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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Flat Stanley Visits....Your Imagination in Claymation!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this literature lesson, students read the Jeff Brown book Flat Stanley and collaborate to create claymation characters from the story. Students create a claymation video and discuss using word cards during hte movie.
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Lesson Plan
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New and Different Civilizations-a Claymation Dreamer's World

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a movie about a new civilization using claymation.  For this social studies lesson, students design a storyboard that includes various features of a new civilization, then use video and digital cameras to create a short...
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Activity
Grapevine Colleyville Independent School District

Mitosis Claymation Lab Instructions and Rubric

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A single-paged set of instructions and grading system for a mitosis project are laid out for your life science learners. (Note that the page is repeated, making this a two-page document.) Pairs of beginning biologists use clay to model...
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Lesson Plan
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Clay Animation

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a visual story without using words. A study of the history and process of clay animation is explored and discussed. Students storyboard a plot of a story and students divide up into groups designing characters and...
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Lesson Plan
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Butterflies, Butterflies, Butterflies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Transform your class into a butterfly museum! Research different types of butterflies, their habitat, and life cycle. Interactive components such as PowerPoint presentations, Claymation movies, and webpages add pizzaz to the museum...
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Unit Plan
San Francisco Symphony

Going West

For Teachers K - 2nd
Now this sounds like a fun lesson! Youngsters learn about pioneer life and the Westward Movement. First, they listen to the Copland's "Appalachian Spring," and then they discuss the elements of music found in the piece. They get into...
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Unit Plan
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Classic Storytelling with a Technology Twist

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use technology to improve their knowledge of literary terms, math, and technology skills. In this technology storytelling lesson, students learn about character, plot, and setting in various stories by using technology like...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Wallace and Grommit

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Wallace and Grommit worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Lesson Plan
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Wanted- Dead or Alive

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners identify the characteristics of trickster tales. In this literary genres lesson, students read trickster tales from Africa and create a clay model of a trickster character. Learners design a "wanted" poster with a description of...
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Lesson Plan
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Research Project

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students learn the importance of National Marine Sanctuaries and create an original illustrated research project.