For out Genius Hour project we intended to raise money for our local animal shelter and by doing that we had a bake sale and we also sold bath bombs to increase the money for the donation we intend on turning in when we finish our project. Our proof is the pictures and videos we have so far of use making the bath bombs and I am sure we have pictures of us at the bake sale too. We tried to volunteer at the shelter but we never heard back from them, but we are still trying to raise more money for the animal shelter.
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The article I read was about the STEM students and how they created a winning invention. They created a small generator that could power a small light. The wind-powered generator idea won the state competition in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest, which encourages students and teachers to solve real world issues using classroom skills in technology, science, arts, and mathematics. Erbach, a Rolling Meadows resident and a teacher in Elgin Area School District U-46 for 10 years has entered the contest twice before with other ideas. With this third try he hopes to take the school all the way to the top. His 2015 project to teach students about energy management and green housing while helping homeowners save on energy costs was a state winner named by the Samsung contest. The student and teacher are trying to help improve the world and to help improve other peoples lifes and are hoping to show everyone that by entering in these contests with their amazing inventions.
I learned that even though his project was about a 3-D printer it showed how we can also succed in our genius hour project to. He went through the steps it took and how long the process was, this shows that nothing can happend just over night it takes time and patience. When he wa presenting his project I learned how long it took him to accomplish his project and all the hard work he put into it, you need to put your time and hard work into something if you want to accoplish it.
The definition of the work genius is a person who is exceptionally intelligent or creative, either generally or in some particular respect. The author gives the work genius his own definition saying ¨ You don’t have to be intelligence and creative to be a genius, many people are creative and not intelligence or vise versa. Some people might be smart and have the knowledge for certain things that they understand better.¨
The shared strategies are looking at problems in many different ways, make their thoughts visible, produce, make novel combinations, force relationships, think in opposite ways, think ,metaphorically, and prepare themselves for chance.My genius hour project has me looking at problems in different ways and think in opposite ways as well. It helps change many people's point of views and maybe will encourage them to do the same thing and change others. What can be learned from failure? So many things can be learned from failure, but it doesn't mean you give up on what you were doing. If you fail the first time doesn't mean you won't succeed the next time. It’s like playing a new sport you're not good at first and you might even fail sometimes but if you keep trying you will eventually get better or even achieve what you were trying to achieve before. When you fail at accomplishing something it doesn't mean you are a bad person and don't know what you are doing, you just have to go back and figure out a way to make things better. Failure doesn't mean you actually failed, it means you have time and the ability to go back and fix your mistake. MY INTENTION WITH MY GENIUS HOUR IS TO WORK WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS AND HELP CHARITIES. OUR FIRST STEP TO STARTING THIS IS TRYING TO REACH OUT TO ANY CHARITY THAT MIGHT NEED HELP WITH ANYTHING. OUR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR GENIUS HOUR IS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO GET OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. IN THE 3 MONTHS WE HAVE WE PLAN ON USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET OUT TO EVERYONE SO THEY KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WHAT ARE INTENTIONS ARE, WE WILL BE USING INSTAGRAM AND PROBABLY FACEBOOK. HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF MY GENIUS HOUR WE CAN HELP SHOW THE WORK WE PUT IN TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE IN NEED. IT WILL INVOLVE A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT IN THE END IT WILL BE ALL WORTH IT. |
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