Phases of Matter: States & Phases StopMotion Animation
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CW: Stop Motion Animation turned in via schoology.
DN: Bring your own technology. (Stop Motion Studio App.)
RESOURCES
Stop Motion Studio App (Apple)
Stop Motion Studio App (Android)
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by describing the particles of a solid and a gas.
5min Teacher organizes students into pairs for access to technology.
10-15min Practice Animations. Teacher demonstrates how to make an object appear like its moving slow, fast, and slow-to-fast using the Stop Motion Studio App. Students start on their Moving Object SMA that shows an object moves slow, fast, and slow-to-fast.
10-15min Solid-Liquid-Gas Animation. Working in pairs or groups of three, students complete animate 9 particle (or fewer) as solid, liquid and gas. Animation includes labels (solid, liquid, and gas).
Animation Sequence:
Title (5pics) - with everyone’s names
Solid (12pics) - every particles jiggles
Liquid (12pics) - all particles slide past each other
Gas (12pics) - particles move in straight line until they collide
10min Demonstration on how to save videos and turn in via Schoology.
5min Clean up. Wrap up.