Storyboard Workout #6 Digital Storytelling EDCI270 Liz Vanderveer Target Audience : 6-12 Learning Objective : Students will learn/identify/unde rstand the reason why Miss Vanderveer chose biology educat ion as a career. Scene #1Marine Biology My Junior year of high school I was privileged to have the opportunity to participate in the Marine Biology program at Goshen High School. Dialogue/Narration Scene #2Duck Key, FL 38 students, 47 chaperones, and 27 children traveled 1,430 miles to Duck Key, FL from Goshen, IN, to study marine life off the coast of the Florida Keys. Dialogue/Narration Scene #3 We stayed at Hawks Cay Resort at Duck Key. Dialogue/Narration Images Hawks Cay Scene #4Focus Group All students on the trip were divided into focus groups. Each focus group was assigned a habitat. Our habitat was the mangroves. Dialogue/Narration Images Scene #5Mangrove Trees Mangroves are trees which grow in the marine coastal sediment in the tropics. Mangroves serve as the habitat for a marine ecosystem. Organisms such as snails, crabs, sponges, small fish, mussels, starfish, and many more, take shelter in the mangroves. Picture taken fromDialogue/Narration Images Scene #6Mobile Classroom We had 2 locations as our mobile classrooms. This mobile classroom was located in a conference room at the resort. Most of our onsite lectures took place in this room, as well as our final project presentations. Dialogue/Narration Images Scene #7Mobile Classroom Our other mobile classroom was a tent. The tent was set up near our condos and contained specimens and treasures found while exploring our habitats. At the end of the week everything we borrowed to observe was returned to its natural habitat. Dialogue/Narration Images Scene #8Coastline While each focus group primarily studied one habitat, we had the opportunity to explore different habitats. Here is my focus group exploring the coastline. Dialogue/Narration Images Scene #9Conclusion Not only did I spend spring break of my junior year in the Florida Keys, but I also had a great hands on learning experience. This trip made my love for biology grow, and now Im pursuing a degree in biology. This trip also peaked my interest in marine animals. In Maui, HI I have visited the Pacific Whale Foundation. In Grand Cayman I have been have been swimming with stingrays and toured the Sea Turtle Farm. My learning experience in the Florida Keys has definitely influenced my interests and goals. Dialogue/Narration Images