Source High Tech High School
Subject Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Science
Grade Level 9 |
Small Spaces
In this task, students will tackle the issue of space in our increasingly populous world through rearranging living quarters.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections, student reflections
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Source High Tech High School
Subject Humanities, Interdisciplinary, Science
Grade Level 6, 7, 8 |
Soul Surf
In this task, students will research the physics of surfboards and use their knowledge to craft a handplane for bodysurfing. They will then research a question and write an article to be posted in Soul Surf magazine.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning goals
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Source High Tech High School
Subject History/Social Studies, Humanities, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 8 |
Staff Class to the Past: Time Travel Through US History
In this task, students will participate in a Socratic seminar to determine 16 of the most influential and important U.S. historical events. Once chosen, students will create a "wormhole" to experience these events and create a visual representation about what they went through.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 10 examples
3. Additional Resources: Student handouts, rubric, teacher project, teacher reflections, student reflections, assessment activity, real world connections, timeline, required matierals, content topic, CA state standards, learning goals
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Source High Tech High School
Subject Art
Grade Level 8 |
Stippling Self Portraits
In this task, students will learn the artistic technique of stippling by practicing on various materials before creating a self portrait.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 9 examples
3. Additional Resources: Online resources, final critique handout, teacher reflections, real world connections, timeline, required materials, content topics, learning goals
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Source High Tech High School
Subject Mathematics, Science, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 6 |
Submarine Density Project
In this task, students will contruct a small scale submarine to explore the relationship between density, mass, and volume.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 9 examples
3. Additional Resources: Learning goals, timeline
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Source High Tech High School
Subject Humanities, Mathematics, Science, Multimedia, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Superhero in the Making
In this task, students will develop superhero characters based off of physics concepts and create comic/anime books based on their characters.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 1 example
3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflection, student reflection
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Source High Tech High School
Subject Multimedia
Grade Level 6 |
Superstition Trading Cars
In this task, students will discuss superstitions and create "playing cards" in photoshop depicting their newly invented superstitions.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 3 examples
3. Additional Resources: Critique sheet, timeline, learning goals
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Source High Tech High School
Subject Mathematics
Grade Level 12 |
The (Virtual) Sky is the Limit
In this senior mathematics task, students will simply create an awesome computer program. There are no limits to what this program can contain.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 7 examples
3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections, student reflections, content topics, overview of the software design process
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Source High Tech High School
Subject Multimedia
Grade Level 5, 6, 7, 8 |
The Bike Tour
In this task, students will create a 10+ mile bike route in San Marcos and map out a route that passes historical sights and points of interest. The students will then ride their collaboratively created bike path.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Video: A video example of the process and the chosen bike path.
3. Additional Resources: Individual Assessment, peer assessment sheet, peer assessment critique
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Source High Tech High School
Subject Biology, Multimedia, Art, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12 |
The Blood Bank Project
In this task, students will work in pairs on a collaboration with the San Diego Blood Bank and create a painting and video artistic representation of a researched blood disease.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 1 example
3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflection, student reflection
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