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Energy and the Environment |
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Integrated with the Energy and the Environment Research Model
The members of the CJ City Council have identified the need to research new energy sources for their community. To conduct this research, the City Council has created appointed you to an Energy Committee that been charged to gather information about how energy source is obtained, transformed, and distributed. Each member will research one energy source (solar, geothermal, nuclear, wind, oil/petroleum, biomass, coal, ocean energy, natural gas, solid waste, and hydropower) and present the findings to the committee. Advantages and disadvantages will be discussed and evaluated. The committee will reach a consensus and make recommendations to the City Council based on their research. You will then use your conclusions to create a public service announcement that informs the community about your findings.
Your research will answer the following questions:
- How can energy be obtained, transformed, and distributed?
- How do the differences in obtaining, transforming, and distributing energy from various sources impact the environment?
Curricuculum Connections/Outcomes
BCPS Science Indicators
Use scientific information to compare different ways of obtaining, transforming, and distributing energy from various sources (e.g., fossil fuels, sun, water, radioisotopes, solar energy) and how the processes of obtaining, transforming, and distributing the energy can impact an environment.
(INDICATOR #4, MSDE LG 6.8.6, MLO 6.2)
MSDE MTLSS: 1, 2, 3, 4 (5 if Internet research is used)
ISTE NETS: 1a, 2b, 3b, 4b
- Research
- Script Writing
- Storyboarding
- Public Speaking
- Camera Techniques
- Computer Editing
- Complete research component
- Show example of finished video presentation and discuss the project
- Gather B-roll and stills (Pics4Learning has copyright free energy images that can be used)
- of different types of energy sources
- of energy being used
- Write script and storyboard
- show script sample
- show storyboard sample
- Plan production
- think about where and when to film
- who is perfoming? Who is running the equipment? WHO'S IN CHARGE?
- Rehearse
- Shoot and compile
- remember to use good videography techniques
- Edit final product
- Use MovieMaker (or other software)
- Import the video from camera and/ or other sources
- Arrange video / pictures
- Add transitions and titles
- Edit audio
- Finalize and save
- Present/ share
- Assign production roles appropriate to student needs and/or abilities
- Extended time
- 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