Week Seven Example: Uploading Video

TIME WITH A TURTLE

(The following is an example of the work that will be produced during week seven. After filming nature, the students will upload the video to their blog and blog about their thoughts. The theme of this week is Earth and Animals. Hopefully the video will engage them and make them think critically about care for the environment and animals around them. The video is meant to be done with accessible tools, either by providing students with flip cameras or getting them to use their cell phones.)



For this week's video assignment, I decided to shoot some footage of our turtle "Lucky." We have only had lucky for three or four months. It turns out turtles are a lot more work than you would think. We bought him for $16 on the street, but that turned out to be the tip of the iceberg.

Apparently they need a special light, large cage, nice filtration, a water heater and specially-processed food. They also have to be fed twice per day, given plenty of light and their water has to be cleaned out at least once a week -- otherwise, some Web sites allege that the turtle will get sick... It takes a lot of work and effort, but he is worth it.