DAN does DNA

We’ve been doing a lot of video making in PLP lately, and science is no exception. We have recently concluded a unit all about DNA with the driving question “Can cousins be identical?” This question would be answered by demonstrating our understanding through a video including all the content we learned about.

Mind Map from the very beginning of this unit.

Mind Map from the very end of this unit.

My partner was Melika and we decided to go for a bit of a Vox-style video that includes lots of animation, some stock-like footage and a voiceover. I felt like it would be a good idea because most of the time filming ourselves talking doesn’t turn out very well. The creation of our video was a little rocky, it wasn’t the smoothest process I’ve been a part of, and that’s pretty much all my own fault. I definitely bit off more than I could chew because I had a vision in my head of what I wanted to accomplish. 

In the end our video was relatively good, I’m not super proud of it if I’m being honest. I put quite a bit of time in to the animations and overall editing, even though the final product wasn’t exactly what I was hoping for. Going forward I’m definitely going to work on my collaboration skills with others which is something I was also very vocal about in my PGP. This unit did help me learn about DNA quite a bit but with a little more focus I could have gotten more out of it.