on read writes Roar explore the concept of urban sprawl and its impact on nature by writing powerful hi coup that capture the balance between cities and the natural world then embark on an adventure at the international Wildlife Refuge to learn how to conduct research compare habitats and protect Wildlife let's go read write Roar this program is made possible in part by the state of Michigan and by by and by viewers like you thank [Music] you an important question in the world right now is how big do we want cities to be so we just let them grow and grow as large as possible Tokyo in Japan has 37 million people living in it that's a lot of people the bigger cities get the more they spread out into land that contains natural Wildlife buildings and Roads and parking lots appear where there used to be trees and ponds and animals when cities grow and take over land that used to be natural it's known as urban sprawl hi everyone I'm Jeff Cass and speaking of Tokyo today we're going to explore the effects of urban sprawl in the natural world to an ancient form of Japanese poetry called Haiku you may have heard of haiku before but I want to warn you I'm probably going to explain Haiku in a way that's slightly different Haiku is a poetic form roughly 800 years old a lot of teachers say haiku is a three-line poem about nature that consists of 17 total syllables where the first line contains five syllables the second line contains seven syllables and the third line contains five syllables a aable is a part of a word that contains a vowel sound for example the word Sunset has two syllables the first syllable is sun and it contains the short u a sound the second syllable is set and contains the short e s sound but serious writers of haiku in English say that because the music of the Japanese language is so different from the music of English if you try to use the same syllable count in English the rhythm of the poem sounds completely different than it would in Japanese as a result it doesn't make any sense to count English sys at all what's important these serious writers of Haus is to think more about the essence or the big idea of what a ha coup tries to do the essence of a ha coup is to capture a small moment with an image that appeals to the five senses the image is then presented to the reader as a kind of well a gift with the hope the reader will then experience a feeling similar to what the writer felt when they wrote it William J higginson author of The Haiku handbook calls Haiku a touchstone of suggestiveness what he means by that is haiku describes a moment but how the moment feels is not described how it feels is up to the reader it's true hiu are short and they're usually but not always three lines they often explore nature but specifically what they explore is the intersection between humankind and the natural world that's why they're a good way to examine the idea of urban sprawl which is the intersection of human-built cities and the natural world let me show you some examples that a Michigan author of haiku might write on the lake Bottom a walleye Peaks into the nose of a soda bottle you see how this poem paints a picture of the intersection of humankind in the natural world in the poem something natural a walleye interacts with the beauty of the lake bottom and then something human built a soda bottle seems to intrude on the natural beauty of the world you also see how while the poem is three lines the syllable count is five 6 8 that adds up to 19 total syllables that's perfectly fine here's another high coup Miss Mist rises above a stand of Michigan pines and a cell phone tower can you see here how a beautiful and peaceful sight of something natural M Rising above pine trees appears to be interrupted by the human-made cell phone tower Can You Feel the suggestion that the technology that's supposed to make our lives easier might also have the side effect of changing the beauty of our natural environment can you also see here that the syllable pattern is seven five and then six that's absolutely okay let's look at one more where the theme is slightly different in the dumpster behind a restaurant's kitchen the glint of a raccoon's eye can you see how this poem suggests more of the natural world kind of finding its way within or adapting to the human world it's not necessarily the human-built world of the restaurant intruding on the natural world of the raccoon but more the raccoon salvaging what it can which may or may not be healthy for it when it explores the human world the syllable count here is four and then eight then seven for a total of 19 syllables and that's fine too let's have you give writing some Hau Tri notice I didn't say haikus cuz the plural of the word Haiku is still Hau like fish you can catch one fish or you can catch 12 fish same thing with ha coup you can write one Haik coup or you can write five high cool I'm challenging you to write at least three remember we're exploring the notion or the idea of urban sprawl when cities spread into the surrounding Countryside think of some images that suggest an intersection between the human-built world and the natural world you don't have to worry about counting syllables but if you like the idea of doing that go ahead just keep each ha cou short a small snapshot that suggests a feeling have fun and share your favorite Creation With a Friend see if you can Inspire them to write their own High [Music] cool Miss AP here to help restore your energy before we begin let's start with our warmup by doing two forward folds standing your tall mountain arms up folding over feeling that stretch rolling up one last time arms up folding over feeling that stretch rolling back into your tall mountain nice job now that we have warmed up our bodies we are ready to exercise today we are going to continue to practice our burping and I have a few new moves to show you we'll start in our ready position feet apart hands at our sides we'll go into our squat position like we're going into our imaginary chair we're going to come forward hands on the floor instead of walking our feet out we're going to jump our feet back jump our feet back in reset by standing one last time into our squat position hands down out on the ground kick your Le legs out kick them back in come all the way up reset your body and give yourself a big clap [Applause] clap nice job let's cool down by taking two deep breaths deep breath in deep breath out deep breath in deep breath out great job what tools do media makers use to help an image like this one feel calm or inviting or cold and scary like this one I'm working on my film about the