Arlene+Hertzog+and+Meghan+Newhouse

=Application Project Plan (APP) Planning Sheet=
 * from Chris 1/4: Thanks for the details. Nice plan. **


 * Name:** Megan Newhouse & Arlene Hertzog


 * Tentative Title:** "Human Impact on the Environment"


 * Target Audience:** 8th Grade Biology students

** Dates and timeline for implementation: **
January 10-January 24th

**Curriculum Goals:** To add an environmental unit (divide Megan's Ecology unit into two seperate units) that include readings & video clips from the "Global Warming" and "Chemicals in the Environment" curriculum guides. The unit will culminate in a student project. Each student will make a video with an 'environmental message' that they want to convey (invasive species, recycling, global warming, plastics, ozone, acid rain, pollution etc.). They will find/choose/create pictures, video clips and text to use and will create a 2-minute video using Animoto.

**Media Literacy Goals:** To teach students how to critically analyze media sources including video clips, TV, & print sources. To give students the opportunity to create and present their own piece of media being mindful of audience, image choice, word choice, and music choice.

**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). Two days of evaluating slides from 'Chemicals in the Environment' Five days of evaluating video clips about global warming Five days for students to work on projects in Library One day of presenting/evaluating/critiquing/discussing student presentations

**Assessment/Evaluation (how will you know your APP works to meet your goals?):** At the end of each day/lesson students will be given an image or video clip to evaluate: Student projects will be assessed on whether thier video conveyed the intended message with audience-appropriate elements.
 * What is the message
 * Who was the audience
 * What elements helped convey the message (color, images, font, text, music, tone of voice etc.)

**Resources/Support that will help you in your development of the APP:** Animoto website Pictures from: Music from: Chemicals in the Environment PowerPoint Slides Video clips from Global warming curriculum Flip cameras & regular cameras (if students want to add their own images/clips) Check compatibility of flip videos with Animoto. Some LSTA teams discussed compatibility problems integrating flip vdeos into some online applicaitions.

**Difficulties/Obstacles to developing your APP:** Time to plan. Always!

Figure out which slides/videos to use (too much info!) Make a ruberic for evaluating student projects Set up student accounts on Animoto
 * Planning Steps:**