Abstract: Throughout history, civilization is punctuated by social dilemmas. Many of these dilemmas have even persisted into present day. In this project, students choose a societal dilemma to examine, research it's implications … [Read more...]
Piracy Based Learning
Abstract: Students studied Piracy, designed an argumentative/persuasive piece of writing, wrote children's books about piracy, designed a radio controlled boat from scratch, and constructed a diorama to hold their finished boat. Humanities … [Read more...]
Apocalypto
Abstract: Human history is punctuated by the prolific rise and inevitable collapse of civilization after civilization. In this project, students formulated hypotheses for these fluctuations, compared their hypotheses with historical evidence, mapped … [Read more...]
Piracy Based Learning
Overview In the wake of The Apocalypto Project (and the subsequent reflection), my teaching partner and I had a few things on our mind. In our next project, we wanted to: ... do something smaller scale - For our sanity and the sanity of our … [Read more...]
Seniors2
What is Seniors for Seniors? http://youtu.be/PmaLd3oYFJg Seniors for Seniors is a joint effort between High Tech High and Senior Community Centers that aims to connect two groups that are often very isolated from each other - senior citizens and … [Read more...]