Our project is about building a city. We worked hard on the city. Building houses, I think the hardest one is to make a light in the city. The easiest part was the bridge. It was hard to figure out the plans. We learn how to build bridges too. We learned how to build roads. We learned how to build gas stations. i like Genius Hour because you get to build things and you get to work on projects. You get to build things and set up stuff. My favorite part is people will get to see it. I like that it is a challenge.
WOW! What a ride this project was. I learned about Genius Hour at NCTIES and was very excited to start it with my class when I returned from the conference. We are constantly telling our kids what they need to learn and they have very little choice in what they are learning. This project is all them, they came up with their passion project. We did several weeks of brainstorming and developing driving questions. Once the students had their driving question they were off to do some research. My students worked at their own pace and decided how much effort to put into the project. After the research portion of the project, the students how to chose how to present their information. Each student decided what they wanted to do. Some explored iMovie and made incredible videos. Others wanted to dive into Google Slides and make a presentation. We even had some Bare books created that will be in the library for the check-out rotation. ...
Parker, I love that you're excited to share off your hard work! I can't wait to see it tonight!
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