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Bringing a Pop-up Book to Life ActivityBringing a Pop-up Book to Life Activity
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TED-Ed
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3rd - 9th
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Science
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6:12
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30 mins
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2014
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Bringing a Pop-up Book to Life

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Breath life into the pages of a text with this instructional video on creating pop-up books. From choosing a topic, through the planning and creation phases, this video examines how to develop engaging visual presentations that reach out and grab the attention of viewers.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

crafts

Additional Tags

visual and performing arts

Instructional Ideas

  • View this video with your class as an introduction to a project in any subject area in which students make pop-up books to explain a topic
  • Use this video to help you create pop-up books to supplement instruction on different topics
  • Watch this video to introduce an art or flilm class to stop-motion animation

Pros

  • Provides clear explanations with supporting visuals for how to assemble pop-up books
  • TED-Ed offers teachers the option of creating customized lessons based on this video

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.3.2 SL.3.5 SL.4.2 SL.4.5 SL.5.2 SL.5.5 SL.6.2 SL.6.5 SL.7.2 SL.7.5 SL.8.2 SL.8.5 SL.9-10.2 SL.9-10.5

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