Michigan Central train station in Detroit and I want to show how welcoming the station is to everyone who visits but how can I do this hey Scholars I'm media literacy Maddie maybe you could help me let's study some images so that we can figure out how medium makers create tone or mood each image in a video is chosen to help create a certain feeling for the viewer let's take a look at our images again this image feels calm and inviting it makes you want to lay in the grass and feel the warmth from the Sun and that is why this is called warm lighting warm light is yellow or orange-ish in color in video and Film Production the color of light is called color temperature many media makers would agree this type of liting creates a calm feeling which we call mood or tone Medi makers have the advantage of using not only their words but also different production tools like lights to change the mood of their films have you ever watched a scary Halloween movie with a scene that looked like this the look of this scene was created by media makers who used special lights to make it look creepy scary this lighting is close to Blue and we call that cool lighting media makers can create other moods with their lights as well let's find Miss carat she's watching a film about the March on Washington while also learning about lighting and tone hello Scholars it's so good to see you let's take a look at this scene from the documentary film Detroit's walk to freedom to the March on Washington 60 years of civil rights Legacy this film was produced by one Detroit for Detroit PBS unlike the scary house we saw earlier the lighting in this scene is very different remember when media literacy Maddie was talking about the calm mood she wanted to achieve when she wrote about the Michigan Central train station what kind of mood do you feel when Miss Edith Lee Payne sits in the church pews she decided that we would go to Washington she would always stress to me how I'm important it was for me to be the best that I could always be and I could achieve and be whatever I wanted to be it helped me be more of an American which is what I am the fact that I'm black American is secondary that doesn't Define me and and our colors should never Define us Dr King didn't want our colors to Define Us in order to create this mood inside of the church the media maker needed to bring in special lights which gave off a warm color temperature so the scene appeared yellow or gold this helps the viewer feel calm and comforted while watching the scene here is an example of what some of the lights look like do you notice that the color of their light is yellow and the mood of the room is calm now it's your turn to practice being a filmmaker do you have a piece of paper and a pencil handy let's pretend it's a stormy night out what kind of lighting would you use to create a scene with a dramatic mood a mood that's a bit intense and exciting I'm going to write in order to create a stormy night scene I'm going to make the room dark I will add flashing lights to create a lightning effect as you watch different shows or movies notice how the lighting is used to create a certain feeling for the viewers this will help you understand the mood or tone of the show or movie better you might see bright lights in happy scenes and darker lights it's scary or sad scenes how do these affect your [Music] mood hi explorers it's Mr Peterson check out my gear today where do you think I might be headed if you said I'm headed on an exciting adventure to The Wildlife Refuge you'd be correct we are at a special place called the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Trenton Michigan to help me start a research project that is focused on the question how are Wetland forest and Prairie habitats similar before we get started on our research I want to talk to the Refuge manager Dan Kennedy about what the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is and what makes it unique hi Dan thank you for having us here at the Refuge so what do you do here at the Refuge well first welcome Brian we have three main purposes we do fish and wildlife conservation uh primarily associated with the Detroit River Wetlands uh are our primary focus second we connect people to Nature we have a bunch of community engagement programs where we work with the community to have them appreciate nature and third we're building a program to work with our Canadian Partners on managing a joint resource the Detroit River each country owns a little bit of the Detroit River and so we're trying to work collaboratively with our Canadian Partners that's amazing so what makes this Refuge unique we have quite a few things that make the Refuge unique our big draw is hug Marsh hung buug Marsh is an internationally recognized Wetland and it is the last mile of undeveloped land on the Detroit River on the US side so it's really unique and it's a great resource for bird watchers or kayakers and all that stuff second this used to be a crysler plant we're standing on property that used to be a Chrysler plant that was decommissioned in 1990 and then restored to what we see today which then brings me to our third unique thing and it's the John D Dingle Visitor Center which we honor the congressman who wouldn't this wouldn't be possible without his efforts thank you d for that wonderful information it's really going to help me with my research project you're welcome Brian and good luck with the project now let's get started on our adventure as we gather information around our big question let's take a walk and record or write down some notes about what we observe in each habitat observations are an important way to gather information for our recordings this is a wetland habitat it's a wetland habitat because there's usually water this Wetland habitat is known as humbug Marsh let's make some observations and record them the first thing I noticed is there's some ducks and some egrets I'm also noticing these Turtles up on the lawn when I look around at the plants I see there's a number of different aquatic plants I see Cattails I see swamp milked and I see purple loose stripe which is an invasive spe species and if we listen we can hear there's lots of insects these dead trees in the wetlands provide homes for some animals and a great hunting perch for birds like the king fisher all right let's head out to our next habitat this is a forest habitat a forest habitat contains trees and undergrowth like small bushes and other small plants let's observe and see what we can find in this for forest habitat this is a Tusk moth caterpillar whose host plant is milkweed this