Genius Hour

Genius Hour is our time to explore something we are interested in! Remember, during genius hour, you must ALWAYS:

1. Research something

2. Create something

3. Present something

Below are resources to help you either choose an inquiry topic or help you get more information on a topic.

Inquiry Question	Mystery Doug episode	Subtopics	Mystery Doug Link
What is it like at the bottom of the deep ocean?	How deep does the ocean go?	How do scientists figure out how deep the ocean is? sonar https://www.exploratorium.edu/theworld/sonar/sonar.html What is the surface of the deep ocean like? What types of living things live in the deep ocean?http://ocean.si.edu/deep-sea	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/deep-ocean?code=39989db28bf59dd859164aa6772c2519
How is a rainbow made?	How is a rainbow made?	What does a rainbow look like? How were rainbows studied by Isaac Newton?https://library.si.edu/exhibition/color-in-a-new-light/science What must happen to see a rainbow? What are all the ways a rainbow can be made? https://askabiologist.asu.edu/recipe-rainbows	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/rainbows?code=d9828cf67426eec9e50ee2faa860bf71
Should we use hand sanitizer?	How does hand sanitizer kill germs?	What are germs and how can they be seen?https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/germs.html How are germs spread?http://www.health.state.mn.us/handhygiene/why/5ways.html How does sanitizer kill germs? Is it effective? What drawbacks (negatives) come with using sanitizer?http://www.healthyanswers.com/healthy-aging/2009/12/hand-sanitizers/	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/germs-sanitizer?code=f6816b8c4292c05cd74ba116bb525c02
How do broken bones heal?	How do broken bones heal?	What are bones made of? How can they be broken? https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/bones.html How can you tell that a bone is broken?http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/b-bone.html How do broken bones fix themselves? What can be done to help bones heal?https://askabiologist.asu.edu/bone-healing	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/broken-bones?code=2702e532441422f793f386abb47b1fa7
What are some of the weirdest sports in the Olympics?	What are some of the weirdest sports in the Olympics?	What is the history of the Olympics? What are some key facts about the Olympics http://teacher.scholastic.com/ACTIVITIES/athens_games/history.htm https://www.kidsdiscover.com/teacherresources/summer-olympics-kids/ How are sports added to the Olympics? https://www.britannica.com/story/how-are-sports-chosen-for-the-olympics 4. What are the "weirdest" summer Olympic sports? 5. What are the "weirdest" winter Olympic sports?	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/olympic-sports?code=7c0e3970405b9976a779571c757550af
Why can't we survive without a heart?	How does the heart pump blood?	What is the heart made of? What happens when a heart beats? How does blood travel throughout the body? What is in blood? Why is it important? http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/heart.html http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=2250	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/heart-blood?code=c52e8d283adeaabdbe4f86cd59a234ff
How are Elon Musk and Space X trying to change space travel?	Why did Elon Musk send his car into space?	Who is Elon Musk? https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elon-Musk 2. What does Space X do? https://www.britannica.com/topic/SpaceX#ref1176348 3. How are rockets made? https://spaceflightsystems.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/rockpart.html 4. What does it take to get to Mars? https://www.space.com/11417-mars-missions-space-travel-challenges.html	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/spacex-launch?code=488d34c29ab0f1edb474e9dca6565517
Why do football players have to wear so much gear?	What would happen if football players didn't wear helmets?	What are the important aspects of football? The history of gear use in football? http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/beginnersguidetofootball 2. What gear do players wear? How are they designed to protect? http://www.dummies.com/sports/football/the-american-football-players-uniform/ 3. What are the most common injuries? http://blog.gameready.com/blog/bid/294589/The-8-Most-Common-Football-Injuries 4. What is a concussion? What can happen if you get a lot of concussions? https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2016/11/concussion.php	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/football-helmets?code=7d9ac4df040af110a4ad92d20ec62636
What causes eclipses and when do we get to see them?	How often do eclipses happen?	What is a lunar eclipse? What causes it? http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/skywonders/lunareclipse/ 2. How often are lunar eclipses? Last 10 years and next 10 years https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/lunar.html 3. What is a solar eclipse? What causes it? https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Solar_eclipse 4. How often are solar eclipses? Dates last 200 years, next 200 years https://www.space.com/25644-total-solar-eclipses-frequency-explained.html 5. What's a "blood moon", how are they different and similar to lunar eclipses?	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/blood-moon?code=4a98a752b04019d652a7bf25774ad900
