Description
- Overview:
- This resource is for teachers to aid students through the expeditionary and inquiry-based learning process of Genius Hour. Genius Hour is a passion project students can participate in using 20% of class time every week (about 1 hour). They will learn how to ask good questions around a topic they're interested in, conduct research, and ultimately produce and present evidence from their findings.Time frame: 1 hour per week every term (About 10 hours)Format: asynchronous, virtual, or in class with groups
- Subject:
- Art and Architecture, Dance, Literature, Music, Career and Technical Education, Mathematics, Physical Education, Science, Biology, Physics
- Level:
- Upper Elementary
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment
- Author:
- Erin Lundgreen
- Date Added:
- 02/23/2022
- License:
-
Creative Commons Attribution
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Downloadable docs, Text/HTML
Standards
Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will evaluate the process and product.
Indicator: Assess the process and product for efficiency and effectiveness.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will identify, evaluate, and select sources.
Indicator: Determine a wide range of general and specific sources.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: Follow rules for collegial discussions, set specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: Pose and respond to specific questions with elaboration and detail by making comments that contribute to the topic, text, or issue under discussion.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will engage with and extract information.
Indicator: Extract relevant information that answers the information problem and meets task requirements.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will engage with and extract information.
Indicator: Engage with information by reading, listening, and viewing sources in a variety of formats.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will define an information problem and identify information needed.
Indicator: Identify the information needed.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will define an information problem and identify information needed.
Indicator: Define an information problem.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others'۪ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Indicator: Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.
Indicator: Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.
Indicator: Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas.
Indicator: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grade 6 Language standards 1 and 3 on page 53 for specific expectations.)
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will identify, evaluate, and select sources.
Indicator: Select relevant sources.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will evaluate the process and product.
Indicator: Assess development of time-management skills during and after the research process.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will evaluate the process and product.
Indicator: Assess ability to select sources that are current, valid, authoritative, and relevant to the task.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will evaluate the process and product.
Indicator: Reflect on personal growth, development of technology skills, ability to collaborate, and personal performance during the research process.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity.
Indicator: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will define an information problem and identify information needed.
Indicator: Select and narrow or broaden topics into a manageable focus.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will define an information problem and identify information needed.
Indicator: Seek clarification from teachers and others
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will define an information problem and identify information needed.
Indicator: Analyze the task to identify the information problem.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will define an information problem and identify information needed.
Indicator: Conceptualize the form of the final product based on target audience, assignment constraints, and criteria for evaluation.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will identify, evaluate, and select sources.
Indicator: Develop an information search strategy.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will identify, evaluate, and select sources.
Indicator: Identify potential information sources and access tools.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will engage with and extract information.
Indicator: Use a variety of note-taking strategies.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will engage with and extract information.
Indicator: Modify questions, sources, or strategies as needed to accomplish the research task.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will engage with and extract information.
Indicator: Monitor gathered information for gaps or weaknesses and seek additional sources as necessary.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will engage with and extract information.
Indicator: Build connections between prior knowledge and new information through engaging with information, and collaborate with others to broaden and deepen understanding.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will engage with and extract information.
Indicator: Use appropriate reading, viewing, and listening skills and strategies to gather evidence to support the research task.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will engage with and extract information.
Indicator: Apply critical thinking skills to evaluate and select information in terms of relevance, accuracy, validity, reliability, currency, authority, completeness, format, point-of-view, and timeliness.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.
Indicator: Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will engage with and extract information.
Indicator: Distinguish between fact and opinion and evaluate for the presence of bias, prejudice, or propaganda.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will engage with and extract information.
Indicator: Abstract, summarize, and paraphrase.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will define an information problem and identify information needed.
Indicator: Analyze the task and information needed in terms of students' previous knowledge.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will define an information problem and identify information needed.
Indicator: Compile and refine a range of significant questions by considering the amount, format, location and type of information to guide inquiry.
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Learning Domain: Information and Research
Standard: Students will define an information problem and identify information needed.
Indicator: Select and narrow or broaden keyword search terms.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
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Tags (9)
- 20% Time
- Genius Hour
- Inquiry-based Instruction
- Passion Project
- Research Skills
- Google Sites
- Google Slides
- Google Forms
This resource has not been reviewed or approved by the Utah Education Network or Utah State Board of Education.
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