Meghan+Newhouse

=Application Project Plan (APP) Planning Sheet=


 * Name:** Megan Newhouse & Arlene Hertzog


 * Briefly describe your tentative APP or how you think you might incorporate media literacy into the work that you do with teachers and/or students.**


 * Tentative Title:** "Our Planet Earth"


 * Target Audience:** 8th Grade Biology students

**Curriculum Goals:** To re-structure Megan's current Ecology/Environmental unit to include readings & video clips from the "Global Warming" and "Chemicals in the Environment" curriculum guides. The unit will culminate in a student project. Students will use video flip cameras to create a video about what our school district can/should change in response to what they have learned about human impact on the environment. The target audience will be the Board of Education (pending principal's approval).

**Media Literacy Goals:** To introduce students to core knowledge, vocabulary & history of global warming. To teach students how to critically analyze media sources including video clips, TV, & print sources. To give students the opportunity to create their own media piece (video, brochure, powerpoint, prezi, or wordle) to share what they have learned with a target audience.

**Other Goals:** Students will be able to participate, debate, and share opinions RESPECTFULLY in the classroom setting. Give students an awareness of their personal impact on the planet (i.e. carbon footprint)

**Proposed Activities:** Students will evaluate media from various sources (thanks to the LookSharp curriculum).

**Assessment/Evaluation (how will you know your APP works to meet your goals?):** This process will be evaluated by the finished product produced by students.

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