CoAuthor - @anthony257
Within the science curriculum, Earth science units explore some component of weather. Keynote offers a variety of features that can bring learning to life - shapes, drawing, writing, audio, and live video that brings green screen easily into your classrooms. Attached below are two templates to explore how to utilize these tools to bring a STEM science project to life around meteorology.
The Timeline of the Project
Launch - Introduce the project, essential question and build excitement for the learning. Brainstorm sub-questions that require research or learning to make the project of designing a weather forecast successful.
Ex:
- Essential Question - What is the weather like today?
- Sub Questions - How can we describe the weather? What’s included in a forecast?
Research & Learning - With their questions in mind, students can now research what they need to know to produce their forecast. Using resources such as Weather app, science curriculum, and local TV examples, students can design a background for their weather report. Using shapes, students can create colorful images. Students can also draw their symbols using the drawing tools within Keynote. This background can be export as an image or a screenshotted for weather report. Additional slides for research are included in the templates.
To access shapes, drawing and audio, click media in Keynote. Drawing will allow students to add their own creations and handwritten sentences.
Present & Share Out - Students produce a weather forecast using their developed forecast and live video in Keynote. Screen record their presentation to share out. For additional public share out, final videos can be shared with other classrooms to help them know and be prepared for upcoming weather.
On the provided templates, students can insert their previously created forecast image into the place holder. Then using live video students can be meteorologist. Simply, tap the live video in the templates to active the video.
Notice in example A, the live video stretches over the picture so students can point to element of their picture smoothly. In example B, students would be separated from their drawing.
Ex A
Happy forecasting!
#OPSProud #OPS_Kennedy
February 18, 2025
Wonderful and creative approach to weather science. I love that this has a “CBL”ish (Challenge Based Learning) approach with the Big Question, Essential Questions and brainstorming for the sub questions. Your explanation and details are very helpful.
I’ve been working a bit with Live Streaming in Keynote also. The helpful tip I used was making sure when I screen recorded the presentation that I turned on the sound by holding down the screen recording button. 😊
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