Stop Motion App Engages Students and Incorporates Common Core

I had to share a wonderful new app I found that not only engaged my students, but actually sticks to common core standards. My students loved this project! Even though we used it for Ancient Japan history unit, it can be used for any disciplines and/or grades. Thankfully, YouTube offers instructional videos you can play in classroom before grouping or pairing off your students to get started. The videos are super intuitive, and students can use their own smartphones or iPADs. (If your school has some tucked away for student use, so much the better!). The best part is that it requires every group member to participate, which is sometimes a hard thing to accomplish for these types of projects. I also had them present the video in class. Everyone was enjoying themselves. Check out our finished projects below!

The best part? We’ve bundled together everything you need for this lesson and project. You can get:

1. Teacher instructions with YouTube video links for instruction, easy format choices and tons of examples.

2. Student graphic organizers with main idea and supporting evidence/topic spaces to ensure content is analyzed and supported.

3. Student storyboard graphic organizers.

4. Rubric.

For more information or to purchase, click here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Stop-Motion-Animation-Project-for-History-Science-Math-or-Language-Arts-1810113