Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Camera 'Shakes'
You can compare the picture quality for photos taken at different shutter speeds with the camera handheld vs. with the camera on a tripod. (This is best done with a camera that has manual exposure control.)
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Television Production Handbook: Composition and Camera Movement
The importance of video composition and camera movement is the focal point of this site by Roger Inman and Greg Smith.
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Video 101: Lighting
Video 101 is a fascinating introduction to television production--an impressive collection of engaging, interactive lessons with plenty of example video clips to explain concepts. This chapter on Video Lighting examines concepts such as...
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Blendspace: Lights, Camera, Action! Documentary Research Project
A twelve-part learning module with links to images, texts, and videos to use while completing a documentary research project.
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Video University: Camera Filters
Descriptions of more than 25 different types of camera filters.
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Video University: Color Bars
Explains how color bars are used to provide consistent color when producing video. Describes how to set up the color bars for a monitor or camera.
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Pbs: Creating Great Images (Of People) for Video (Lesson Plan)
A instructional activity for teaching basic concepts--lighting, compositional balance, camera stability, minimizing distrations, etc.--in order to produce professional-looking videos (or films) when people are your subject.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Pinholes, Light and Aperture Size
Pinhole cameras are not a thing of the past. Even compared to all of the latest technology, a pinhole camera still gets beautiful results. Find out how this very simple aperture design works to control the way light enters the lens of...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Digital Photos and Dynamic Range
Digital cameras can be a great way to learn about photography. Most digital cameras today have LCD screens, so you get instant feedback on your photo. If you make a mistake, no problem, you just delete the picture. It's nice that you...
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Science Buddies: Photography With Near Infrared Illumination
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have an extra sense? What if you could hear above the normal range (ultrasound) like dogs or bats? This project shows you how you can use a camera, tripod and a special filter to take...
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Fisheye View Cam a Live Camera Recording Corals and O
A wonderful site with lots of pics and video feeds where you can watch real time aquariums and see fast motion coral movements.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Foucault Pendulum
Students learn about the Foucault pendulum, an engineering tool used to demonstrate and measure the Earth's rotation. Student groups then create small experimental versions, each comprised of a pendulum and a video camera mounted on a...
Language Guide
Language Guide: La Electronica
Televisions, stereos, CDs, cameras, etc. come alive with colorful graphics and audio. Move your mouse over each image to hear the correct Spanish pronunciation.
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Pbs Learning Media: Pedro E. Guerrero Photography Workshop
This media gallery contains video clips from the American Masters and VOCES co-presentation of Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey. The videos are intended for use in a beginner's photography workshop. See the support materials...
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Art21: William Wegman
Features a biography of the artist and links to art work, video clips and interviews. On this page there are also links to lesson plans and other artist pages.
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We Choose the Moon
Feel like you were right there when Apollo 11 was launched as you listen to the actual Mission Control audio from that date. The mission is further brought to life by photos and video of the event as well as a virtual animation. Go...
NASA
Nasa: A Meteoroid Hits the Moon
On May 2, 2006, a meteoroid hit the moon with a force equivalent to four tons of TNT. The event was captured on a 10-inch telescope equipped with a video camera. The video was then played in slow motion in order to be visible by the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Virtual Inquiry Field Lesson
Middle schoolers use inquiry skills to answer their own questions about an area's animals in a natural setting using motion sensing video cameras.
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: Persuading Others
Identify the elements that make a successful TV advertisement. Identify the difference between verbal and visual features and say how they can be combined. Use the video camera to produce advertisements that show understanding of the...
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Institute of Physics: Practical Physics: Multiflash Photography
These methods illustrate different ways to do multiflash photography, where the camera creates successive images at regular time intervals on a single frame.
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Video 101 is a fascinating introduction to television production--an impressive collection of engaging, interactive lessons with plenty of example video clips to explain concepts. This chapter on Camera Operation provides a general...
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Pbs Teachers:journey to Mars: Houston, We Have a Problem!
Build a rover vehicle and test your remote driving abilities by observing its surroundings through a camcorder or video camera monitor display.
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Pbs Learning Media: One Year in the Life of Earth
Watch the earth from one million miles away! NASA's camera captured these images showing the majority of the earth's surface is water. View a narrated or unnarrated video of these images. Background information, teaching tips, and a...
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Pbs Learning Media: Epic Earth
This mesmerizing video shows seven views of the earth taken by NASA's camera. Watch the moon cross over the earth, storms in the ocean, and smoke from a wildfire. Included are teaching tips for teachers and background information.