Project Structures
Exhibition Structures
How can we think creatively about how to best design an exhibition based on our project and our goals?
Sharing Structures
How can we support rigorous student discourse? These powerful structures support students in sharing their ideas within the classroom.
Expert Structures
Experts can support meaningful project work in numerous ways. Expert Structures can help you think through the ways that experts might support your students in your current project.
Facilitation Guides
These facilitation guides support using structure packs collaboratively to support project-based teaching.
What is are Project Structures?
Project Structures are tools for projects in your room! They are ideas, structures, and routines that teachers can facilitate in their classrooms.
Project Structures are divided into easy-to-follow sections that include descriptions, logistics, and helpful advice. Each Snack begins with a title, a byline on why you might use this snack, and a description of the snack itself. Other sections include logistics, helpful tips, considerations for different learners, or benefits and challenges of the snack. Most Project Structures have all the information you need to start implementing them with your students.
What grades are these Project Structures designed for?
These Project Structures were designed with elementary-aged students in mind. That said, the ideas, structures, and routines that suit elementary students can easily be scaled to be used with middle and high-school students.
Who developed Project Snacks?
The original Project Snacks were written by Julia Jacobsen and Riley Meehan as part of a grant through the Rogers Foundation and in collaboration with Tufts University. The Project Snack library will continue to grow as we get submissions from educators.
I have a Project Structure I want to share! How do I submit it?
That's awesome! If you would like to submit a Project Structure please email htepl-engineering@hightechhigh.org. After we receive your snack, we will evaluate whether it is a good fit and work with you to get it published!
Can I print Project Structures?
Yes! They are all written in Google Docs so that they easily be printed or copied and edited.
I would like to share these Project Structures with my staff. Do you offer professional development?
We do! If you would like to facilitate your own professional development, visit the Facilitation Guides section of our website. There you will find protocols, plans, and slides for facilitating professional development around Project Snacks. If you would rather have us come to you for professional development, please email htepl-engineering@hightechhigh.org.