Queen without Land
“Queen without Land” (Polar Bears) Recommended for grades 5-7
Your class is going to watch the documentary “Queen without Land” on September 29, 2018.
This folder contains some exercises that will help you prepare for it.
Have fun!
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Wildlife films are sooooo boring...?!
Here are why you should watch this film!
The filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad follows a polar bear mother and her cubs. Who wouldn’t like to see cute animal babies playing in the snow?
There are some scenes in which the filmmaker is filming himself while he uses his high-tech cameras and other cool equipment. It’s really fun to see how the film was made.
The film is set on Svalbard, an island group between Norway and the North Pole. You’ll see how Asgeir Helgestad lives there, in the freezing cold.
The filmmaker shows exactly how global warming changes the ice around the North Pole, the animals who live in the Arctic, and the plants that grow there. You’ll also learn what consequences global warming has for you personally.
It’s an award-winning film. The film won the award for Best Environmental Film at the International Wildlife Film Festival.
page 3 Documentary - a special genre Why should I learn something about documentaries? Soon, your class is going to watch “Queen without Land” (Polar Bears). Just like in any other type of film, such as action films or Youtube vlogs, the filmmakers use camera settings, music, and other things to tell a story. Knowing how a film is made will make it easier for you to analyse the message of the film. And who knows - maybe you’ll make a film of your own some day?
The truth, and nothing but the truth
The Cambridge Dictionary describes “documentary” as follows: a film or television or radio programme that gives facts “ “and information about a subject. Source: www.dictionary.cambridge.org/amp/english/documentary
Task Talk about the meaning and aims of documentaries. These questions can help you: • Think about the last documentary you watched. Can you remember any facts or information from it? • Why do documentaries want to give facts and information? • Who watches documentary films? Why? • Which other forms of media (such as newspaper or radio) try to give facts and information about a subject? What are some of the differences between these and documentaries? • Documentaries, especially those about wildlife and nature, can be very beautiful. Do the makers of these films only want give the viewers facts, or is it a form of art?
page 4 Queen without Land Camera angles For the documentary “Queen without Land” the filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad films his subjects from above, below, or at eye level. bird’s-eye view
high angle
eye level angle
low angle
frog’s-eye view High angle/bird’s-eye view: The subject is filmed from above. The bird’s-eye view is the extreme form of the high angle. Eye level angle: The subject is filmed at eye level. Low angle/frog’s-eye view: The subject is filmed from below. The frog’s-eye view is the extreme form of the low angle. Task Take 3 pictures of the same subject (for example a person, a plant, or an animal), but from 3 different angles. Discuss: • Does your subject look different from the three angles of view? • Why do you think filmmakers use different angles of view? • From which angle of view do you think Asgeir Helgestad filmed the following subjects: a) a polar bear mother playing with her cubs b) a seabird flying over the melting polar caps c) himself, while he is using another camera
page 5 Shot sizes Documentaries use many different shot sizes. Shot sizes are used to frame subjects in different ways, and to direct the viewers’ attention.
Extreme Long Shot
Long Shot Medium Long Shot Medium Shot Medium Close-Up Close-Up
Extreme Close-Up
Extreme Long Shot: Frames the whole subject and its surroundings. Long Shot: Frames the subject from head to toes. Medium Long Shot: Frames the subject from the knees up. Medium Shot: Frames the subject from the waist up. Medium Close-Up: Frames the subject’s face from the chest up. Close-Up: Frames the subject’s face. Extreme Close-Up: Frames only a small detail of a subject, such as an eye. page 6 Queen without Land
Task Write the name of the animals and the shot sizes in the boxes under the photos.
fish / extreme close-up
Animals: seahorse, polar bear, orca, fish, dolphin, walrus Shot sizes: extreme long shot, long shot, medium long shot, medium shot, medium close-up, close-up, extreme close-up
page 7 Task This is an exercise for you and a partner. Select one of the 6 pictures on pages 9-11, but don’t tell your partner which one you have selected. Your partner has to ask you questions about your picture and guess which one you have selected. For example: “How many green fish are in your picture?” “Is the shark swimming to the left or to the right?” “Is there a polar bear in your picture?”
a shark an orca a seal
a whale a fish a polar bear
a walrus a penguin a coral
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Picture A
Picture B
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Picture D
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Picture E
Picture F
page 11 Do polar bears eat penguins?
