Show and Tell: Mousetrap Cars Video Lab Report

1. Watch sample videos that demonstrate a science or math concept
(Apple’s Bernoulli Principle or Triangles, Bill Nye’s shows, or
something from the Discovery Channel). Compare these with a
video that basically “tells” you about a concept, but that doesn’t
“show” much about it.

2. As a class, discuss the parts of the videos where the video clearly
“shows” something. Ask the students what camera or editing
techniques were used (e.g. still images, animations, pictures of the
materials, demonstrations of the process, footage of the “results,”
slow motion, etc.)

3. Have students design and implement their mousetrap car experiment.

4. Have the students storyboard their science experiment video.

5. Have the students tape their video as they design and implement their experiment and create any other documents
(still images, animations, etc.) needed for their video.


6. Have students import their video into the computer and edit the lab
report according to their storyboards. (Students who finish early
may want to add appropriate background music or sound effects.)

7. Students present their finished Video Lab Reports to the class.