Genius Hour Closure

The question I decided on when first given the genius hour project led me to different conclusions that I did not expect to find. The question that I asked and would further investigate was; how do I get more people involved in physical activity? I personally could not make people become more active but instead was able to find reasons why they should be and gave them tips on how to become more physically active. The research that was done to complete the project guided me to create tips or guidelines that would help an individual become physically active in their daily life. The tips or guidelines was not the biggest takeaway that I gained throughout genius hour. The effect that physical activity has on an individual’s mental health as well as the large amount of health benefits surprised me. I thought that physical activity was good for you body and did not realize the other benefits that were accompanied with it. The project allowed me to further investigate physical activity and strengthened my opinion on the importance of physical activity in a person’s life.

Overall I feel that the project went well. The project was able to guide itself and was something that I was interested. Since I was interested in the topic it was not difficult to allocate at least an hour of my time a week to finding an answer to my question. The project showed me the importance of physical activity and helped motivate me to become physically active myself. While I did not find an exact answer or way to increase physical activity personally, I was able to offer suggestions and provide reasons to become more physically active. The Genius hour project was something that I enjoyed and look forward to using in the future as a teacher.