Description
Pollination is an essential part to how plants get fertilized and in turn, grow our food on Earth. Animal and insect pollinators are an important part to make this happen. How can you create a stop motion video to show how an animal helps with spreading seeds and pollination?
By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about different essential pollinators, what they pollinate and how they do it. With this information, you’ll create a script, props and stop motion animation video to create a model to tell the story of the animal and how they help pollinate.
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STEM Challenges are a great way to encourage creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. With the tools that I created for you, it should save you time with prep and give you more time to provide an awesome experience for your kids.
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Go through the Engineering Design Process
- STEM Challenge Card
- Task Designing Checklist to keep track of work
- Learn More About Pollinators Video Links with Reflection
- Examples of created stop motion animation videos
- Planning Sheet for gathering research about the topic: name of animal, what part of their body helps with pollination, how do they help with pollination and why do they pollinate
- Written, non-fiction articles with audio recordings to learn about these pollinators: bees, butterflies, beetles, birds and fruit bats
- Script template to organize narration, images and delegate roles of narrators
- Peer Feedback checklist
- Checklist for ways students can improve their stop motion video
- Standards-based, 4 point rubric to grade overall project with grade-level quality indicators
- Student Sheet to attach final design
- End of activity reflection sheet
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Bonus Anchor Charts!
- Engineering Design Process
- Vocabulary to teach about content specific topic: zoologist, pollen, pollinators, pollination, parts of a plant, parts of a flower, inside a flower, seeds, nectar
- Vocabulary about stop motion animation: stop motion, cinematographer, animation, claymation, FPS, frames, CEL, storyboard, exposure, time lapse, onion skin, CGI, import, export
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The resources NOT included that you will need for this STEM challenge are:
- Device to record on (tablet, laptop or iPhone)
- Tripod, tablet case with stand, or something to keep camera steady. (Students can even create something with LEGO to keep the camera steady!)
One of these suggested software for recording
- Stop Motion Studio, paid or free (Compatible with iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Android, Windows or Chromebooks. The paid version will provide more editing features.)
- iMovie or WeVideo (if using the free Stop Motion Studio to add in voice narration and other special effects)
- Cloud Stop Motion (free for educator, web-based application if you're using Chromebooks)
- Web Camera, like Hue Document Camera if you don’t have back facing cameras
- Hue Animation Studio (paid, to use with Hue Document camera)
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Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):
2nd Grade: 2-LS2-2, K-2-ETS1, K-2-ETS-2,
K-2-ETS-3
3rd Grade:3-5-ETS1-1, 2 & 3
Common Core State Standards:
2nd Grade: RI.2.5, RI.2.10, W.2.6, W.2.8, SL.2.2, SL.2.4, SL.2.5,SL.2.6, 2.OA.A.1
3rd Grade: RI.3.5, W.3.6, W.3.8, SL.3.2, SL.3.4, SL.3.5, SL.3.6, 3.NBT.A.2
Mathematical Practices
MP2-Reason abstractly and quantitatively
ISTE Standards for Students
Creative Communicator
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How you will receive this product:
Various digital file types to meet your sharing needs
- PDF (non-editable, various sizes)
- Google Slides link
- PowerPoint file
- Seesaw activity
All Seesaw files are pre-loaded into activities. Upon purchase, you'll get the share link to copy & edit and add to your Seesaw Activity library, then assign to students. I saved you A LOT of steps!
How to assign digital versions to students:
- Google Slides pair perfectly with Google Classroom. Once you click the button, it will automatically make a copy for each student
- PowerPoint works well with Microsoft OneDrive users. Share with students within Microsoft Teams
- Seesaw Activities can be assigned to students and automatically make a copy. You can also use the Google Slides version if you students log in with their Google account
===========================================
When you purchase a product from my store, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to classrooms in need of technology to enhance their students’ learning experience.
===========================================
Want to try out green screen? Click here for a variety of lessons!
===========================================
Connect with me for more inspiration!
Naomi Meredith
Navigating STEM & tech in the K-5 classroom.
Click here to be updated when new products are posted.
