Stop Motion Video
- 3rd to 5th Grade -
The Challenge!
We challenge you to develop a silent short-film using stop motion video that says "Hello" in a unique way.
Challenge Constraints
Use a story board to preplan your film.
Use Stop Motion Video to create your short-film.
Materials for the challenge are limited to clay, whiteboards and Expo markers.
Student Skills In Focus
Learning Goals
Students will:
Use the design process as a model to develop solutions.
Focus on the practices of pre-planning and troubleshooting to develop a product.
Use the challenge to develop the Pillar Skills in focus.
Questions To Ask Students:
What can you do to keep your viewers interest?
Is your intent to surprise, make them smile, gasp...?
What can you make or draw that brings uniqueness to your video?
Essential Questions:
How does engaging in the engineering and design process help solve the problem?
How does understanding a purpose guide your planning and problems-solving?
NJ Student Learning Standards:
• 8.2.5.ED.2: Collaborate with peers to collect information, brainstorm to solve a problem, and evaluate all possible solutions to provide the best results with supporting sketches or models.
• 3-5-ETS1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
• 8.2.2.ED.3: Select and use appropriate tools and materials to build a product using the design process.