Washington Township's Orchard Valley Middle School seventh-grader Jared Mitchell shows off his balloon animal talents to seventh-grader Chrystian Aquilino (left) and sixth-grader Lester McCoy.

The next step is for each student to make a Project Proposal. (Next page: 3 more tips for a Genius Hour) Create a project proposal – After being given time to explore their interests and discover ...

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Washington Township's Orchard Valley Middle School participants pose for a group photo at the 5K Walk/Run for Childhood Cancer to benefit the Children's Hospital of Philadelpia. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP -- ...

GREENCASTLE, Pa. — Sarah Diller invited several of her sixth-grade students to present their "Genius Hour" projects to the Greencastle-Antrim School Board on Thursday night. Genius Hour is a concept ...

Seventh and eighth graders at Tioga Junior High School spent the last three months researching things like the nation's opioid crisis, the link between football and CTE and how society can help ...

Williams Ledger Elementary School second-grader Janell Gray watches intently as the glass blower reaches inside the glass furnace to gather a layer of melted, clear glass. He then rolls the hot glass ...

Imagine a school day in which students spend a chunk of time studying and pursuing a topic or project they’re passionate about. That’s the premise of “genius hour,” a growing trend in which teachers ...

Want to learn more about the Eiffel Tower or cyclonic separators? How do you make an animated flip book or bind a hardbound book? Just ask a fifth grader at Molin Upper Elementary School. Those are ...

The Genius Hour Club is a voluntary program for fifth-graders at Moreland Hills Elementary School who meet after school each Thursday. It is facilitated by Evans, Hastings and Parrotta. “It is not a ...

This article is part of the collection: What Personalized Learning Looks Like Across the Country: The 2017 Fifty States Project. When it comes to personalized learning in the classroom, no single ...

What are you passionate about? What do you want to do more than anything in the world? Well I hope you said what you are doing right now. This is not always the case. Some people hate what they are ...