Instagram: @naomimeredith_
Questions? Email me: contactnaomimeredith@gmail.com
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Description
Pollination is an essential part to how plants get fertilized and in turn, grow our food on Earth. Animal and insect pollinators are an important part to make this happen. How can you create a stop motion video to show how an animal helps with spreading seeds and pollination?
By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about different essential pollinators, what they pollinate and how they do it. With this information, you’ll create a script, props and stop motion animation video to create a model to tell the story of the animal and how they help pollinate.
==========================================
STEM Challenges are a great way to encourage creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. With the tools that I created for you, it should save you time with prep and give you more time to provide an awesome experience for your kids.
==========================================
Go through the Engineering Design Process
- STEM Challenge Card
- Task Designing Checklist to keep track of work
- Learn More About Pollinators Video Links with Reflection
- Examples of created stop motion animation videos
- Planning Sheet for gathering research about the topic: name of animal, what part of their body helps with pollination, how do they help with pollination and why do they pollinate
- Written, non-fiction articles with audio recordings to learn about these pollinators: bees, butterflies, beetles, birds and fruit bats
- Script template to organize narration, images and delegate roles of narrators
- Peer Feedback checklist
- Checklist for ways students can improve their stop motion video
- Standards-based, 4 point rubric to grade overall project with grade-level quality indicators
- Student Sheet to attach final design
- End of activity reflection sheet
==========================================
Bonus Anchor Charts!
- Engineering Design Process
- Vocabulary to teach about content specific topic: zoologist, pollen, pollinators, pollination, parts of a plant, parts of a flower, inside a flower, seeds, nectar
- Vocabulary about stop motion animation: stop motion, cinematographer, animation, claymation, FPS, frames, CEL, storyboard, exposure, time lapse, onion skin, CGI, import, export
==========================================
The resources NOT included that you will need for this STEM challenge are:
- Device to record on (tablet, laptop or iPhone)
- Tripod, tablet case with stand, or something to keep camera steady. (Students can even create something with LEGO to keep the camera steady!)
One of these suggested software for recording
- Stop Motion Studio, paid or free (Compatible with iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Android, Windows or Chromebooks. The paid version will provide more editing features.)
- iMovie or WeVideo (if using the free Stop Motion Studio to add in voice narration and other special effects)
- Cloud Stop Motion (free for educator, web-based application if you're using Chromebooks)
- Web Camera, like Hue Document Camera if you don’t have back facing cameras
- Hue Animation Studio (paid, to use with Hue Document camera)
=========================================
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):
2nd Grade: 2-LS2-2, K-2-ETS1, K-2-ETS-2,
K-2-ETS-3
3rd Grade:3-5-ETS1-1, 2 & 3
Common Core State Standards:
2nd Grade: RI.2.5, RI.2.10, W.2.6, W.2.8, SL.2.2, SL.2.4, SL.2.5,SL.2.6, 2.OA.A.1
3rd Grade: RI.3.5, W.3.6, W.3.8, SL.3.2, SL.3.4, SL.3.5, SL.3.6, 3.NBT.A.2
Mathematical Practices
MP2-Reason abstractly and quantitatively
ISTE Standards for Students
Creative Communicator
=========================================
How you will receive this product:
Various digital file types to meet your sharing needs
- PDF (non-editable, various sizes)
- Google Slides link
- PowerPoint file
- Seesaw activity
All Seesaw files are pre-loaded into activities. Upon purchase, you'll get the share link to copy & edit and add to your Seesaw Activity library, then assign to students. I saved you A LOT of steps!
How to assign digital versions to students:
- Google Slides pair perfectly with Google Classroom. Once you click the button, it will automatically make a copy for each student
- PowerPoint works well with Microsoft OneDrive users. Share with students within Microsoft Teams
- Seesaw Activities can be assigned to students and automatically make a copy. You can also use the Google Slides version if you students log in with their Google account
===========================================
When you purchase a product from my store, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to classrooms in need of technology to enhance their students’ learning experience.
===========================================
Want to try out green screen? Click here for a variety of lessons!
===========================================
Connect with me for more inspiration!
Naomi Meredith
Navigating STEM & tech in the K-5 classroom.
Click here to be updated when new products are posted.
Instagram: @naomimeredith_
Questions? Email me: contactnaomimeredith@gmail.com
