Monday, December 16, 2013

Monday Class

Today in science we continue to work on our final stop-animation films. Please follow the checklist found below to complete your project.

  • Finish “Four C’s” Research Sheet
  • Finish Storyboard
  • Create Props/Characters/Background/Letters
  • Using iMotionHD app, create stop animation. Make Sure you title your film on your ipad.
  • Save your stop animation to your camera roll.
  • Open IMovie and create a new project.
  • Import your stop animation from the camera roll into your iMovie Project.
  • Add Voiceover/Narration
  • If Needed: Add Title slides and IMovie Extras.
  • If Time: Create background music in GarageBand or other important music.
  • Save New IMovie onto your camera roll.
  • Upload Movie on camera roll into your Vimeo Account.
  • Embed Vimeo movie into your “Who Am I” portfolio.
  • Friday, December 13, 2013

    Friday Class

    Students are continuing to build their stop animation films... Here is a checklist that we are using to guide student work:

    • Finish “Four C’s” Research Sheet
    • Finish Storyboard
    • Create Props/Characters/Background/Letters
    • Using iMotionHD app, create stop animation. Make Sure you title your film on your ipad.
    • Save your stop animation to your camera roll.
    • Open IMovie and create a new project.
    • Import your stop animation from the camera roll into your iMovie Project.
    • Add Voiceover/Narration
    • If Needed: Add Title slides and IMovie Extras.
    • If Time: Create background music in GarageBand or other important music.
    • Save New IMovie onto your camera roll.
    • Upload Movie on camera roll into your Vimeo Account.
    • Embed Vimeo movie into your “Who Am I” portfolio.

    Wednesday, December 11, 2013

    Wednesday Class

    Today in science students will continue researching their topic of choice for the film they are creating.  After initial research is completed, students will create a 2X2 matrix on the 4C's....Components, Characteristics, Challenges, and Characters for their film.

    Monday, December 9, 2013

    Monday Class

    Today we will begin researching the topic for our stop animation film.  Utilizing the articles we read in language arts class along with the articles on the following link we will create a "Character Sketch" of our topic.

    Research Articles

    Character Sketch Activity



    Thursday, December 5, 2013

    Wednesday and Thursday Class

    Today in science students will be dissecting owl pellets to gain deeper understanding of food webs.


    By the end of Thursday: Students will have all the bones needed to put together a reconstruction.