Mrs. Britton-Nix Grade 8 Room 102 Genius Hour Mrs. Britton-Nix Grade 8 Room 102

What If? What if I allowed you to learn about anything you wanted? What would you want to find more about?

The Genius Hour Genius hour allows students to explore their own passions and interests. It encourages creativity and allows students to choose what they learn. Here’s a quick video to introduce the idea of GENIUS HOUR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMFQUtHsWhc

Questions to Ask Yourself... What do you do for fun? What are you curious about? What have you always wanted to make, do, or create?

Genius Hour

Pep Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o

Kids’ Perspectives on what is genius hour http://youtu.be/pkVX55aSAn4

What is the question(s) that you are going to answer over the next several weeks? To make people aware of how hard farm life is How does the circulatory system of a horse work? How to throw a football like a quarterback how to make homemade plah-doh for little kids to play with Can we create a website from scratch on creating a websites from scratch? Can we make a website from scratch while doing a tutorial of it. How did dinosaurs become the animals we know today. How the heart works and why we need a heart. i want to learn more about the old mars rover and how big is it how babies are formed inside their mom’s stomach. I’m am going to research about how the brain works and how it is made and what it is made of. I am going to do a project on how to make a bow for your hair . How did Joe Montana(forty niners)QB get to be himself by getting to the hall of fame and make his jersey how do rovers work and build a model of the rover IM GOING TO CREATE A WEB SITE I’m going to be doing my project on how rockets work and I’m going to build a model of it. How can people see better with glasses than without How make a homemade arcade game with no electricity.:p

I will write and create a children’s wolf book I’m going to ask what is makeup made of. What causes us to forget? my question is: how do we lose weight in our bodies How are different types of cancer formed or caused and how they can maybe be cured or if there is a cure. Black holes…everything about black holes.i want to try to learn everything about black holes where are lynx at so that people can buy them cause they are to sell them and earn money for new lynx to have made a preserve to let them live what is the difference between a wild hog and a javalina. what causes hiv/aids and does it kill you do the gnomes from argentina exist how to rebuild a small engine How to make a tutu? How does brain cancer spread?

what does Bigfoot and chupacabra actually mean in mythology and in real life, where can you find them? are they real or myths? can someone in the future actually discover them? what are chupacabras really? is Bigfoot an ape or a man How has technology affected the human body? How does crossbreeding animals work?” What makes people laugh? What caused the Big Bang Theory? How do elements form? How does the skeletal system heal broken bones?”. How Does A Plane Fly How do trees grow flowers and leaves? What are the migration routes of the great white shark? How long does it take them to go in a whole route? At what season do they reach at each place they stop at? How did the universe start? How to make a car from scratch. What are all the types of cancer. What can the doctors do to help. I am going to bring awareness to littering and polluting. Explain more about black holes How does your brain connect with your movements?

Bring Awareness:Smoking how to increase reaction times and how to increase eye hand coordination. I want to know what type of stuff is out in space what happens when a meteor hits the earth?how loud is the sound when the meteor hits the earth???? Why are people worried about global warming? I want to know if the Evolution theory is actually real? HOW DID DINOSAURS GO EXTINCT Learn all there is to know about dolphins who built alcatraz how are children born with autisum. how can people get healthier and live longer? WHAT FISH LIVE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN?? HOW DO ALL THE BUTTERFLIES GET THEIR COLOR? how does a rocket launcher work why do black holes suck stuff Why are frogs slimy? What jobs give the most money?

My question is…Why do we shrink when we get old??? What are the deadliest fish in the oceans How was the sun and the planets in our solar system Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune,and Pluto. What are some ways to jump higher in basketball Why do people get white hairs as they get older and how are they formed.?