Integrating Video Production into the Curriculum
Video Production Title

Aquatic Explorers

Clouds

 Aquatic Explorers
Video Type Documentary
Description/Overview

Integrated with the Clouds Research Model

Students will produce a video presenting information about the world around them and be willing to seek answers to some of them by making careful observations and trying things out in a factual and formal manner.

Approximate Time Needed 360 minutes (180 research/write, 90 film, 90 edit)
Curricuculum Connections/Outcomes Raise questions about how can clouds help us to predict the weather the world around them and be willing to seek answers to some of them by making careful observations and trying things out. Describe that some events in nature have repeating patterns.
Information Literacy AASL: 1, 2, 3
Technology Literacy

MSDE MTLSS: 1, 2, 3, 4 (5 if Internet research is used)

ISTE NETS: 1a, 2b, 3b, 4b

Media Literacy CML Core Concepts 1, 3, 4, 5
Learning Styles Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile, Active, Reflective, Global, Analytical, Field Independent, Field Dependent
Skills
  • Research
  • Script Writing
  • Storyboarding
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Public Speaking
  • Interviewing
  • Camera Techniques
  • Computer Editing
Production Environment Field Production
Activities
  1. Research topic weather: Cloud Rap Poem
  2. Organize research
  3. Gather B-roll and stills
  4. Storyboard
  5. Write script
  6. Plan production
  7. Rehearse
  8. Shoot and compile
  9. Edit final product
  10. Present/ share
Differentiation
  • Assign production roles appropriate to student needs and/or abilities
  • Extended time
Assessment Suggestions Documentary rubric
Extension
  • Submit to a contest
  • Peer critique and/or gallery walk
  • Submit to BCPS Education Channel
  • Upload to Safari or SchoolTube
  • Embed in a PowerPoint presentation
  • Add to electronic portfolio
  • Broadcast school wide