How We Put On A High School Music Festival We came up with the idea of planning and putting on a music festival. We looked at each other, paused, then simultaneously said, “Naaahhh.”
The Chimera Project Students examined folklore, myth, symbolism, and cultural traditions through making their own hybrid animals
The Force of Friction: What Moves Objects & People? In humanities students researched undocumented minors and the reasons they immigrate to …
Faces of South County Each group studied the complex intersection of culture, politics, economics and …
Matter That Matters Our goal was for students to understand how resources in our natural world acquire …
One Drop at a Time There were three major components to this project: A class novel study of the novel …
You Say You Want a Revolution? In this action-packed eight-week project, students used primary and secondary resources …
The Bee Project Why do we need honey bees and how do they affect our world? In order to answer these …
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) Honestly, the performance itself was the best part of the project.
Walk In Their Shoes Each student chose to research an issue or event in the Congo that was somehow a result …
Mind The Gap During the next six weeks, students examined income inequality, gender inequality, and …
Town Squares: A San Diego Neighborhoods Project Students at HTM are selected through a lottery system and come from every zip code in …
The Upcycle Project This project had the broad goals of recognizing and confronting our environmentally …
What is your Everest? After reading the novel Peak, by Roland Smith, fifth grade students studied the …
Project IDEATE Students explored the essential question, “How Can Innovative Ideas Make a Difference?” …
Choose Your Own Adventure Through U.S. History For this project, students researched, wrote, and self-published a collection of choose …
Wat_er We Doing? A California Drought Story In this project students worked together to make a documentary about the current …
Portraits of Resilience “We learn a lot about the challenges and problems in the world, but what about how …
3D Printed Timeline Ninth grade students in the MPX Program at Mid-Pacific Institute created a timeline of …
Understanding Habits of Heart and Mind Second graders investigated the question, “How do Members of Our Community Show Care and …
Re-inventing Romeo and Juliet Students created theatrical design elements—lights, sounds, costumes, set—for Romeo & …
In Sickness and In Health This 11th-grade interdisciplinary project used art, biology, and humanities to pursue …
Water We Doing? A History Of The World Through Water Tenth graders stepped into the shoes of scientists and became stewards of our …
Aquaponic Garden: Food for Thought The goal of this project was to create a 100% sustainable aquaponics garden that …
Staff Class to the Past Have you ever wanted to go back in time to meet someone from the past? Fifty-six eighth …
Choose Your Own Adventure Students explored examples of risk taking from personal and state history, through a …
Historic Rap Throwdown In pairs, students chose and then researched a controversial historical figure that had …
The End of the World Uncovered Students and teachers built this project from scratch. We started with students’ …
The Learning Landscape Students often complain about their learning environments, whether it’s comfort …
The Hidden Garden In a hidden garden revived from the 1920s, seniors from High Tech High Media Arts …
Wall of Resistance Project In 1961 the Soviet Union constructed a wall in Berlin that symbolized the cold war …
Ancient Sailing and Seafarers This project looks at how and why seafaring peoples ventured out to the deep blue …
Economics Illustrated Tenth grade students in Humanities and Digital Imaging created a book on economic …
Viva La Revolucion! In a semester-long collaboration between two Humanities classes, students researched …
Cultural Encounters Our students explored how historical events such as immigration and war affected their …
Resilience Café Project During the Resilience Café Project, 8th graders learned about resilient heroes from the …
Chemistry and Conflict The inspiration for this project came from a “thing biography” display at a Los Angeles …
Soaring Eagles In this collaboration between the San Diego Unified School District’s Indian Education …
The Lascaux Cave Project Our Lascaux Cave Project explored the essential question, “What makes us human?” Working …
Immigration Podcasts Eighth grade humanities students explored historical waves of immigration, focusing on …
Media Saves the Beach Is it safe to go in the water? This question began an exploration of San Diego’s beaches …
Chemical Identity Masks In this interdisciplinary project, student created a two-sided identity mask.
Children’s Astronomy Book Project Students created an illustrated book to teach young children about our universe.
Cultural Solutions In Nature In this project, students investigated biomimicry—the quest for solutions to human …
Illuminated Journals Inspired by Ken Kesey’s Jail Journal, which links writing with original art, students …
Story/Art Project Students analyzed numerous short stories with attention to tone, mood, structure and …
The {hu}Manifest Project Students worked individually on an integrated project exploring the essential question …
A Hero In My Eyes After studying the question, “What is a hero in today’s society?,” students created a …
Liberty Station: Then and Now We thought this project would be a great entry point for students to delve into learning …
Living North County Ultimately, in groups of nine, students designed an eighteen box spinner that was …
Destruction and Restoration: A History of Sausal Creek As a culminating task, student docents led families and other community members on a …
Call Sign: Courage Students collaborated with the USS Midway museum to capture the stories of Naval …
Deconstructing Myths And Clarifying Truths There are times when I recognize the importance of my job as a history teacher more…
The Meals and Muppets Project In this interdisciplinary project, students looked at the essential question: “Should I …
Syrian Refugee Simulation In this student-created and student-run simulation, community participants took on the …
Run Like A Girl: Don’t Judge Me Recently, I asked my 5-year-old son “what does it mean to act like a girl?” He told me …
The Good, Bad, and Ugly of a Successful School Project “Human history is punctuated by the prolific rise and inevitable collapse of…
#Hashtag Film Project Students examined the role of the media in their lives and how they can use the media to …
Airwaves of Identity Airwaves of Identity focused on the media’s effect on cultural thinking and action.
The Politics of Assessment Assessments such as exhibitions and internships are intrinsically authentic but are few…
Why Do We Need To Learn This? Why should he care? Why does he need to know this part of history? I remember that I sat…
Blogging is Writing For students of the digital generation, blogging can be an authentic and dynamic way to …
The Lost Postcard Collection How do you think Odysseus feels during his journey? Is Odysseus a hero by modern standards?
Superhero in the Making This project integrates language arts and physics standards while tapping into students’ …
Writing on the Walls Through this multidisciplinary project, students at HTH North County will explore and …