Why do penguins have wings if they can't fly?	Why do penguins have wings if they can't fly?	Why can't penguins fly? How are their bodies constructed? https://www.allaboutbirds.org/why-cant-penguins-fly/ https://www.penguins-world.com/penguin-anatomy/ 2. What do penguins use their wings for? 3. What are some other flightless birds and what do they use their wings for? http://easyscienceforkids.com/animals/birds/flightless-birds/	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/penguin-wings?code=cdd60c1b259d54fa7e6d705b725ccd1c
Why do baby animals look so cute to humans?	Why do baby animals look so cute to humans?	Who was Konrad Lorenz and how did he study this question? What patterns (features) do all baby animals have in common? Why do humans like these features? https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-science-of-cuteness 4. How can you design animals to look "cute"? http://annex.exploratorium.edu/mind/judgment/cuteify/v1/	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/cute-animals?code=403724a96e4dbf71d608f9b5217f40a3
Why does the weather change throughout the year?	Why does it get cold in winter?	What different seasons do we have? http://www.ducksters.com/science/seasons.php http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-seasons/ 2. How and why does the sun's position "change"? http://extension.illinois.edu/treehouse/seasons.cfm?Slide=1 3. Where could you live to have it always be warm or cold? http://mocomi.com/why-is-it-so-hot-near-the-equator/ https://climatekids.nasa.gov/polar-temperatures/	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/winter-cold?code=00a291f3b04ad5167ae5c7c8316dadee
Why is snow white?	Why is snow white?	How is snow made? What characteristics do snowflakes have? http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/what-is-snow-made-of-snowflake-facts-for-kids/ 2. What can cause clear things to turn a color? What other things do this? (Mystery Doug Video) 3. What determines the color of snow? What other colors could it be? https://www.thoughtco.com/why-is-snow-white-3444537 https://www.thoughtco.com/colored-snow-chemistry-606776	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/snow-white?code=63f585db98e1c55026a3850f5ab7dcf1
Where does chocolate come from?	Where does chocolate come from?	What is the history of chocolate? http://mocomi.com/history-of-chocolate/ 2.Where do you find the ingredients that create chocolate? (cacao fruits) https://i.pinimg.com/736x/df/44/97/df44976a3bfa4f8640da0f45a35fdedf.jpg 3. How do you take a seed and change it? https://www.cadbury.com.au/About-Chocolate/Harvesting-and-Processing-Cocoa-Beans.aspx 4. What different types of chocolate are there? How are they created differently? https://www.catalogs.com/info/kitchen/types-of-chocolate.html 5. What are some of the different ways you can eat/drink chocolate?	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/chocolate?code=adcc0499d531c0946c691d008ca49294
What is the moon made of?	What is the moon made of?	How have people studied the moon? History of moon theories http://www.lunarland.com/history-of-moon-study/ What is the white area made of? Do we use this on Earth? What are the dark spots? Do we use this on Earth? How have moon dark spots changed over time? What is the surface of the moon like? http://www.planetsforkids.org/moon-moon.html	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/moon?code=17fc5875741d56ad1b3e58e6c127baa5
Do bats really drink blood?	Do bats really drink blood?	What key information is important to know about bats? Not including what they eat http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/bat.html Why do some bats drink blood? https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/vampire-bat/#yikes-vampirebat.png What do other bats eat? https://askabiologist.asu.edu/bat-food Why do people want bats to live by them? http://blog.nwf.org/2013/10/10-reasons-you-should-love-bats/	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/bats-blood?code=2d53123e4b07805047694d2d945dabe8
Why do we have so many bones?	Why do our skeletons have so many bones?	What do bones do for our body? http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/bones.html What joins bones together? What do they allow us to do? http://sciencewithme.com/learn-about-your-joints/ What are the main bones in our body? http://www.ducksters.com/science/list_of_human_bones.php	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/skeleton-bones?code=5c3e65000ed1169f29e4d7d91f107de8
How do emojis help us?	How were emojis created?	What were the first emojis? The history of emojis http://www.citymac.com/blog/2015/11/02/the-history-of-emoji How have emojis changed over time? https://www.toptal.com/designers/ui/emoji-evolution How do emojis help people communicate better? How has emoji popularity changed? How are new emojis made? https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/10/25/451642332/who-decides-which-emojis-get-the-thumbs-up http://unicode.org/emoji/selection.html	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/emojis-creation?code=eed7f0e070fa57fa3182d22823351ea5
Why do places have different times?	Why do places have different times?	What role does the sun play? http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-the-time-zone/ What pattern has been created? (time zones) https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/time3.htm Who created these time zones? https://greenwichmeantime.com/info/time-zones-history	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/places-times?code=b457fbf27abc27ed0273147ac6cb41ea
