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ByRosemarie Wilson & Eric Meyers

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Science Movie Special

Effects

1. ENGAGEMENT This science fiction DVD was intended to be

used on a two consecutive days.. .one day

to SHOW the DVD the second day to do the

follow-up activity.

2. USED FOR ANY SCIENCE CLASS The follow-up activity came

from a Baltimore City Public Schools

APPROVED chemistry textbook, entitlrd

Active Chemistry by ____________________ .

The lesson focus is: Movie Special effects; How

CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, PHYSICS, MATH

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, etc., concepts are

used to help create the exciting movie special

effects used in science in thriller blockbuster

movies.

3. HOMELAND SECURITY COMPONENT The movie is an action

packed thriller about the United States and

an attack on our national security Homeland

Security. Follow-up will include REAL-WORLD

hypothetical applications FOR Homeland Security

A THIRD DAY IS NEEDED can be in the form of

MANY activities.

By

Rosemarie Wilson & Eric Meyers

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Objectives:y The Student Will:

y OBSERVE a scienceFiction movie, thenCREATE a special effectsscene based on scientific

concepts.y Relatehomeland

security

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CHALLENGE:y 1.WRITE a script for a simple scene ina movie(related to Homeland Security)

y 2. CHOOSE some special effects to includeas part of

your scene.

y WRITE a procedure

y WRITE anexplanation

y

DEMONSTRATE the special effect

y Explain the science or math

concept

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What are special Effects?y Explosions,fake snow ..Chemistry

y Car Crashes..Physics

yAliens/Animated characters.ComputeryAlien Habitats/,artificial skinBiology

yAlgorithms/binary systems.Math

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PLOT

Anumber ofcomputer hackers upload programs they were paid to code to awomannamed Mai Linh. Soon,all ofthe unknownhackers arekilled by

explosives wired to their computers. Mai uses the programs to causea briefcomputeroutage at the FBI Cyber-SecurityDivision in the J. Edgar HooverBuilding.The FBI responds by initiating anationwide roundup ofall known tophackers. NYPD detective John McClane is assigned to bring ahacker namedMatthew "Matt" Farrell into FBI custody. McClane's unexpected arrival stopsFarrell from unknowingly triggering theexplosives meant for him. Mai has

assassins as backup, but McClane protects Farrell and kills most oftheirattackers. Thenext day, Mai's boss and companion,Thomas Gabriel, gives herorders to initiatehis plot. Thefirst phase involves taking control ofthetransportationgrid (especially traffic lights) and thestockmarket.

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Physics /Chemistry Special Effects

yIn theensuing

firefight,McClainedestroys the

helicopterwith the police

cruiser.

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Computers/Math Conceptsy Enraged, Gabriel

redirects all thenatural

gas inne

arby pipelinesto the station, but

McClane and Farrellescape just before theresulting explosioncauses a power outageacross theEast Coast.

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FBI Cyber-Security Division

y Farrell encrypts the

downloaded data to blockaccess to it.

y NORAD

y command center

y satellites

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DHS

Conceptsy utility superstation

y National Security

Agency(NSA).y to cyber-warfare.

y Hazmat van

y stockmarket.

y FBI Cyber-SecurityDivision

y NYPD

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