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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I only saw a few seconds of your film but I loved what I saw. I think that this will be a great tool for me to lure the more reluctant teachers (particularly from the science department at my site to the delights of technology. Is it possible for you to email me your film? mjope@sanjuan.edu
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