Why do leaves change color in the fall?	Why do leaves change color in the fall?	What do trees need to survive? http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/plants/trees.html http://www.kidzone.ws/plants/trees.htm What is chlorophyll? What role does it play in trees? https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Chlorophyll What causes the leaves to not be green anymore? What other things are in the leaves, other than chlorophyll?	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/color-leaves?code=a11c27b8d31508d7ccc7bef1d2cf24a3
What makes hurricanes so dangerous?	What makes hurricanes so dangerous?	Key facts about hurricanes? What categories are used to categorize them? http://www.ducksters.com/science/earth_science/hurricanes.php When and where do hurricanes happen? http://www.ducksters.com/science/earth_science/hurricanes.php What can happen when hurricanes hit land? https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/how-to-explain-hurricanes-to-kids-how-hurricanes-form-damage-from-storms/47422516 What are some of the most destructive hurricanes in history? What happened? http://www.businessinsider.com/deadliest-hurricanes-storm-in-american-history-2016-9	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/dangerous-hurricanes?code=dcbb1a729ff13a5aa1a5a9ba3617dc7c
Why do zebras have stripes?	Why do zebras have stripes?	Key information about zebras https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/zebra/#zebra-herd.jpg What is camouflage? What are some key animal examples? http://oakdome.com/k5/lesson-plans/powerpoint/animal-camouflage-pictures-and-information.php How does living in a herd protect zebras? https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/question454.htm What other ways have having stripes affect zebras? https://www.livescience.com/49447-zebras-stripes-cooling.html	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/striped-zebras?code=c0fb671a62923e439bd46586e79f96f5
Are there poles at the North and South poles?	Is there a pole at the North pole?	Key facts about the South Pole http://sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/antarctica.html Key facts about the North Pole http://www.ducksters.com/geography/north_pole.php What "pole" exists in these places? http://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/earths-magnetism.html Key similarities and differences about the North and South poles	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/north-pole?code=1e2fc5cd968078c5d0f5146c989518cd
Where does metal come from?	Where does metal come from?	What are the different types of metal? http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/metals.html http://www.ducksters.com/science/metals.php What are ores? How can metal be taken out? https://kids.kiddle.co/Ore https://science.howstuffworks.com/iron2.htm How can you make things out of metal? What types of things are made of metal?	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/metal-origin?code=8f2db1ddbfb3b3427b50fe06176cf43c
How can the sun hurt us?	How dangerous is it to look at the sun?	Key information about the sun http://www.planetsforkids.org/star-sun.html How can the sun hurt humans' skin? https://www.sharecare.com/health/effect-sun-skin/how-does-sun-affect-skin How can the sun hurt humans' eyes? http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=1737 How can you protect your body against the sun? https://blog.cincinnatichildrens.org/safety-and-prevention/tips-protecting-familys-skin/ Does the sun harm animals too?	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/dangerous-sun?code=d31371183756018cc8f2e9b3bc06b236
Why is the sky blue?	Why is the sky blue?	What is the sky made of? What role does the air play in determining the color of the sky? Is the sky on other planets blue too? What causes the sky to be other colors during sunsets and sunrises?	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/sky-blue?code=f706de4b71cda373a77e5f6edc93ed0c
Could a turtle live outside its shell?	Could a turtle live outside its shell?	Key information about turtles What are their shells made of? What roles do they play in the turtle's body? What are turtles' shells protecting them from? How have turtles and their shells changed over time?	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/turtles-outside-shell?code=e9931c8cc8373dc4c1cd72031a1c5eb1
Why do we get goosebumps when we're cold?	Why do you get goosebumps when you're cold?	What causes goosebumps? What happens when you get them? What animals also get goosebumps? What effect do goosebumps have on animals' bodies? What effect do goosebumps have on humans?	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/1?code=e9b671a5a66e0f1928ae8e9a800981b4
Why do birds lay eggs in the spring?	Why do birds lay eggs in the spring?	Key information about birds What's unique about spring? What needs do eggs/baby birds have to survive? Why not summer, winter, or fall?	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/birds-spring?code=a61583abea199845c0eae64f86faae99
How does our body react to allergies?	What causes allergies?	What are the symptoms of allergies? What are the most common allergens? Can you categorize them? What causes you to be allergic to certain things? How are allergies treated?	https://mysterydoug.com/mysteries/allergies?code=66ed1e5f81fc5e43cd4d0421681338da