Driving Question:  "How can digital storytelling inspire people to take action against real-world environmental issues like pollution, deforestation, or endangered species?

Justification:
Aligns with media production, collaboration, and computational communication standards. Encourages creativity, empathy, and purpose-driven design through film and social media messaging.

Overview:

Teams will design and present a public awareness campaign focused on one or more invasive species impacting Southeast Tennessee. Your campaign should aim to educate the community and inspire action through creative digital media tools such as Canva, posters, videos, social media mockups, PSAs, or radio and podcasting.

Teams will:

• Create campaign media materials ahead of time (digital or printed) 

• Present their campaign to judges (5–7 minutes total)

• Explain their message, design choices, and how they plan to reach their audience

Resource Suggestions: 

• Phone camera (record footage/interviews)
  
  

• Audacity (record & edit voiceovers)
  
  

• Canva or Adobe Express (create posters/social posts) - free with BCS Gmail
  
  

• CapCut or WeVideo (edit final video PSA)
  
  

• Google Drive (store and share materials)

Note: The above tools are not required for your public service campaign. They are suggested resources to help you create and enhance your project. Students may use any combination of these or other tools of their choice, depending on comfort level, access, and project goals.

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Resources: vr.vex.com

Driving Question: "How can we use math, design, and engineering to invent a prototype that helps remove or reduce the impact of an invasive species in our local environment?

Justification:
Connects to real-world environmental engineering and design thinking, integrating measurement, scale, and proportion in a hands-on challenge.

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