Planning Initiatives for The Greatest Places film


Science Centre : Science North 100 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury,
Ontario P3E 5S9

Educator: Donna Salem, Manager of Education & Events

Programme Title:School Workshops

Audience: School classes for grades 4 to 12

Internal Contacts :Staff scientists in Biosphere, Geosphere, Swap Shop,
Atmospheric Sciences, Prototype Lab
Science Programme Unit

Implementation : show animatic to whole group

• discuss possible tie-ins with science programme
  
• obtain consensus to develop connections
  
  

Timelines: determine year film will come to Centre

• begin development in April of that year
  
• preview components & activities to science staff in June
  
• market via school visit guide to all schools in N.Ontario
  
• begin workshops in September of film year
  
  

Evaluation: use feedback sheets from each workshop to determine
success & modifications


Workshop Ideas: Bio- connect to our ecosystems via water dwellers, trees,
mammals

• Geo-formation of basins & deltas, fossil records, natural
  resources/mineral exploration
  
• Atmo-climate comparisons, hours of sunshine/rainfall
  
• Swap Shop-butterflies/insects from Greatest Places,
  facilitate trading with classrooms studying film locations via
  scanning in of objects for trading
  
• Prototype-offer hands-on use of the GIS system to students