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Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Chemistry, Humanities, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
10

Love and War

In this task, students will explore the question of whether or not love and war are related. Students will learn about war through World War II texts,  delve into the ways chemicals have been used in warfare, and culminate in writing their own newspaper article. Alternately, students will learn about love through reading poetry and creating their own perfume after studying about pheramones. 

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 3 examples
3. Additional Resources: Student handout, content topics, CA state standards, timeline.

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Biology, Humanities, Multimedia, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12

Media Saves the Beach

In this task, students will examine what affects the local coastal ecosystem to determine what makes the water safe to enter.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections, student reflections

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities, Science, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
8, 9

My Space, My Element

In this task, students will create an electronic board game based on the world geography in 1492.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 2 examples
3. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections, learning goals, CA state standards, required materials, timeline, challenge activity, scoring sheet

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
8

O, The Places You'll Go

In this task, students will roleplay as themselves attending their ten year highschool reunion. They must come up with the dream life and research and calculate the costs of having this life to talk about at the reunion.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Video: example of 8th grade students planning out their next 20 years.
3. Additional Resources: About the authors, student product checklist, project rubric, goals and content topics, timeline, project extensions and real world connections

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
6

Our Mathematical Adventure

In this task, students will write a novel incoperating the areas of art, writing, and math that will be based off of The Number Devil.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 8 examples
3. Video: Students turn math principles into fictional pieces.
4. Additional Resources: Teacher reflections, collaborative decision making, learning math through fictional writing.

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities

Grade Level
7

Out of This World

In this task, students will will answer the question, "What one lesson would you want to teach the world?" by creating a world inspired by The Little Prince.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: Six examples
3. Additional Resources: Learning goals, Timeline, Artistic Statement Outline

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities

Grade Level
6

Pompeii: Scenes of Desctruction

In this task students will write, direct, and perform plays based on events happening when Mt. Vesuvius was erupting in Pompeii in 79 AD.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Student Work: 6 examples
3. Additional Resources: About the author, student reflections, teacher reflections, learning goals, CA state standards, required materials, timeline, real life connections

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Biology, Humanities, Interdisciplinary

Grade Level
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8

Seedfolks

In this task, students will work together to plant seeds of positive societal ideas around the school and write poems about how they will continue to grow together. 

This task includes:
1. Task Decription
2. Student Work: 2 examples 
3. Additional Materials: Student reflections, 5 teacher resources, teacher reflections, learning goals, content topics, required materials, timeline

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities

Grade Level
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Sesame Treat for Our Street

In this task, students will explore how writing can have a positive influence by working alongside fellow students of all ages in creating a puppet show that will teach about cross-cultural acceptance.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, CA state standards, timeline

Source
High Tech High School

Subject
Humanities

Grade Level
K, 1, 2, 7

Sesame Treat for our Street

In this task, students will explore how writing can have a positive influence by working alongside fellow students and teachers in creating a puppet show that will teach about cross-cultural acceptance.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, CA state standards, timeline

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