Integrating Video Production into the Curriculum
Video Production Title
Video Type Documentary
Description/Overview

Integrated with the Project Energy Research Model

A video presenting how the results of my energy experiment help me to understand the world?in a scientific and factual manner.

Approximate Time Needed 360 minutes (180 research/write, 90 film, 90 edit)
Curricuculum Connections/Outcomes Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the interactions of matter and energy and the energy transformations that occur.
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: Molecules In Motion
  • Script Writing
  • Storyboarding
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Public Speaking
  • Interviewing
  • Camera Techniques
  • Computer Editing
Production Environment Field Production
Activities
  1. View Sample: Potential to Kenetic Energy
  2. Research topic
  3. Organize research Link to BCPS Lesson Plan
  4. Gather B-roll and stills
  5. Storyboard
  6. Write script
  7. Plan production
  8. Rehearse
  9. Shoot and compile
  10. Edit final product
  11. 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