Genius Hour | Passion Projects | Student and Teacher Resource

Genius Hour or Passion Project time is a great motivator to share independent learning. This learning comes from an interest that is motivated by trying to dig deeper, change thinking or share knowledge that our students have.

• There are two files in the zipped folder. One is a Genius Hour Teacher Pack and the other is a Genius Hour PowerPoint to share with students.
• This Genius Hour pack suits all Inquiries as each one requires a big question to explore and your students may need help in framing the question. The steps apply equally to science, math, Humanities (for eg SOSE, HASS, history, geography).

Genius Hour – Teacher pack

This pack supports you to introduce Genius Hour with templates and charts to use.

Contents of this Genius Hour PDF include –

• Learning Intention
• Genius Hour Steps
• Learning Tasks – Ideas I can explore, what do I know, want to know and have Discovered, Topic Word Splash, Interactive Note Page to accompany the PowerPoint included in the zip file, what facts have I found?
• Genius Hour Posters – to display while working through the unit of work – • Questioning and Predicting – Planning and Conducting – Recording and Processing – Analyzing and Evaluating – Communicating
• Genius Hour– Booklet to be filled out during the Investigation
• Rubric for Assessment
• Digital Recording alternative with instructions

Genius Hour – Student PowerPoint

This PowerPoint is for your students – it will guide them through the Genius Hour.

It covers –

• What is Genius Hour?
• Learning Intention
• What is Genius Hour all about?
• Genius Hour Steps to take – Step One to Step Seven
• Brainstorm Ideas
• Outline of posters that will help
• Support for your question – prior learning, word splash for your topic, INB, Fact recording sheet
• Recording Booklet – if you choose to use it
• Rubric for assessment
• Book Creator Task for tracking your question

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