GENIUS HOURThe 20% Project

PIPE DREAM

• Meet Robbie Maddison

• Watch his “Pipe Dream” Video

• Watch the behind the scenes footage

• As we watch the videos, Sketchnote a full page of your journal

WHY?

1. Why did I show you the two videos?

2. How does this link to Social Studies?

3. What do you think we’ll be studying?

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT?

• Caine’s Choice

• What did you make when you were Caine’s age?

• Why did you stop? If you could start again, what would you make?

WHAT IS GENIUS HOUR?

• An idea made famous by Google

• 20% of an individual’s work time is set aside for individual projects

• In this time, you work on what you want to work on

• It improves productivity, ingenuity, grit, and performance

BRAINSTORM GREAT IDEAS:

• Create a list of 10 things you love

• Create an Awesome Ideas wall

• Pick a possible topic (that you plan to use) and report out