The Living Lens Project - DRSS

This project was in collaboration with the WAVE Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Newport Aquairum. Curator of Education for the Foundation, Daniel Dunlap, expressed a need for assistance developing educational materials for the thousands of school children and teachers visiting the Aquairum. DRSS students worked collaboratively across 9th, 10th and 12th grades to write and illustrate childrens books about specific species, film and produce video interviews with species biologists and create related curriculum materials aligned with Next Generation Science Standards.

You can visit the WAVE Foundation website that students created to house all of these materials and you can purchase illustrated storybooks on Blurb by clicking on the books below.

Multi-Media Senior Capstone Students contributed:

Mini-documentaries introducing K-12 students to a selection of Species Ambassadors living at the aquarium
- each documentary contains footage of the animals in their living environments at the aquarium, as well as interviews with biologists who specialize in these various animal species
A website to house the documentaries, curriculum materials, and resources through a dynamic, engaging layout accessible to teachers and students
Check out our model website dedicated to Mighty Mike!

10th Grade Biology Students contributed:

Content outline for development of Biologist interviews/videos.
- Video focus – talking points and interview questions
- Identifyied resources and experts
- Assisted Living Lens students in telling the story of the video
- Identified graphical needs for the video and communicated these needs with Art I students
Developed content related materials and activities (curricula) specific to state standards and targeted grade levels. These materials are available to students and teachers on the website in conjunction with the video documentaries.

9th Grade Art Students contributed:

Illustrated children’s books about the Species Ambassador to promote education and conservation
Illustrations from the children’s books to enhance website content
Informational graphics related to biology content for the video and related curricula materials

2014

Coral Reef Tank

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Ms. Whitt and Ms. WA mid-interview

Coral Reef Tank

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Thank you to our donors!

Susan Sousa

Shelley Whitman

Matt Grushon

Christine Naberhaus

Haddon Allen

Paula Ashcraft

Jennifer Winner

Pocky the Penguin

Multi-Media Senior Capstone Students contributed:

Mini-documentaries introducing K-12 students to a selection of Species Ambassadors living at the aquarium

each documentary contains footage of the animals in their living environments at the aquarium, as well as interviews with biologists who specialize in these various animal species

A website to house the documentaries, curriculum materials, and resources through a dynamic, engaging layout accessible to teachers and students

Check out our model website dedicated to Mighty Mike!

10th Grade Biology Students contributed:

Content outline for development of Biologist interviews/videos.

Video focus – talking points and interview questions

Identifyied resources and experts

Assisted Living Lens students in telling the story of the video

Identified graphical needs for the video and communicated these needs with Art I students

Developed content related materials and activities (curricula) specific to state standards and targeted grade levels. These materials are available to students and teachers on the website in conjunction with the video documentaries.

9th Grade Art Students contributed:

Illustrated children’s books about the Species Ambassador to promote education and conservation

Illustrations from the children’s books to enhance website content

Informational graphics related to biology content for the video and related curricula materials

Thank you to our donors!