No! Polar bears live in the Arctic, penguins on Antarctica. Polar bears live in the Arctic, which is near the North Pole. Penguins live on Antarctica, which is a continent on the South Pole. There are around 18,000 kilometers between the Arctic and Antarctica. Although polar bears can swim, swimming all the way to the South Pole would probably be too much trouble just to eat a penguin! Polar bears are predators. Luckily, all of the polar bear’s favorite food lives in the Arctic: a polar bear’s favorite prey are seals, fish, and walruses.
seal fish walrus
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page 13 Idioms with the word “water” Task Combine the idioms with their meaning.
To To be close to being in 1 That’s have water trouble. water under up to the the bridge now. 2 Something that has throat. happened a long time ago. To 3 To have few chances to succeed. To feel like a fish walk on thin out of water. 4 Not feeling at home. ice. 1 5 A person who is quiet but knows a lot. Still Come water runs To be determined to do hell or high 6 deep. something, no matter what. water.
Task Translate the idioms into another language, such as Danish or German. Which of the translated idioms have something to do with water? Write them down here:
page 14 Queen without Land The water cycle
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Task Write the numbers in the picture. You have to use one of the numbers 2 times! 1 The sun heats the surface of water. 2 Water evaporates and becomes water vapor. 3 Water vapor cools and rises, becoming clouds. 4 The water precipitates as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. 5 Water flows downhill into rivers and streams. 6 Rivers and streams eventually reach the ocean. 7 Some water soaks into the ground and becomes groundwater.
page 15 Protecting the environment Task How many of the things below do you do? █ I turn off the tap while brushing my teeth. █ I bring my own bag instead of buying a plastic bag. █ I drink tap water instead of bottled water. █ I recycle. █ I walk or ride my bike to school. █ I use a reusable lunch box when I go to school. █ I buy clothes second hand or swap with friends. █ I collect garbage on the beach, even if it’s not mine. █ I turn off the lights when I leave a room.
Task Do you know any other ways to help save the environment? Write them down here:
page 16 Queen without Land Climate or weather? When we talk about weather, we really talk about how the atmosphere is behaving at a certain point in time in a certain place. To describe the weather, meteorologists measure sunshine, rain, cloud cover, winds, snow, thunderstorms, and so on. When we talk about climate, we mean the long-term pattern of the weather in an area. To measure the climate, one has to observe and compare the weather in the same area over a long period of time, typically around 30 years. Task In the table below you can see some headlines from newspapers. Which of these are about climate change? Which are simply about the weather? headline climate weather “It’s hot out. Here are some tips to stay X cool.” “Record-smashing heat wave kills 33 in Quebec.” “New York schools close as region braces for major snowstorm” “Europe was colder than the North Pole this week. How could that be?” “Heaviest snow in decades batters U.K., Ireland and the Continent.” “A hot, dry winter in Califorina. Could it be drought again?” “Chance of rain in parts of Denmark but sunny weather to continue elsewhere” “Let the sunshine in: May weather breaks Denmark records” “Denmark in for a week of mixed spring weather”
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greenscreen2018
22 Likes greenscreen2018 There’s not enough room for
all of them! As the sea ice is melting, walruses are driven ashore. #sad #climatechange #polar #savetheplanet #globalwarming #arcticanimals USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHOW YOU CARE ABOUT THE PLANET - INSTAGRAM
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Task You can reach a lot of people through social media. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to use this attention for a good cause? • Fill out the table on this page • Then, write some instagram posts on the next two pages. hashtag meaning #animallovers animal lovers #arcticice arctic ice #arcticlife arctic life #beachcleanup beach clean-up #cleanoceans clean oceans #climate climate #climatechange #environment #globalwarming #nature #noplastic #polarbearlove #saveourplanet #saveourseaice #savepolarbears #savetheplanet #sustainablelife #sustainablelifestyle #wildlife #wildlifephotos #worldoceansday #zerowaste
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greenscreen2018
ideas: beach
clean-up
dangerous
disgusting
garbage
lazy
ocean
plastic
plastic bottles
pollution
waste
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# Don’t forget to use hashtags!
