Sustainability+and+Photography+Resources+and+Ideas

= WORKSHOP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS =

Sustainability Photography workshop Announcement = = =Sustainability Photography: Thinking Through the Lens= = A focus on RPI's fall foliage =


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Learning outcomes:
Students in this program will
 * learn and practice digital photography skills
 * learn and practice photo presentation techniques
 * learn to think about and visually convey the environment and environmental problems at different scales
 * advance their media and environmental literacy
 * develop their thinking about environmental stewardship

Great to add to the history and uses of photography show: how satellite images help us understand tree cover and carbon stocks: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=76953&src=eoa-iotd

A great idea for a photography activity. - []

thinking about scale with Bureau of Land Management []

The full list of activities from the US department of the interior - []

The LeafSnap App: []

to do: schedule the time block enroll and advertise figure out the cameras map the treasure hunt, and the species develop media literacy component (show then conservation photography) figure out the photography teaching figure out how to convey the scale dimension develop the text part develop a web presence figure out material



Possible Activity Timeline: 12pm-4pm 12:00-12:30: Introduction 12:30-1:30 Group 1 Photos/ Group 2 Video (or other activity) 1:30-2:30 Group 2 Photos/ Group 1 Video (or other activity) 2:30-3:30 Text part/ Creating their displays 3:30-4:00 Presentation to parents and other participants

Materials needed: Photo Paper - Mark Foam Boards Markers Adhesive Cameras Ink Printers (photo and regular) Worksheets of some sort Memory cards Laptops Projector Plant ID booklet Clip boards