Pat+Moore+and+Shana+McIntosh

=Application Project Plan (APP) Planning Sheet=


 * Name:** Pat Moore and Shana Eaglefeathers

Students will learn about the Catskill Watershed (in which they live) and also learn about the issue of drilling for natural gas using hydrofracking, and how this might effect the watershed.
 * 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: Water**


 * Target Audience:** Environmental Science class at Margaretville Central School, composed of students from mixed high school grades, mostly juniors and seniors.

******** Dates and timeline for implementation: ********
**Curriculum Goals: Students will:**
 * understand the history and struct ure of the Catskill Watershed
 * review the water cycle and groundwater properties

**Media Literacy Goals:**
 * Students will be able to decode media messages
 * Students will evaluate media sources
 * Students will understand the difference between credible science and propaganda

**Other Goals:**
 * Students will learn to work with digital poster presentation tool**s**
 * Students will engage in project research utilizing media resources
 * Students will deliver a culminating public presentation

**Proposed Activities:**
 * Watershed History - Use media clips that teach about the watershed but also were "selling the project to people" Ask critical questions about why the video was produced, by who, for what audience
 * Water cycle review - review content on the water cycle and properties of water tables. Students learned this in Earth Science, but may need a "refresher."
 * View web pages and media clips on hydrofracking. Have students work in teams and research hydrofracking and possible effects on the catskill watershed using web sites, media clips, and potentially journal articles. Divide students into teams to create media rich presentations showing both sides of the hydrofracking issue.
 * Present student work at Watershed symposium in March.
 * Students might use animoto, glogster or other products to present their findings

**Assessment/Evaluation (how will you know your APP works to meet your goals?):** Rubric for research? Rubric for presentation?

**Resources/Support that will help you in your development of the APP:**

**Difficulties/Obstacles to developing your APP:**

**Planning Steps**
 * Will develop on Dec. 9th for a class of 9 students beginning after winter break and completed by March symposium **