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Company 19:33
greenscreen2018
ideas:
alone
arctic ice
crying
endangered
ice caps
ice cube
lonely
melting
polar bear
sad
screaming
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# Don’t forget to use hashtags!
page 21 Film review - Queen without Land Task How did you like the documentary? Write a short review on the next page. Your review has to include: • the title of the documentary • a short summary • something you liked • something you disliked • a rating from 0-5 stars
Write down some keywords first: The documentary was about: This is what I learned:
What I liked about the film: What I didn’t like about the film:
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The documentary “Q____ w______L___” by A_____ H______is about ______I have learned something new from this documentary: ______I especially liked ______What I did not like so much was ______All in all, I think the documentary is______
Rating:
page 23 Til læreren Den 29.9. afholdes for 5. gang Green Screen Naturfilmfestival. Eleverne skal se filmen “Queen without Land” (Polar Bears). Filmen er venligst stillet til rådighed af Green Screen Eckernförde, en af Nordeuropas største festivaler. Green Screen naturfilmfestival bliver begyndelsen på Naturvidenskabsfestival 2018.Temaet i år er Den Yderste Grænse. House of Science arrangerer en naturfaglig messe, hvor elever og voksne formidler forskellige emner. Enten handler deres bidrag om naturforvaltning eller et emne, som har relation til årets tema. Messen finder sted i 2 runder, før man ser naturfilm. Filmen er valgt pga. de filmiske effekter og fordi den viser en ny verden - nye optagelser, som har udvidet forståelsen af dyrs opførsel. Eleverne kan lære en del om adfærd og tilpasning. Filmens spænding og stærke billeder kan hjælpe på målgruppens måske lidt begrænsede engelskkundskaber. Så alle skulle kunne få en god oplevelse. Der vil sikkert være basis for en god samtale efter filmen. Hæftet er tænkt til forberedelse af eleverne på 5.-7. klassetrin og afspejler nogle af de emner, som filmen berører. Nogle af opgaverne kan med fordel besvares efter eleverne har set filmen. Arrangementet og hæftet bygger på tankerne i Den Grønne Læseplan, hvor elevernes involvering i omverdenen bygger på udvikling af glæde ved naturen, respekten for dens sammenhænge og lysten til at tage ansvar gennem handling. Materialet er udviklet af Maria Vanessa aus der Wieschen.
Image credits: page 1 (also on pages 2, 3, and 24) of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric “Iceberg” by robynm is licensed under CC0 Administration is in the public domain page 6 “Bottlenose Dolphin“ by NASA is in the public domain “Polar Bears near the North Pole” by Christopher.Michel is “Anchor Tuskfish” by Andy Lewis is licenced under CC licensed under CC BY 2.0 BY 3.0 “Sterna fuscata” by Duncan Wright for U.S. Fish and page 7 Wildfish Service is in the public domain “Fish Head Water” by christels is licensed under CC0 “Born Free” by Christopher.Michel is licensed under CC “Pacific Walrus Portrait Bull Close” by skeeze is licensed BY 2.0 under CC0 “Paw” by Christopher.Michel is licensed under CC BY 2.0 “Polar Bear Head” by amerune i is licensed under CC “Jack mackerel school” by NMFS/Southwest Fisheries BY 2.0 Science Center for U.S. Department of Commerce/ “Red Water Fish” by Pexels is licensed under CC0 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is in the “Orca Killer Whale” by skeeze is licensed under CC0 public domain “Dolphin 4” by hisgett is licensed under CC BY 2.0 page 12 page 8 “Robbe Grey Seal Helgoland” by A_Different_Perspecitve “Polar Bear Arctic Wildlife” by robynm is licensed under is licensed under CC0 CC0 “Yellow Fish 2” by hisgett is licensed under CC BY 2.0 ”White and Gray Dolphin on Blue Water” by Pixabay is “Pacific Walrus Portrait Bull Close” by skeeze is licensed licensed under CC0 under CC0 “Yellow Fish 2” by hisgett is licensed under CC BY 2.0 ”Sea otter pair 2” by U.S. National Oceanic and page 18 Atmospheric Administration is in the public domain “Walrus” by U.S. Fish and Wildfish Service is in the public domain page 11 “FREE Instagram Layout Feed and Profile UI” by Marina “Giant oceanic manta ray” by Elias Levy is licensed under D is licenced under CC BY 4.0 (also used on pages 20 CC BY 2.0 and 21) “Sheepshead Fish” by Makuahine Pa’i Ki’i is s licensed under CC BY 2.0 page 20 “Giant Trevally” by skeeze is licensed under CC0 “Garbage environment beach pollution” by hhach is “Pacific Walrus Portrait Bull” by skeeze is licensed under licensed under CC0 CC0 page 21 “Humpback Whale“ by Free-Photos is licensed under CC0 “Polar Bear Animal Climate Change” by cocoparisienne is “False killer whale” by Marie Hill for U.S. Department licensed under CC0
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