Grade 2 Weather Videos

2Y 13 Dec Weather from Seoul Foreign School on Vimeo.

Teachers Involved:  
Colleen Hoskin, Heather Wirch, Tae Yi (Grade 2 team)
Sarah Carpenter (DLC)

Grade/Year level: Grade 2

Curriculum Links: Science - Weather Unit

SAMR: Modification heading towards redefinition

Description:

Students make a daily weather forecast using the Green screen and scenes of Seoul, to be used for daily display on the lobby monitors whilst studying their weather unit.

Tips and Tricks:

• Ensure the students move forward so that there is distance between them and the back of the green screen.  It stops the green halo affect.

• best filmed on a computer - students can cover the screen with the script (leave a view for the camera)

• Use cross dissolves as the basic transitions.

• Have script printed out A3, and cut into segments so that the text is held high - easy if a person stands behind the computer moving the text as needed.

• No more than 3 students as meteorologists

• Choose an opening and closing theme/credits and just change the content daily.  It saves a lot of time!

Scripting:
Have students translate the weather with some personal comments.  eg - if it's really cold, comment on it. ie. "brrrrrr!  That's cold!  You will need a warm jacket outside today"!

Challenges:
Script Rehearsal:
It is important that students have rehearsed their script so that they can do the video in one take.  iMovie green screen doesn't allow for transitions and breaking up clips.  It works best in one long take.


Resources needed:

• Green Screen and good lighting (3 LED panel lights work well)
• stand for appropriate height for computer to film
• iMovie

Time involved

• need a minimum of 45 minutes to film, edit, add subtitles and export movie (more if you are adding music, opening and closing credits).

Contact information
sarah.carpenter@seoulforeign.org