Activity Introduction
Quick summary: Students develop critical thinking skills by viewing a range of images and videos from marine waste campaigns. They will look at what methods these campaigns use to engage audiences and how successful they are. Working collaboratively students are then asked to create their own marine waste campaign video and image which they will present to the class.
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Learning goals:
- Students critically think about strategies used in environmental campaigns.
- Students recognise tools for communicating meaning and message in campaigns.
- Students understand some of the causes and effects of marine waste on marine environments.
General capabilities: Critical and creative thinking, Ethical understanding
Australian Curriculum content description:
Year 7 Science
- Interactions between organisms can be described in terms of food chains and food webs; human activity can affect these interactions (ACSSU112)
- Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a range of contemporary issues; these solutions may impact on other areas of society and involve ethical considerations (ACSHE120)
Year 7 Media Arts
- Develop and refine media production skills to shape the technical and symbolic elements of images, sounds and text for a specific purpose and meaning (ACAMAM068)
- Plan, structure and design media artworks that engage audiences (ACAMAM069)
- Analyse how technical and symbolic elements are used in media artworks to create representations influenced by story, genre, values and points of view of particular audiences (ACAMAR071)
Year 8 Media Arts
- Develop and refine media production skills to shape the technical and symbolic elements of images, sounds and text for a specific purpose and meaning (ACAMAM068)
- Plan, structure and design media artworks that engage audiences (ACAMAM069)
- Analyse how technical and symbolic elements are used in media artworks to create representations influenced by story, genre, values and points of view of particular audiences (ACAMAR071)
Syllabus Outcomes: SC4-11PW, SC4-15LW.
Topic: Seal the Loop
Time required: 2 x 60 mins
Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – oversee activity and facilitate discussion.
Resources required: Student worksheets, internet access, desktop film making and editing programs.
Digital technology opportunities: Film making and editing, digital sharing capabilities.
Homework and extension opportunities: Includes opportunities for extension.
Keywords: Marine, waste, debris, campaign, image, video.
Cool Australia’s curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum.
Teacher preparation:
