Basics

• Project TitleDrury Goes Green
• Theme:logos. posters and videos to inspire going green
• Submitted ByDonna Hitchcock
• OrganizationDrury High School
• Brief DescriptionStudents learn about what it means to go green. Then they create videos and logos to teach about going green and to help motivate conservation and responsible behavior
• Materials / ResourcesComputer
  Internet
  Photoshop
  Large format printer for poster size prints
  standard size color printer
  paper
  
  
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  View/Download File: /project236_2321/poster going green.doc

  View/Download File: /project236_2321/grouping assignment.doc

• Team members8th grade Digital Media Arts class
  mixed grade 8-12 Computer Application
• Pre-requisite knowledgePhotoshop basics, however other programs can be substituted, such as micosoft word.
  
• Technical support neededcomputer
  Internet
  

Key Questions

• Key QuestionsWhat does "Going Green Mean"
  How can we teach people about going green?
  How can we motivate people to go green?
  
• Connections: How or why was this topic identified? Why is it meaningful?Students hear and see the phrase "going Green" everywhere, but do not really know what it means and how wide reaching a topic is.
• Outcomes: What was the outcome? How was it shared or applied in the community?Posters hung at school
  Logos (some used as poster headings)
  PSA Broadcast over school system as well as public access television

Units / Activities

• Day 1Introduce what Going green isInternet
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  Web Link: http://myfootprint.org/en/take_action/reduce_your_footprint//

  Web Link: http://www.goinggreenhints.com/going-green-definition/

• Day 2"Access the Internet and find 3 graphics that represent what it means to go green. Save them to your H:drive"Internet
• Day 3Logo designStudents use grouping assignment handout exercise view elements of a logo to get ready to create their own
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  View/Download File: /project236_2321/grouping assignment.doc

  View/Download File: /project236_2321/elements of logo.doc

• day 4Finish logo...ready for posterThe best logos are used on posters as attention grabbing heading or titles
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• day 5We used PowerPoint and set up our document to exact size of poster frames. This worked well with our plotter and avoided pixelation that often occurs when you resize to larger sizes.This is a useful site i go over with the students on effective poster design.
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  Web Link: http://www.soe.uoguelph.ca/webfiles/agalvez/poster/#1

  View/Download File: /project236_2321/poster going green.doc

• day 6 and 7work on posters and finish
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  View/Download File: /project236_2321/Going Green Postermaeve.ppt

  View/Download File: /project236_2321/Going Greensteven Powerpoint.ppt

• Day 8-11Create video PSAStudents were already familiar with Imovie
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  View/Download File: /project236_2321/Turn it OFF PSA Thane Preite.mov

  View/Download File: /project236_2321/PSA Project.pdf

Instructional Techniques

• model examples discussion connecting to the real worldWe worked together to discuss possible areas of interest for the creation of a series of public service announcements. Students were shown models from the Ad council
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  Web Link: http://www.adcouncil.org/

Assessment Techniques

• rubricThis is a formal lesson plan that I followed with some tweaking. It includes a rubric and gives students clear expectations
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  View/Download File: /project236_2321/PSA Project.pdf

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Tags = community-needs | public-service-announcement | Subject = ELA, Science, Arts, Technology, Service_Learning | Grade Level = HS | Time Period = School Year | Program/Funding = |

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Direct website link to this project: http://ContextualLearningPortal.org/contextual.asp?projectnumber=236.2321