Stephanie Rottier &
Jill Blom
EDMT
380-002
Spring 2004
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Title: Exploring the Rainforest
Genre: Action Adventure Non-Fiction Documentary
Producer(s): Jill and Stephanie Incorporated
Situation: Students will be producing an iMovie that showcases the knowledge
gained about the rainforest. This will be used as a type of informal assessment
of both the rainforest information and the interdisciplinary incorporation
of technology.
Length: 90-120 seconds
Intended Audience: 5th and 6th Grade level: The audience, then, would be a classroom of 5th or 6th graders. There could also be a possibility that parents or other faculty members might see the projects, but there would still be a need for 5th to 6th grade level appropriateness.
Purpose/Function
of the Video:
This video is not only a way for the students to showcase all that they have
learned about the rainforest, but it also provides the students with an opportunity
to collaboratively think of creative ways to document and share this information
with others in an iMovie® format. This lesson is interdisciplinary due to
the technology education that is put into effect when creating these iMovies®,
therefore the students will also be showcasing and exploring their knowledge
of technology through this movie.
General Description:
Students will compile pictures, information, scanned images, and short video
and music clips, while following the copyright/fair use guidelines, to create
their own depiction of what they learned about the rainforest. These movies
may differ widely as each student has learned about the rainforest in different
ways. The only requirement from the teacher is to stay within the time limit
while using classroom appropriate time and materials.
Content/Story
Narrative:
(An example of the project will be given to the 5th and 6th graders prior
to their project. However, it will be stressed that their grades are dependant
upon what they have shown me they have learned, and not how to copy my iMovie®.
The projects will be graded stiffly on the originality and creativity with which
the students produced and relayed the information that was learned.)
Scene Sequence 1: This sequence starts with pictures of the rainforest in ruins, and the deforestation happening around the world within the rainforest. In between each picture there will be a statistic about the rainforest and its destruction in simple text, white on a black screen. A choice of music will be plying in the background, probably one that evokes sadness, or emotion in most people.
Scene Sequence 2: This scene shows a portion of a video. This video depicts the rainforest as a full unit, and not destructed. During the video a narration will be playing that states all of the important things that we get from the rainforest, as well as the possible cures for diseases thought to have been found in the rainforest.
Scene Sequence 3: This sequence will pair narration with pictures of animals and plants only found in the rainforest. After every animal or plant that is extinct, or are in danger of becoming extinct, there will run another series of white text on black background with the facts. Another option would be an entire series of plant and animal pictures, focusing on only the extinct or endangered, and at the very end of those pictures there will be an explation of all the previously viewed pictures.
Scene Sequence 4: This sequence gives the viewer information on how to help. The beginning of the scene opens with children’s depictions of “Save the Rainforest” posters. Four to five of these will be shown with music that evokes a hopeful emotion. Then a narration will begin, with a depiction of the program “Save the Rainforest, One Acre at a Time.” This sequence will give the viewer an opportunity to help, and the resources to find out more.
Scene Sequence 5: Lastly, similar to the beginning, pictures will run alternated with text pages. However, this time the images will be about how people are helping to save the rainforest, and that new rainforest area is being re-planted everyday. This will be black text on white background, as it seems to depict more hope.
The production will end with the credits and resources fading into a black screen that says “Help Save the Rainforest” (possibly even another children’s poster).
Last Updated
May 13, 2004
Questions or Comments? Contact: rottiesj@uwec.edu
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