60 second science competition

Do you want to win up to $400? Just by doing your school work, you could win up to $400.
Your project is to make a 60 second video to explain a science topic and enter it into the 60
second science competition. Choose ONE of the science topics below for your video:

Why do we have day and night

Why are days longer in summer than in winter
Why do some places have 24 hour daylight and 24 hour darkness
Why are there seasons
Why do some places have wet and dry seasons
How do Aboriginal seasons work
Why does the moon look different every night
Why are there high tides and low tides
How do microbes reproduce
How is yoghurt made
How does bread dough rise
How do germs and diseases spread

If you have another science topic you would like to explain, negotiate with Ms Leung. The science
topic must be about space, living things or microbes.
There are different categories to win:
Category
Best cinematography
Best animation
International open
International junior/elementary school students
International secondary/high school students
International LOTE
Australian Open
Australian secondary/high school students in each state
and territory
Australian LOTE primary
Australian LOTE secondary
Worst cola-candy video

Winner
$250
$250
$400
$400
$400
$250
$400
$400

Runner up
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100

$250
$250
Certificate and video
production workshop

To find out more about the 60 second science competition, go to

http://www.60secondscience.net/

To find out how to do this project step-by-step, turn to the following pages.

The video is due to Ms Leung on June 1 2012. The competition closes on August 26 2012.

Step-by-step guide to your 60 second science video

Part 1 Preparation and research

Find your team (no more than 4 people in a team)

Define the problem
Work out the project timeline
Researching the science

Part 2 Developing the video

Write your script

Make your storyboard

Part 3 Pre-production

Finalise the locations to shoot your video

Finalise the materials and equipment you will need to shoot your video

Part 4 Production

Shoot your video

Part 5 Post-production

Import your video into Moviemaker

Edit your video
Put narration onto your video
Put music and sound tracks onto your video
Put visual effects onto your video

Part 6 Showing your video

Upload your video onto our Too School for Cool blog
Upload your video into the 60 second science website
Evaluate each others videos

Team members names: ___________________________________________

Part 1 Preparation and research

Define the problem
What science topic are we going to choose?
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What kind of video are we going to make? (Animation, live action film, etc; note you can change
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Our project timeline
How long should
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When should this

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Part 1 Preparation and research

Find your team (no more than 4 people in a
team)
Define the problem
Work out the project timeline
Researching the science
Part 2 Developing the video

Write your script

Make your storyboard
Part 3 Pre-production
Finalise the locations to shoot your video
Finalise the materials and equipment you will
need to shoot your video
Part 4 Production

Shoot your video

Part 5 Post-production
Import your video into Moviemaker
Edit your video
Put narration onto your video
Put music and sound tracks onto your video
Put visual effects onto your video
Part 6 Showing your video

Upload your video onto our Too School for Cool

blog
Upload your video into the 60 second science
website
Evaluate each others videos

June 1 2012

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