A design tool for posters, social graphics, short videos and web pages, free for schools through Adobe Express for Education.

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Grade 8 photo essay on 'traces of use' timed to music in Adobe Express

Grade 8 (Year 9, age 13 to 14) · 100 min · 1 device per student plus headphones

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Each student photographs eight to ten images on one theme and edits them into a short Adobe Express video with captions, timed to music chosen for tone.

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A-Level show labels on tablets replaying each work's making and rejected versions

Grade 12 (Year 13, age 17 to 18) · 180 min · 1 tablet per student

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For the end-of-year show, each student makes a short video label that plays beside their physical work, showing its making, the compositions they rejected and their own spoken statement.

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Grade 5 GarageBand soundtrack synced to a silent 30-second storm clip

Grade 5 (Year 6, age 10 to 11) · 100 min · 1 iPad per child plus headphones

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Each child composes a 30-second soundtrack for a teacher-supplied silent storm clip, then lines it up with the video and fixes the places where music and picture do not match.

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Heart rate and exercise: a narrated cool-down video on recovery in Adobe Express

Grade 7 (Year 8, age 12 to 13) · 100 min · 1 tablet per pair

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Pairs film a cool-down routine and turn it into a 90-second narrated video in Adobe Express explaining why heart rate should fall gradually, for Grade 6 tutors to show.

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Photosynthesis: Adobe Express explainer video for Grade 5 on why plants need light

Grade 7 (Year 8, age 12 to 13) · 100 min · 1 device per group of 3

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Groups of three script, narrate and edit a 90-second Adobe Express video answering a Grade 5 teacher's question, why do plants need light, for the school's transition day.

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Each child makes a one-page explanation poster of the water cycle in Adobe Express, with a diagram and four short numbered paragraphs, printed for the Grade 2 corridor.

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