Student-created Tampa Bay Watershed Videos

A lesson on watersheds and water quality for eighth graders in Shorecrest Middle School opens the door for learning about the local Tampa Bay watershed. With an overarching goal of developing educated coastal citizens, students were exposed to often-underestimated and little-understood facts about the Tampa Bay watershed. 

After completing the lesson, the eighth graders were given an alternative assessment challenge to create an informational video that would teach others about their local watershed, why it is important, and how we can keep it healthy. Students were allowed to bring a ONE PAGER with notes regarding any content they wanted to use in their videos. Partners were randomly assigned; and the pairs had only 2 class periods (1 hour each) to complete their videos during the school day. Since the video was made during school under a limited time frame, please excuse any background noises that might be from students walking by, lockers closing or cars driving by.

To involve the greater community, each student was asked to share their video with a parent / guardian and one other adult for feedback. The feedback received was overwhelmingly positive! Here are a few of the videos that were created this year.

Jersey R. '30 and Nico S. '30

Declan L. '30 and Drew S. '30

Leah S. '30, Ronan E. '30 and Keldon I. '30

Ameya S. '30 and Emma S. '30