Abstract:One of High Tech High's staples is Intersession - a five day immersive experience where students choose a full time outlet for their passions. This year, my groups focus was on building radio controlled aircraft from scratch. With help from … [Read more...]
MAKEshift Poetry
Abstract: The Machine is one of my favorite metaphors for the human element. In some way we are all trapped in our existence and our life is wrapped into the lives of others. In this project, students create a mechanism and then wrote a poem that is … [Read more...]
ElectriCity-States
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...]