Our coast, our seas, our planet!

Sixteen Gifted and Talented students from Ridgeway School recently entered a film making competition run in conjunction with the National Marine Aquarium and Euroceans, a network of scientists from across Europe who research the impact of climate change.

The idea was to make a film that looked at the effects of climate change on marine eco systems, both local and world wide.

Our students decided to make an animation and present it in a chat show form. An octopus hosts the show and Stevie, the sceptical seahorse, is shown evidence of the effects of climate change on food chains in his natural habitat.

Students first spent the day at the Aquarium, asking the experts, researching the topic and finding out about marine eco systems and how they might be affected. This was followed by a three day workshop making story-boards and creating plasticine characters.

One of the students commented it's a great way to learn, the aquarium is a fantastic classroom and we really had to learn the facts to enable us to tell the story to others in a creative and unique way.

We were delighted when we discovered that we had won the UK leg of the competition and that we were now on our way to Brussels to compete with other national winners from across Europe!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• ridgeway
• school
• film
• competition
• winners
• euroceans
• animation
• climate
• change
• eco
• systems

[BluTak7]

Also look at another animation made by Ridgeway School, called 'The Other CO2 Problem' - it deals with the less known problem of ocean acidification, and involved the help of Dr Carol Turley to create an even better animation! (:

[pelegeor]

Your idea was great. Congratulations! George from the island of Crete. Because we have a lot of sea and coasts!! Thank you.

[xxgroovyashxx]

i go to this school but this is a kinda wierd film lol !!!  apart from that its a good film to help people be aware!!! :] xx