Weather Reporting and Geography with digital video

Key Stages 1, 2 and 3: digital video can be integrated into many different curriculum areas: High quality, ready-to-use themes enable students to create curriculum-based DVDs from their movies

Setup/Kit List

1 pan and tilt camera
Litering
Adapter
Chromatte
Ultimatte

This resource was used to enable students to produce weather maps that were drawn directly into a clip as a movie effect.

"This whole package has inspired us about the digital authoring medium."

Pupil, New Rush Hall School

Main Features

The map can be placed behind the subject with the use of a chroma key background
Each map can be re-sized and positioned anywhere within the clip
The maps are created with an easy-to use editor that contains a range of maps and weather symbols and pupils can import their own
Ready-to-use themes on Weather, Geography and the Environment all contain background movies, graphics and music
Each theme can be customised with a pupil's own files
It is an engaging, innovative, stimulating and effective learning resource

This resource is suitable for ages 5-18 years of age and supports the following QCA schemes of work:

3A Combining text and graphics; programme of study ref. KS1 1a, 2a, 3a
4D Collecting and presenting information
6A Multimedia presentation
4A Writing for different audiences

"This is the best educational tool we have ever used! We have been able to use it across a wide range of subject area, like geography, PSHE, humanities and citizenship."

John D'Abbro, New Rush Hall School

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