Claymation Assignment

The NETS standards for students that were addressed in the claymation activity were:

1. Creativity and Innovation~
a. In order for our group to be able to construct a process with stages, we needed prior knowledge of what occurrences developed in stages; we then applied our prior knowledge of these processes in construction of our claymation project
b. We used clay, construction paper, and markers to construct our project which expressed the process of predator vs. prey
c. We constructed models of a frog and butterfly to display the process of metamorphosis

2. Communication and Collaboration~
a. In the construction of our C-Map we worked collaboratively from home via the internet
b. The processes of metamorphosis and predator vs. prey were communicated to our audiences through the construction of our C-Map and our claymation project; they each showed the stages of metamorphosis and the end result of predator vs. prey
d. Each member of our group contributed to the project by: collaborating via the internet in construction of the C-Map (which also involved some problem solving) and the physical processes of constructing models, taking pictures, and applying our project to a digital program to produce an original work.

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making~
a. Our group discussed the physical processes of our project and discussed the probable problems that might develop (how will we present this activity in clay or construction paper, what additional items might we need?)
b. After discussion on our concerns on how to construct our initial idea out of clay, we decided to change the topic of our project; each student was then given a portion of the project to complete (formation of the clay models, picture taking, background construction, etc.)