachers built this project from scratch. We started with students’ ... [read more]
  • Allie Wong, Bobby Shaddox, Mike Vasquez
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Project Dreamlight

Inspired by Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Simon Sinek’s Youtube Video “Addiction... [read more]
  • Carol Cabrera

Science

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The Blood Bank Project

This project was a collaboration between the San Diego Blood Bank and HTH seniors, as ... [read more]
  • Blair Hatch, Jeff Robin
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LEGO Carnival

Everyone loves a good carnival, especially the rides! In addition to adrenaline, fun ... [read more]
  • Alicia Crump

Math

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How Does My Vote Matter?

Project Cards provide quick glimpses of inspiring projects designed by teachers and realized in collaboration with students. [read more]
  • Mele Sato
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Raptors for Rodents

We were literally seeing mice run across our floors during our morning meetings. [read more]
  • Jeff Govoni

Social Studies

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The End of the World Uncovered

Students and teachers built this project from scratch. We started with students’ ... [read more]
  • Allie Wong, Bobby Shaddox, Mike Vasquez
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Through The Wire

1) How does one empower the powerless? and 2) How powerful is a single voice? [read more]
  • Nicole Lively

Arts

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I Am an Artist

Students explored dimensions of their identity and created a double-sided canvas that ... [read more]
  • Shani Leader
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Town Squares: A San Diego Neighborhoods Project

Students at HTM are selected through a lottery system and come from every zip code in ... [read more]
  • Gary Gould, Maggie Miller, Mary Williams

Elementary School

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Forces At Play!

Third graders at High Tech Elementary designed and built cardboard arcade games based on simple machines like levers, pulleys, and [read more]
  • Jessica Amante, Jordan Fields, Samantha Lee, Sinyoung Choi
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Tidepool Protectors

Through fieldwork and research, students learned how tide pools are created and how the environment changes with low and high [read more]
  • Ailinne Jimenez, Claire Deken, Lydia Callis

Middle School

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Resilience Café Project

During the Resilience Café Project, 8th graders learned about resilient heroes from the ... [read more]
  • Cady Staff, Isla Kerr
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Superheroes Unite!

The Superhero project explored what superhero qualities each student possessed and how ... [read more]
  • Diane Hawke, Jen Schultz, Linda Salamanca

High School

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High Tech High Design Principles

Personalization—High Tech High schools foster student engagement by knowing students well ... [read more]
  • Larry Rosenstock, Rob Riordan
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Art Saves The Whale!

This multi-grade art project had students create sea creatures out of recycled materials. [read more]
  • Joseph Acker, Mitch Siefert, Tracy French
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