Thursday, June 18, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Educational Video 2 - Outline
Title: The Characteristics of High & Low Air Pressure - Music Video
I want to create 2 short rap songs (using GarageBand) about High and Low Air Pressure. I will then create video behind the songs. I might be way in over my head but let's give this a shot. These are the New York State Earth Science Learning Standards for High and Low Air Pressure.
HIGH PRESSURE
Temperature is Cool
Humidity is Dry
Air blows out from the center and moves clockwise
Also known as an anti-cyclone
LOW PRESSURE
Temperature is Warm
Humidity is Wet
Air gets sucked into the center and moves counter-clockwise
Also known as a cyclone
Now here are the verses...
High Pressure
When the temperatures cool and the air feels dry
I dont need to look up in the sky
To know the pressures High
A high is also known as anti-cyclone
Blows out from the center
Sucks into a Low
And as it blows from High to Low
We call this wind
It's a horizontal flow
Low Pressure
If air is wet and you're feeling warm
Better pack an umbrella
You might see a storm
Cause if it's rainy, if it's cloudy
Might not know why
You're feeling lousy
Temperature & Dewpoint close together
no need to check the news
to predict the weather
Video
Scene 1 - High Pressure
I want to create 2 short rap songs (using GarageBand) about High and Low Air Pressure. I will then create video behind the songs. I might be way in over my head but let's give this a shot. These are the New York State Earth Science Learning Standards for High and Low Air Pressure.
HIGH PRESSURE
Temperature is Cool
Humidity is Dry
Air blows out from the center and moves clockwise
Also known as an anti-cyclone
LOW PRESSURE
Temperature is Warm
Humidity is Wet
Air gets sucked into the center and moves counter-clockwise
Also known as a cyclone
Now here are the verses...
High Pressure
When the temperatures cool and the air feels dry
I dont need to look up in the sky
To know the pressures High
A high is also known as anti-cyclone
Blows out from the center
Sucks into a Low
And as it blows from High to Low
We call this wind
It's a horizontal flow
Low Pressure
If air is wet and you're feeling warm
Better pack an umbrella
You might see a storm
Cause if it's rainy, if it's cloudy
Might not know why
You're feeling lousy
Temperature & Dewpoint close together
no need to check the news
to predict the weather
Video
Scene 1 - High Pressure
- Lots of pictures with sunny/cloud free skies
- Happy/upbeat music
- All the learning standards will be spelled out onscreen (synchronized with the vocals)
- Lots of pictures with cloudy/rainy skies
- Joyless/Gloomy music
- All the learning standards will be spelled out onscreen (synchronized with the vocals)
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
"What is a Flower ?" Video Resources
Tools I plan to use:
- My digital camera
- A tripod
- A garden with blooming flowers
- Garageband and iMovie 08'
- Condensor microphone for recording audio track of video
- Apple computer
- My digital camera
- A tripod
- A garden with blooming flowers
- Garageband and iMovie 08'
- Condensor microphone for recording audio track of video
- Apple computer
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Outline First Student-Audience Video
What is a Flower? (For the Science section of Light Bulbs)
1. Title with Hawaiian music in the background
2. Introduction: Shot of myself holding flowers and speaking about the reason plants have flowers.
3. Closeup footage of a real flower(s) and me explaining its parts
1. Title with Hawaiian music in the background
2. Introduction: Shot of myself holding flowers and speaking about the reason plants have flowers.
3. Closeup footage of a real flower(s) and me explaining its parts
- Stamen (Male Parts): Anther & Filament
- Pistil (Female Parts): Stigma, Style & Ovary
- Petals and Sepals
4. Describe the process of plant reproduction/pollination and how it is possible with an organism that cannot move on its own
5. Final Shot: Me eating a piece of fruit (the ovary) and displaying the seeds inside
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Review of 3 Videos From NextVista.org
Video Title: Oceanographic Scientist
Author: Rushton Hurley
http://www.nextvista.org/oceanographic-scientist/
Clearly this video was put together by someone with experience in video and film production. It had the right blend of still and live-action shots with various perspectives, so as not to bore the viewer. Also, this video would really get me excited about going on one of these voyages. It gives a great sense of what to expect on a trip and would help someone determine if something like this might meet their expectations.
Video Title:President Riddle 1
Author: Dennis Grice
http://www.nextvista.org/president-riddle-1/
Creating a video like this would be a quick way to come up with an alternative assessment for a class. Perhaps it could be used as a bonus question on the test or as part of a review game. I enjoyed its simplicity and I think it's something students would enjoy creating and showing the class. It would work well if students were assigned to create something like this in hopes of trying to stump fellow classmates. The audio and the music seemed to sync up perfectly and created a feeling of suspense as the video was coming to an end.
Video Title: Continental Drift
Author: Jonathan Muller
http://www.nextvista.org/continental-drift/
I enjoyed the way the music and the text "continental drift and the breakup of pangea" went together. The music was somber and the choice of the word "breakup" created a feeling of sadness. This is the only thing I appreciated about the video. I am an Earth Science teacher and I even found it difficult identifying which piece of clay meant what part of the crust. For example "How volcanoes form at a subduction zone" is not explaining how volcanoes form at a subduction zone. What is a subduction zone? I think the pieces of clay need to be clearly labeled and more text needs to be added to the animations to help students determine what is what and why these plates are moving in the ways they do.
Author: Rushton Hurley
http://www.nextvista.org/oceanographic-scientist/
Clearly this video was put together by someone with experience in video and film production. It had the right blend of still and live-action shots with various perspectives, so as not to bore the viewer. Also, this video would really get me excited about going on one of these voyages. It gives a great sense of what to expect on a trip and would help someone determine if something like this might meet their expectations.
Video Title:President Riddle 1
Author: Dennis Grice
http://www.nextvista.org/president-riddle-1/
Creating a video like this would be a quick way to come up with an alternative assessment for a class. Perhaps it could be used as a bonus question on the test or as part of a review game. I enjoyed its simplicity and I think it's something students would enjoy creating and showing the class. It would work well if students were assigned to create something like this in hopes of trying to stump fellow classmates. The audio and the music seemed to sync up perfectly and created a feeling of suspense as the video was coming to an end.
Video Title: Continental Drift
Author: Jonathan Muller
http://www.nextvista.org/continental-drift/
I enjoyed the way the music and the text "continental drift and the breakup of pangea" went together. The music was somber and the choice of the word "breakup" created a feeling of sadness. This is the only thing I appreciated about the video. I am an Earth Science teacher and I even found it difficult identifying which piece of clay meant what part of the crust. For example "How volcanoes form at a subduction zone" is not explaining how volcanoes form at a subduction zone. What is a subduction zone? I think the pieces of clay need to be clearly labeled and more text needs to be added to the animations to help students determine what is what and why these plates are moving in the ways they do.
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