project update (claymation on faults)

Mindy started putting together our web quest in QuestGarden.  She is looking for some links to attach from our new science program...and maybe some other valuable outside sources as well.  The rubric is done (tentatively).  I ended up doing it in Microsoft rather than Rubistar because I couldn't figure out how to delete one of the columns.  We only wanted a 1, 2, 3 rubric instead of 4 columns (keepin it simple).  We constructed our scene for the claymation and should be ready to shoot next time we meet.  We also read the section in our science book and wrote a script for narration.   

I think we also need to construct a planning sheet for the kids so that they have a place for the key ideas/terms, a rough draft for the script, and a place to make an annotated sketch of want they want to animate.  

Idea

Mindy and I wanted to refine our practice of using the program Istopmotion to create and post a claymation project. During the last week of school, we had our students throw together a project using a story that we read. However, we were not able to show them a great model before they started. We really just threw them in. Now that we got our feet wet, we want to actually create a real lesson that we can save and share with y'all.

Our idea is to have the kids create a claymation project around the science standards (specifically how plates work due to convection currents in the mantle and how they effect earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains...). Students will work together in teams of three to four to create a scene, use the stopmotion software to capture images from the manipulated clay, write a script and read it fluently (the narration will be put into Imovie). Movies will be uploaded to either our web pages or the moodle to be viewed by peers. Mindy's students will email (or use the forum) my kids with feedback and mine will do the same for hers (using some parameters to give feedback, like using the rubric that we will create).

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