is poke weed you want to be very careful with this plant it's poison ivy this centipede lives on the forest floor up in the trees I see a blue jay these trees are dead but this helps provide a home for some of our forest animals all right let's move on to our final habitat this is a prairie habitat a prairie habitat contains low lying grasses let's explore and see what we can find here in this Prairie habitat here we see goldfinches and dragonflies we also see common milked which is a host plant for one of our favorite butterflies the Monarch here we see some species of bees now that we visited a wetland a forest and a prairie and recorded our observations we can look at what we recorded to help answer our big question how are Wetland forest and Prairie habitat similar we notice ducks and egrets in the wetlands and blue jays in the forest and goldfinches in the Prairies these are examples of different birds we found swamp milked in the wetlands and we found common milkweed in both the forest and Prairie habitats we found insects in all three habitats we also found dead trees or dead plants in every habitat these dead trees and plants actually provide home for a lot of animals and even some food so you can see that by taking a walk at the Detroit River International wildlife refuge and recording observations I was able to get a great start on my main research project question how are Wetland forest and Prairie habitat similar observations and recordings are powerful tools writers such as scientific writers use the power of observation and recording to help provide research for their writings now I can use the information from my observations to help me plan the next steps in my research project how could would you use observations and recordings to help with your next research project once you have an idea grab some paper get a writing utensil and get out there and explore Hello friends I'm Miss Audra and today we're going to go underground so I want you to think about all the sounds that you might hear underground you might hear a little worm moving through the turn or a little mole digging or a little bunny rabbit and its family down in a little burrow all kinds of things so I want you to think about all the different sounds you could imagine and the sound that you want to make before we do that let's take a deep cleansing breath together and steady our bodies here we go I don't I blow out anyway you want today and a breath [Music] in blow it out so think about a sound that you're going to make uh something underground something moving underground maybe it's even a plant a little seed is breaking out of its shell and starting to climb towards the surface so hold that in your heart and think about a movement you're going to make you can use your hands your arms or your whole body if you have the space and on the count of three I'm going to listen and I'm going to add myself too 1 2 [Music] 3 and I'm going to add my sound M what a beautiful soundscape that we created just thinking about all the sounds that happen under our feet let's take one more breath together here we go and H then blow it out like a little an we'll see you next [Music] time know yourself be self aware check your feelings show you care man actions keep your cool reach your goals follow the rules see a friend understand their view share a smile that's what we do make good choices think it through make good choices think it through did you know that there are three main ways to communicate they are verbal nonverbal and written greetings friends I am Miss Yarnell your 21st century skills coach what are 21st century skills 21st century skills are the skills in knowledge you need to do well be happy and keep learning and school and in life and today we are going to discover how these three primary forms of communication help us connect and understand each other better are you ready all about future captains first superpower and skill your words we refer to this as verbal communication whether you're asking for help sharing an epic tale or solving a problem in class the words you choose to speak are powerful and can save the day the choice is up to you remember it's not just what you say it's how you say it next up is our silent superpower nonverbal communication which includes our facial expressions body language and even how we stand or sit a thumbs up can show we agree a smile can spread happiness looking someone in the eye and a nod to say I'm listening a awareness of our silent signals and Body Language helps us communicate without saying a word our third superpower is when you share your thoughts ideas or information with others by writing them down written communication we can write books emails text messages or even post on social media what you say can stay around and online forever if you write mean or in appropriate things it can hurt your name friendships and future chances for things like getting into college or finding a job all right friends is joural Quest time your mission reflect on a time when someone misunderstood something you said for example in high school I was on the basketball team and during a game I tried to tell one of my teammates to pass the ball more she gave me a confused look because she could not make out my words over the noise in the gym her confusion quickly turned to irritation and she rolled her eyes at me because she thought I was saying she wasn't a good player she became upset with me which made me upset and we lost the game what I could have done differently was wait until a break to talk it out and make sure I was clear that she's a great player but we can work together to pass and make our team even better now it's your turn to write about what happened and what you could have done differently to turn the misunderstanding into a positive interaction whether you're talking using body language your nonverbal cues or writing you're using your communication superpowers to connect with others and the world keep practicing and discovering new ways to share your unique ideas and feelings and you'll be a communication superhero in no time thank you for spending this time with us until our next adventure we will close with a song by Miss Melody Jones titled unkind words unkind words CA last and damage let our words we kind we words to grow relationships let our words be kind and sweet oh yeah un words cause lasting damage thank you for watching for more episodes videos lessons activity guides and more be sure to visit us at our website and don't forget read write Roar [Music] this program is made 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