Developing Ten % Time Topic Ideas

Genius Hour LaunchWelcome to... where passions come to life Life is about... What I'm passionate about... What are you passionate about? What if I told you that your interests may not necessarily be your passions? Your answers to these questions can be put into three categories. communication

Discussions of Interests

This is the old Prezi that we used and it has a lot of thought- provoking videos to use at different times during the beginning of Ten % Time aka Genius Hour. Created by one of our grade 7 team members Stephanie Hill.

Below you will find several other resources that we use to provoke our student's thoughts and help them generate a topic they may like to study during Ten % Time.

*Use this Sweet Sixteen of Ten % Time to help students discover their interests by having them list their 16 favorite things, or favorite activities. Then, they slowly break them down until they have a final four and then two, and perhaps they merge the two, or four into one final topic.

Sweet Sixteen Bracket

Writing from the Heart modified from Angela Maiers Article

https://angelamaiers.com/forget-following-your-heart-follow-your-heartbreak/

Writing from the Heart

Interest Surveys Examples

[Template] 10% Time Interest Survey 2020

Websites that provoke thought and promote curiosity...

Wonder Days

Wonderopolis Website: https://wonderopolis.org/

Geek Out Projects

John Spencer suggests Geek Out Blogs for getting curation juices flowing!

spencerauthor.com/geek-out-projects/

Sustainable Development Goals | UNDPThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

How to Help In Maine | Website for linking students to charitiesHow to Help in Maine is a resource for students wanting to find charities in Maine. Charities where they can donate the time, resouces or funds. The site has several unique ways of finding an organization which best suits the needs of the student.