This lesson has been created to use with a 6th grade class. The format is a genius hour format. Students will be choosing a topic on a current event and researching that current event. They will create an infographic using Adobe Spark that shows the inforamation they found.The graphic for the cover page was created by Jean Robinson using Canva.

This is the first lesson in a set of lessons to teach about animal and plant adaptations and their relation to survival in a Genius Hour Format. Genius Hour is just a process where students choose an interesting topic, generate a deep question and research to find the answer to that question. The students then create a product that showcases that learning. Background knowledge for this lesson uses resources from the State Board of Education and Generation Genius but they are not essential to the lesson. image from pixabay, no attribution required

Overview:Students will be creating a video regarding a topic of their choice. In terms of content, it is very flexible. It can be a short documentary, a how-to video, a presentation, a video showing off a hobby, ect. They will be spending most of their time researching and practicing for their video, with time taken aside to collect feedback from their peers in terms of stand-up meetings and exit tickets. After a couple drafts, a final video project will be presented.Thumbnail created by me: Erik Mineer

This is a lesson that uses collaboration and technology to discuss and view earth's geography and human settlements and how the landforms support life on earth. Cover image source:https://www.freeimages.com/photo/apple-1327446

This lesson is a fun way to help students understand that geometry is all around us! Students will have the opportunity to explore structures both virtually and in-person, helping them discover the significance of angles and shapes in architecture.Image Credit: "DSC_2072 geometry in architecture - Manchester" by Filip Patock is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr

This lesson plan covers the Utah State Standard Standard HII.SDP.6Research preventive measures for chronic and infectious health conditions, and the physical, mental and emotional, social and economic effects on self and society.Lesson includes an experiment, journal, personal reflection, assessment, and PowerPoint included. 

Students will learn that germs cause illness and that handwashing is the best way to prevent illness. They will also learn proper handwashing steps. An experiment with potato slices shows them how germs grow on surfaces that they touch.

This lesson will help guide you through organizing your photos with Google Photos.

This is a fun lesson to help students navigate through iMovie while forming a video presentation to introduce themselves to their classmates.   Image Credit: https://openclipart.org/detail/291674/little-owl-friends  

Students will be introduced to the main vitamins. Students will identify what they do and where they are found. Students will work in groups and present information in a slide show or movie format.

Students find and research a ghost town of Utah, and select the necessary things that it would need in order for it to function and grow. 

In this lesson students will practice assertive communication, problem solving, and conflict management skills.

Global issues today can best be understood by studying the newspaper, the source that carries our current information. This lesson is to introduce students to how to use newspapers to understand what is currently happening in the world today.

In this lesson students will learn to distinguish between goals and dreams and identify the benefits of having dreams, setting goals, and working toward them. They will learn how to use guidelines for making dreams come true and for planning how to reach a specific goal.

Students will understand the goal setting process, compare short- and long-term goals, and set short-term and long-term goals that are consistent with personal values.

Students learn the difference between short-term and long-term savings goals and apply their knowledge in an exercise-oriented game. 

Students will identify goal-setting strategies and use them to create a plan for reaching a health-related goal

Students will be using the Clips App to create a video showing and describing their short and long term goals. 

After reading Goldilocks aloud, students will retell identifying the main events and the problem. In collaboration with the classroom teacher they will complete a chair design challenge. The lesson will close by discussing how experiences with fiction and nonfiction can help them solve real life problems with people and objects.