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High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8, 10

Brevity is the Soul of Expression - Hamlet Project

In this task, students will read and perform Shakespear's Hamlet. Additionally, they will relate themes from the play to their personal lives and write a comprehensive essay and create visuals exploring those relationships.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: About the author, goals and benchmarks, CA state standards, required materials

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Art

Grade Level
5, 6, 7, 8

Candy In a Strange Land

In this task, students will take part in an artistic collaboration between the classes to create pieces of artwork. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 6 examples

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Engineering

Grade Level
6

Carnival LEGO

In this task, students will use real world knowledge about 3D modeling and engineering to create a LEGO carnival. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 15 examples
3. Additional Resources: Sample packet, teacher resource poster, about the authors, learning goals, helpful links

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Biology, History/Social Studies, Social Media, Science, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
7

Case of the Cooties

In this task, students will work in groups to study a chosen pathogen and then create an animation or game about what they've learned. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 8 examples
3. Additional Resources: 3 handouts, teacher reflections, learning goals, content topics

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
8

Chains: A portrait of Slavery

In this task,students will think about the question, "What are the fundamental rights of all humans?" by reading various texts about historical and modern slavery and creating a conceptual art piece.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 3 examples
3. Additional Resrouces: Activity assessment, about the author, learning goals, content topics, CA state standards, timeline, real world connections, teacher instructions.

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities, Multimedia, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

Chemical Identity Masks

In this task, students will create and decorate a two sided mask that represents both their identity and personality. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 4 examples 
3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections, student reflections

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities, Mathematics, Science, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
1

City Systems

In this task, students will work together as a class to create a city system. This will be supplimented with a video and presented at exhibition. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Video: A documentary of the learning that happened throughout the course of this project
3. Additional Resources: About the author 

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Art

Grade Level
7

Civilizations Puppet Theater

In this task, students will create a puppet show out of recycled materials to teach their peers about a historic civilization. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 6 examples
3. Video: A clip of a student's presented puppet show
4. Additional Resources: Timeline

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Mathematics

Grade Level
11

Crowded Planet

In this task, students will study the effects of overpopulation and exponential growth. After creating an informative website, students will create artistic visuals to present around San Diego that will raise awareness for the website. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: About the author

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Multimedia, World Languages and Cultures

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

Cuentos Infantiles

In this task, students will learn basic Spanish vocabulary, teach their words to their peers, and collaborate on writing Spanish children's books to give out at an orphanage.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 1 example (picture)
3. Additional Resouces: Teacher reflection, student reflection

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