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Project Look Sharp: Media Construction of Slickwater Hydrofracturing

Project Look Sharp: Media Construction of Slickwater Hydrofracturing. April 2011 LSTA Presentation Molly Trufant & Glenn Caslick Newfield High School Newfield, New York. Goals of Our APP. To make strong sense critical thinking a habit of our students in a media-oriented world.

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Project Look Sharp: Media Construction of Slickwater Hydrofracturing

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  1. Project Look Sharp:Media Construction of SlickwaterHydrofracturing April 2011LSTA Presentation Molly Trufant & Glenn CaslickNewfield High SchoolNewfield, New York

  2. Goals of Our APP • To make strong sense critical thinking a habit of our students in a media-oriented world. • To prepare students to be effective managers and informed stewards of our natural resources. • To make students aware of a local “hot topic” in Environmental Science that will inevitably affect their lives.

  3. Goals of Our APP • To create a group of concerned young citizens. • To foster sustainable outlooks and ways of living for our students. • To reinforce the mentality that “we all live downstream.” • To create a lesson kit with Project LookSharp about SlickwaterHydrofracking, and make it accessible to teachers across New York State.

  4. Goals of Our APP • To give students the opportunity to create and present a persuasive piece of media according to an assigned role. • To encourage students to be conscious of their audience, principles of media construction, and their intended message as they prepare their media.

  5. Context • 2 sections of high school Environmental Science • Juniors and Seniors (one freshman!) • Elective course, 40 weeks • No “formal” curriculum standards • Issues-oriented • Already incorporated media literacy during introduction to the course • Weekly media-based assignments (journals)

  6. Lessons • #1: The Love Canal Tragedy & Water Pollution in Dimock, Pennsylvania: Lesson Learned? (Journal #15) • #2: Drive-by Dispatches: Deep Readings of Yard Signs About Fracking • #3: Impart In Print: Decoding Print Media from a Public Forum about Fracking

  7. Lessons • #4: What is SlickwaterHydrofracking? (PPT & YouTube videos) • #5: This Land Is Our Land, This Land is Gas Land: GasLand Documentary Viewing and Deep Reading of DVD Cover • #6: Down There In the Delaware: Will Fracking Affect NYC’s Source of Drinking Water? (WebQuest)

  8. Lessons • #6: “On Fracking and Human Folly” (Journal #16) • #7: Commissioner Grannis’s Testimony • #8: Leasing Language: Comparing the Language in a Gas Drilling Lease versus an Apartment Lease

  9. Lessons • #9: This Rock Could Power the World (TIME Magazine): Letters to the Editor (This lesson was REQUESTED by our students!) • #10: Final Project: Land Use Role Play

  10. Lesson #1: Lesson Learned?

  11. Lesson #2: Drive-by Dispatches

  12. Lesson #3: Impart In Print • Decoding print media from a recent public forum about Hydrofracking

  13. Lesson #3: Impart In Print

  14. Lesson #3: Impart in Print

  15. Lesson #4: What is SlickwaterHydrofracking?

  16. Lesson #4: What is SlickwaterHydrofracking?

  17. Lesson #4: What is SlickwaterHydrofracking?

  18. Lesson #5: This Land is Our Land, This Land is GasLand…

  19. Lesson #6: “On Fracking and Human Folly”

  20. Required Materials • Access to Internet (for prep. AND class time; including YouTube) • Print media from both sides of the issue • GasLandDVD

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