KET School Video Project — Our Environment: Local Solutions
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Student Videos About Helping the Environment
News stories, public service announcements, and classroom projects
In addition to our year-around invitation to share student-produced videos on all subjects at KET's School Video Project website, the KET School Video Project — Our Environment: Local Solutions, was an opportunity to integrate multimedia technology and media studies with science curriculum in a fun and meaningful spring project, along with a chance to win an iPad and accessories for making more great video projects. Social studies. science, and art-related project focus was on local solutions to environmental problems: brief projects like PSAs (public service announcements) on ways to conserve resources, news-story expolorations on how to prevent polution, discussions of environmental problems and local solutions, mock debates, and more. We received a good collection of thoughtful student video productions that can be seen, below.
Participation and the prize drawing
All Kentucky public, private, and homeschools who uploaded a video to us by the end of April 30, 2013, were automatically entered in a prize drawing to be held on May 1 for an iPad and video production gear including a microphone, tripod, and iPad tripod adapter. The 20 submitted videos from Kentucky schools are listed, below.
Winner of the video equipment prize drawing is Tim Withers, for Wayne County High School, Monticello, Kentucky. Mr. Tim Withers, art and video teacher at Wayne County High, is a regular supporter of the KET School Video Project and shares examples of his students' videos regularly. More of their work can be seen at the KET School Video Project's video page. Wayne County's video, "Our Environment: Eco Friendly Furniture," is a feature story on Tim's daughter, Monica Withers, and her clever fabrication of useable furniture made out of recycled cardboard. Monica also shares how she uses the free Sketchup software program to design eco-friendly structures. The video was shot and edited by Monica and her twin sister, Erica Withers, who often collaborate on video-art projects. These are great models for student projects or for anyone interested in making useful things out of recycled materials. Congratulations to Tim Withers, and to the talented and creative Monica and Erica Withers!
Get into video production for project-based learning
If seeing the excellent student videos below about helping the environment makes you want to produce video projects with your students, here is some helpful information to get you going. Watch for new, special focus video projects we'll add to the KET School Video Project website. We hope you'll participate!
Related KET resources
- KET's Think Garden on Teachers' Domain: Program title: The Importance of Water
- KET's Think Garden on Teachers' Domain: Program: Garden Pests and Helpers
- KET’s Water Solutions on Teachers' Domain: Program title: Controlling Water Runoff
- KET’s STEM Resources Collection on Teachers' Domain: Program title: Farm Solutions to Water Pollution
- KET’s STEM Resources Collection on Teachers' Domain: Program title: Urban Solutions to Water Pollution
Call or email Jeff Gray for more information or help uploading video to KET: 800-432-0951 ext 7263; 859-258-7263; www.ket.org/schoolmedia.
Our Environment: Just Unplug It!
The purpose in creating our Public Service Announcement was to inform everyone that leaving chargers plugged in 24/7 wastes electricity. The chargers still pull current even if the computer or cell phone is not plugged into it. Notes
School Name: Mullins Elementary, Pikeville, KY
District: Pike Co
Our Environment: Save the Planet
PSA for Enivorment Video Project, student created Notes
School Name: St Charles Middle, Lebanon, KY
District: Marion Co
Our Environment: Recycling at St. James School
A video about how we recycle at St. James School.
School Name: St. James School
District: Louisville Diocese
Our Environment: Home-School-Community: How Can We Help?
Public Service Announcement Notes
School Name: Hodgenville Elementary, Hodgenville, KY
District: Larue Co
Our Environment: JME's Recycling
We made a short video showing how students help recycle at Julius Marks Elementary! Notes
School Name: Julius Marks Elementary, Lexington, KY
District: Fayette Co
Our Environment: Stop Littering
Our Environment Video Project - PSA Notes
School Name: St Charles Middle, Lebanon, KY
District: Marion Co
Our Environment: Computer Recycling
This is a PSA about Dell ReConnects, a recycling partnership between Dell and Goodwill. Notes
School Name: Eastside Technical Center, Lexington, KY
District: Fayette Co
Our Environment : Cardinal Courtyard
This video was created by Goodridge Elementary 5th grade student council students to raise awareness of our current electronics recycling program. Notes
School Name: Chester Goodridge Elementary, Hebron, KY
District: Boone Co
Our Environment: Local Solutions to Global Problems
K-5 students created a short video about a variety of environmental issues like erosion, air pollution, recycling and conserving energy, and shared tips on how to lessen our environmental impact. Notes
School Name: Chenoweth Elementary, Louisville, KY
District: Jefferson Co
Our Environment: Bobcat Thriller News Show - Environmental Special
News Program Special - Our Environment Notes
School Name: Northern Elementary - Butler, Butler, KY
District: Pendleton Co
Our Environment: Doom's Day at PGE
Mrs. Casey's 5th grade class uses iMovie to create a trailer warning viewers of what could happen if we don't take care of our earth. The video features a school event in which students suggest ways to help the environment. Notes
School Name: Pleasant Grove Elementary, Mt. Washington, KY
District: Bullitt Co
Our Environment: Smoking On Campus
This is a story about the no smoking policy on school campuses, how it's being violated, and what's being done to combat the problem. Notes
School Name: Eastside Technical Center, Lexington, KY
District: Fayette Co
Our Environment: The Cool Energy Bots Teach a Lesson
The energy team at OCES decided to write, perform, and produce a video to encourage teachers and students to conserve energy while teaching their audience why it's important for our school. Notes
School Name: Owen Co Elementary, Owenton, KY
District: Owen Co
Our Environment: Environmental Troubles
This video was created by Newburg's STLP group to make students aware of the environmental troubles that exist for their generation. The lovely singing in the backround is the Newburg Choir. This video supports our math science and technology magnet. Notes
School Name: Newburg Middle, Louisville, KY
District: Jefferson Co
Our Environment: Eco Friendly Furniture
My furniture design in the video is a good example of how we can use everyday disposable items like cardboard boxes to create furniture. These chairs could also be manufactured from other materials like recycled plastics. The chair itself is very steady and will hold sevaral hundred pounds in weight. It might be possible to use a similar design to create houses from recycled material.
School Name: Independent Student Project Created At Wayne County High School, Monticello, KY
District: Independent Project Student
Our Environment: What & Why?
Classroom Project Notes
School Name: Eastside Technical Center, Lexington
District: Fayette Co
Our Environment: Doing Our Part
This is a short video introducing a new recycling program our school started this year to encourage students to turn-in old phones, MP3 players and ink cartridges for a program to raise money for the school STLP program. Notes
School Name: Southern Elementary, Falmouth, KY
District: Pendleton Co
Our Environment: Recycle
PSA Notes
School Name: Henry Co High, New Castle, KY
District: Henry Co
Our Environment: Go Green Club
News story on the school's "Go Green" club that encourages all to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Notes
School Name: Henry Co High, New Castle, KY
District: Henry Co
Our Environment: Hawks Soar Recycling Electronics
Feature Video on recycling used ink cartridges, cell phones and small electronics. How we raise money from this, how this effects the enviroment, why we should recycle. Notes
School Name: Shannon Johnson Elementary, Berea, KY
District: Madison Co
Our Environment: Reducing Our Carbon Footprint
Public Service Announcement Notes
School Name: Mullins Elementary, Pikeville, KY
District: Pike Co