
Explore a new approach to STEM by encouraging your students to engage with your local museum or community organisation to film a student review. The self-directed learning fosters creative and technical skills as students collaborate on a short video production. Students feel empowered as they co-create a film review, developing their interview and presentation skills as they give their summary and recommendations.
A student team from Elderslie High School recently took up the challenge to film a student review on location at the newly renovated Australian Museum using the skills taught in The Student Filmmaker online course. Elderslie High students shared that the project made them feel challenged and excited as they discovered new places and learned about paleontology from Australian Museum experts. The students also demonstrated outstanding teamwork as they came together to plan, film and edit their short film review.
You can also watch the Elderslie High student film review on Student Voices which is the department’s online channel for students to showcase their work, opinions, news and creativity. It’s the place to see what issues matter most to young people in NSW public schools. The platform gives students the opportunity to have a say and be heard by education leaders and key decision-makers. Students can submit their own work and see what others have to say, vote in monthly polls and get advice on how to promote student voice and participation in their school.
Keen to discover more about the new Australian Museum? The T4L team collaborated with the Australian Museum to produce an exciting SITU360 immersive tour of the renovated museum with a special focus on paleontology.
Watch the Australian Museum SITU360 virtual tour below. If you want to explore the Museum on your mobile device, download the SITU360 app from your app store and use the code cd3ef6 to view it. If you have the stem.T4L Virtual Reality kit, you can also use the VR goggles with your class to watch an immersive 360 degree tour!
Inspire and challenge your students by encouraging them to film their own student review at your local museum or community organisation. You can help by identifying the institution and contacting the organisation to arrange for the students to visit and film on their premises.
To get you started, watch the "Behind the Scenes/Making of" the student filmmaking journey at the Australian Museum.
The Student Filmmaker online course was produced by the stem.T4L team to make it easy to teach your class everything they need to know to produce a short film. The course takes them through all the essential skills and techniques required for filming, recording audio and editing. It’s relevant for all ages and stages, and for this project, we recommend Stages 3-4.
Visit The Student Filmmaker online course
Follow these guidelines to get started:
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