Task Four:

Environmental Issues Surrounding Oil Spills in Our Oceans

What is the most significant impact on the ocean environment when there is an oil spill?

Class Discussion

> What can we do with our multimedia presentations now?

> How can we share this knowledge about oil spills and the damage they cause to areas such as the Barrier reef?

Task Three:

What is your point of view?

• find an article, picture or video clip to support your point of view about oil spill
• hyperlink or insert your evidence to fourth PowerPoint slide.
• Insert your voice on the PowerPoint slide.
Thread http://voicethread.com/#home

Task Two:

Locate The Great Barrier Reef Where the Oil Spill Occurred From Ship

How to Use Google Earth

Searching Locations-

• Type in location (place you are looking for) in the top left box and press the magnifying glass button.

Zooming in and Out of Globe-

• Activate applications on the right edge of screen by putting curser over them. Press the minus (-) button on the scale on the right edge of screen.

Making a Place Mark (looks like a yellow thumb tack)-

• Press button with yellow thimb tack picture on it at top of screen.
• Insert a name for your place mark by typing in the name box.
  
• Type a description of place mark (e.g. this is where the chinese ship crashed in The Great Barrier Reef).
  
• Move the yellow thumb tack on globe to correct position and click ‘ok’.

Making a Screen Grab

1. Press ‘PRTSC’ button on key board (usually top row to the right).
2. Open up computer editing software
3. Right click- copy
4. Go to PowerPoint and right click- paste.

Task One:

Open hyperlinks and watch video clips, read written media and take notes.

1.Sydney Morning Herald:

• Watch entire clip (2.42 seconds)

2.Planet 100. Coal Ship Collision:

• Watch clip from 0- 1:02.

3. The Age. Barrier Reef Oil Spill:

• Look at the footage and read the short article beneath.
  

NOTE:

-You can go back and take notes on the clips using the time curser to control the video.

-You can use scaffold to help taking notes.

Teachers Notes

Teachers Notes

HSIE Focus Strand- Environments

Stage- Stage Three

Manditory Content- Students will learn about; Effects of human and natural changes on the environment.

Outcomes and Indicators-

Task One

ESN3.5- Demonstrates an understanding of the interconnectedness between Australia and global environments and how individuals and groups can act in an ecological manner.

• Investigates an environmental issue of local, state, national, regoinal or global significance.

Task Two

ENS3.5-Demonstrates an understanding of the interconnectedness between Australia and global environments and how individuals and groups can act in an ecological manner.

• Locates places on a globe that they hear about in or view in written, media and electronic texts.

WS3.12- Produces texts in fluent and ledgible style and uses technology to present these effectively in a variety of ways.

• Uses multimedia authoring software to create published works incorporating graphics.

Task Three

ENS3.5- Explains how various beliefs and practices influence the ways in which people interact with, change and value their environment.

• Expresses a personal point of view on an envoronmental issue and provides supporting evidence.

WS3.12- Produces texts in fluent and ledgible style and uses computer technology to present these effectively in a variety of ways.

• Understand that in this lesson they are to use multimedia authoring software to create published works with a focus on incorporating sound.

Task Four

WS3.12- Produces texts in fluent and ledgible style and uses computer technology to present these effectively in a variety of ways.

• Understand that in this lesson thay are to use multimedia authoring software to create published workswith a focus in incorportating teat and further graphics to their presentation which already has sound.