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Art and Animations Lesson: Birds

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Art and Animations Unit #2

3rd-5th Grade Lesson

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Visual and Performing Arts

1.2.5.Cr1a Generate ideas for media artwork, using a variety of tools, methods and/or materials.

1.2.5.Cr1d Collaboratively form ideas, plans, and models to prepare for media artwork.

1.2.5.Re7b Identify, describe, explain and differentiate how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks affect and manage audience experience when addressing global issues including climate change.

1.2.5.Cn11a Identify, explain, research and show how media artworks and ideas relate to personal, social and community life (e.g., exploring online behavior, fantasy and reality, commercial and information purposes, history, ethics).

Standards

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Essential Questions

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Why are populations of birds in New Jersey decreasing?

What is stop motion animation and why is it effective?

Why is it important to protect our local bird species?

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Learning Outcomes

Understand the effectiveness of stop motion animation.

Understand why populations of birds are decreasing due to climate change.

Work collaboratively to create a stop motion animation plan to help protect New Jersey bird species.

I can

I can

I can

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Investigate

Agenda

Inquire

Inspire

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Inquire

≌10 minutes

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Think About….

  • What the video teaching me
  • How I am feeling while watching the video
  • The animation effects being used.

Inquire

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Question Prompts

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  1. What was the message in the stop motion animation?

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  • Did this video cause feelings of empathy in you?

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  • What parts of the video did you think were effective/ineffective?

Sentence Starters

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  1. The message in this animation was…

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  • The video did/did not make me feel empathetic because…

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  • I think that _____ was effective because _____.

(think about music, sounds, visuals, techniques, etc.)

Inquire

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Inquire

stop mo-tion

New Vocabulary

cinematic technique of repeatedly taking photos of an object in different positions to create the appearance of movement

stop

-tion

mo-

action, process of

move

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Inquire

New Vocabulary

not many left, close to extinction

en-dan-ger-ed

en-

-ed

-danger-

the past

in

power to

harm

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Inquire

New Vocabulary

movement of animals from one place to another

mi-grat-ion

mi-

-ion

-grat-

the process

of

to move to

new place

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Inquire

New Vocabulary

living and nonliving things in an area

eco-sys-tem

eco-

-tem

-sys-

together

home

be firm

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Investigate

≌20 minutes

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Think About….

  • What is the video teaching me?
  • How is this video making me feel?

Investigate

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Research Questions

  • What is causing populations of birds in New Jersey to decline?
  • Which bird species are endangered?
  • How much are they declining?
  • Why is this a problem?
  • What can be done to help?

Individually, in partners, or in groups, use the QR codes to find information about New Jersey’s birds to answer the questions.

New Jersey Endangered Species

Massive Bird Losses Should Be a Rallying Call to Action

Vanishing: More Than 1 in 4 Birds Has Disappeared in the Last 50 Years

Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds

Species Field Guide Search: Birds

Investigate

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Inspire

≌20 minutes

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Stop Motion Animation Plan

Planning Tips

  • Make sure your message is clear. It could be:
    • Creating awareness about the issue.
    • Sharing how to help birds in New Jersey.
  • Keep your characters and settings simple. It will take a long time to create an animation with many characters.
  • Don’t forget about narration and music! They will help make your audience empathetic to the cause.

Inspire

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stop motion

the cinematic technique of repeatedly taking photos of an object in different positions to create the appearance of movement

Glossary

endangered

not many left, close to extinction

migration

movement of animals from one place to another

ecosystem

living and nonliving things in an area

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Authors

Scientist Reviewer

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Monica Lilley

Joanna Walker M.S

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