Birch's STEAM Lab was transformed into an animation studio as second graders planned, designed, and created their own Claymation stop motion animation movie.
After learning about the features of stop-motion animation during second-grade enrichment with teacher Jamie Kanner, students applied their skills to recreate the storyA Snowy Dayby Ezra Jack Keats.
“Students were divided into animation teams and each received one page in the story to recreate. In their animation design teams, the students planned out their background scene, and what clay characters would be a part of their scene,” Kanner explained. “The second-grade students learned about clay techniques during art class with Ms. Gilman where they planned and created their Claymation characters.”
Once the second graders had their background and Claymation characters created, they used their imaginations to bring their page to life.
“Students planned the beginning, middle, and end scenes of their own pages and demonstrated their own creativity to enhance the story,” she added. “When the students were ready, they set up their scenes and used the stop-motion app to bring the story to life.”
Date Added: 12/23/2022