You have one class to research how to deal with the problem of plastic over-consumption, disposal, recycling and/or the ocean garbage patch.

You must look at solutions at the:

1. international,
2. national (in Canada or elsewhere),
3. provincial (in NB or another province/state/prefecture),
4. municipal (in Rexton or another municipality),
5. organizational,
6. and personal levels.

Make sure you don't just list what is being done but also reflect upon whether these are good ideas? practical ideas? do the ideas go far enough?  Do you have some brilliant suggestions they could be doing?

1. Day one - Watch videos and be inspired http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5FD139470EBED433&feature=mh_lolz(link is external) 

2. Watch the classroom videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ebVabMpuGBLhyeIy5HhWg and do a storyboard.

3. Use the rubric below to mark a previous student's stop motion which can be found on the right.  Be sure to put at least 150 words worth of comments and suggestions.

3. Day two - story boardDay three - Start taking picturesDay four, five, six... - Take more picturesNext day - Import pictures to E drive in your own folder on that computer, start looking for sounds you need sound effects.  Save the sounds on that same computer and record your own sounds, Background music http://www.jamendo.com/en/(link is external) Sound effects - http://soundbible.Curriculum(link is external) 

Outcomes:

The student will be able to...Use shot lists or storyboards to plan a video sequenceshoot a sequenceimport video into a projectperform basic video editing tasksknow appropriate video size, resolution, frame rate and formatsexport file format/settings are appropriate for playbackcreate multi-track projectsimport existing audio into a projectrecord audio in softwareperform basic audio editing tasksunderstand the basic principle of animationadd music/audio to an animation

Read the article, "Can we Save our Salmon" and answer the following questions with some detail.

1.       Explain some of the challenges facing Atlantic salmon for their survival. (3 points)

2.       How is the CN Railway an example of the challenges facing salmon? (2 points)

3.       Give some historical examples of how Atlantic populations have changed over time. (1 point)

4.       What is the cultural importance of the salmon to the First Nations (make sure you read write to the end before answering this one) (4 points).

5.       How do volunteer organizations help to protect the salmon? (3 points)

6.       Are the salmon worth protecting? How can you contribute to their protection? (4 points)

Watch the video of Paul Greenberg “Four fish we are overeating and what to eat instead”

http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_greenberg_the_four_fish_we_re_overeating_and_what_to_eat_instead and respond to the following questions:

1. What does he mean by shrinking markets/menus? Give an example.  (3 points)
2. How many metric tons of fish come out of the oceans every year? (1 point)
3. How is aquaculture, while protecting wild stocks from over fishing, destroying their habitat? (2 points)
4. What do the farmed shrimp eat? (1 point)
5. How are dams, while good for creating non-polluting electricity, bad for migrating salmon?  (2 points)
6. What food solutions does he suggest?  (4 points)