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Clay Animation
Nothing engages students more than creating clay animation. With Frames as the foundation, the Clay Animation Kit helps students showcase knowledge using a fun and creative medium. Providing a unique combination of high touch and high tech, this motivating process transforms your classroom into an active learning environment. Your students will love working on cross-curricular group projects that incorporate writing and technology skills.
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“What really makes it so worthwhile is that once the students study the material and do all the activities necessary to create the animation, they truly internalize what it is that we are learning about. At the end of the process, the students are always so proud of their accomplishments and truly beam when other students and school personnel attend their movie premiers. The general consensus from all students is that “clay animation really rocks.”
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Teresa Clyde
Hedrick Elementary
Lewisville, TX |
Articles and Integration Ideas
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These articles provide ideas and strategies for integrating Frames into the classroom.
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Clay Animation: SpecTECHular Curriculum Projects An article on implementing clay animation from the VSTE Journal. |
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Clay Animation and Multiple Intelligences Find out how you can use clay animation can to engage all of the different intelligences. |
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Clay Animation Supplies List A list of suggested materials for making clay animations. |
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Claymation: Vision Students can use this sheet to help develop a project proposal before they begin working. |
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Claymation: Storyboard Give students this template to help them create a visual plan of their animated movie |
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Claymation: Rubric Ideas for assessing the final product AND the process. |
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The Clay Animation Kit includes the following:
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Frames
Frames is a stop-motion animation software that allows students to easily add text, music and voice to the images of their clay characters in order to create clay animation masterpieces. Use these movies on their own, in web pages, or in multimedia projects.
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“Teaching with Clay Animation” Book
Follow the clear instructions for creating successful clay animation projects in your classrooms. Use this book to learn how to design clay animation projects, including creating clay characters and animating them on the computer. The book also includes cross-curricular project ideas to help get you started.
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Accessories and Tools
Get started quickly with modeling tools, wiggle eyes, chenille stems, a work mat and more!
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Modeling Clay
Use the same clay as professional animators! This clay is easy to work with, mixes well into new colors and never hardens.
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