Integrating Video Production into the Curriculum
Video Production Title

earth

It's a Bird, It's a Plane...

It's a Meteor!
Video Type Documentary
Description/Overview

Integrated with the It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Meteor! Research Model

Students will produce a video in order to understand the Earth's rotation and its relationship to day and night, how seasons occur and the length of the year.

Approximate Time Needed 360 minutes (180 research/write, 90 film, 90 edit)
Curricuculum Connections/Outcomes

Gather Information about The Earth and Its Relationship to the Sun from a Variety of Sources

Information Literacy AASL: 1, 1.B.4, 1.B.5, 1.C.1, 1.C.2, 1.E.1
  1. Identify the topic or meaning of the question, decision, or problem being researched.
  2. Identify print and non-print resources that relate to the topic or meaning of the question/decision/problem being researched.
  3. Differentiate between resources that are factual and those that are fictional.
  4. Use scientifically accurate resources to answer questions, make predictions, and support ideas.
  5. Develop graphic organizers to record information.

1.B.4. Provide supporting evidence when forming concusions, devising plans or solving a practical problem.

  • Identify the key concept of a conclusion, plan, or problem.
  • Access and process information from print and non-print resources to support the identified concept.
  • Support conclusions, plans, or solutions by using data, facts, or principles

    • 1.B.5. Modify understandings of scientific ideas based on new inforamtion.

  • Access and process information from print and non-print resources.
  • Discuss and compare new information collected to prior knowledge.
  • Verify or change prior understandings based on new information

    • 1.C.1. Apply sceintific concepts to make decisions about an identified, relevant science issue.

  • Use what they know and have learned to recognize a science-related issue.
  • Identify and explain the advantages and disadvantages of a possible decision about an issue.
  • Identify scientific concepts that can be used to make a decision about an issue.

    • 1.C. 2. Use sceintfic knowledge to select and evaluate plans to address science-related problems.

  • Recognize that a problem is science-related.
  • Identify the scientific facts and principles that can be used to address an identified problem.
  • Recognize that there can be many ways to solve a problem.
  • Examine and evaluate various plans by identifying the following:
    • Materials needed
    • Steps necessary
    • Time required for implementation
  • Choose a solution and support the choice using scientific information

    • 1.E. 1. Recognize that people from ancient times to the present have investigated the world around, us answered scientific questions, and invented things.

  • Identify examples of men and women from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities who have made various contributions to science and technology.
  • Identify and describe that technological advances over time have caused changes in science careers.
    		•
    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: Sample: The Solar System
    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