Integrated Lesson Plan

“Bringing Books to Life”Kaitlin

Bolton

Grade/Class

0 Mrs. Seek’s 3rd Grade class. 0 Tuesday. D Day0 The third graders are studying the life cycle and are

hatching chick eggs in their homeroom. We will animate the life cycle process using basic animation flipbooks.

0 What is a flipbook you say? Check out this cheesy video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpvOwO6tyaM

Rationale0All living organisms are part of the life cycle- the

series of stages in which a living thing transitions from an egg to an adult. The life cycle can be explained quickly using animation, because it is a process of continuous motion and change using frames or “stages.” Images can transfer information quicker than words, especially when teaching dense subjects like science and math it is easier to have visual representations.

“A picture is worth a thousand words”

Enduring Idea

0Transformation. The students are studying the life cycle and we will be focusing on drawing the different stages and then bringing it to life with animation.

Key Concepts

0Change0 growth0development0Life0 stage0animation

Essential Questions0How does life develop and grow?0Why do we want to depict the life cycle? 0How can a picture transfer more

information than words? What is the benefit?

0What is animation? How does it utilize motion and change?

0What are stages of the life cycle? Why do we want draw each stage? What would happen if a stage was skipped?

Knowledge Base

0The students will have previous knowledge of the life cycle from their homeroom class.

0During the PowerPoint presentation the students will learn more about three specific animal’s life cycles and expanding on previous knowledge.

0Butterfly, Frog, and Chicken- familiarity and ability to recognize/depict these animal forms.

0Animation artist: Walt Disney 0Flipbooks: the first and most basic form of animation

Objectives

0 The students will integrate what they are learning about chicks and the life cycle into representational drawings.

0 Learn specific biological and physical characteristics and information of the butterfly, frog, and chicken. They will then choose one animal’s life cycle to depict in the flipbook.

0 Learn about basic animation and complete a flipbook. The students will be responsible for completing three drawings of his/her animal in different stages- egg, hatching/baby, and adult.

0 Must draw in detail and color to preprinted transition pages to make the book “flow”.

0 The drawings must be in the correct order and show the full transition from egg to adult

Vocabulary

Life Cycle Amphibian AnimationOviparous Egg FrameInsect BirdFrog TadpoleChick ChickenCaterpillar ButterflyStage HaplonticDiplontic Haplodiplontic

Lesson Vignette Overview

0 PowerPoint on the carpet with tons of animals and animation pictures0 Directions/ groups/ exemplar0 Make Flipbooks0 Cartoon marathon0 Assessment

0 Following weeks: IMovie

Assessment

0Assessment will be based on participation and if the pages are in the correct order

0Complete self and group assessment

Materials

0Flipbooks 0 ( choice between three animals)0 I need help decided whether to just hand them a print

off diagram or filling in a outline on some pages to speed up the process.

0Handout Diagrams/instructions0Crayons, markers, colored pencil.0Staples to bind them together. 0Movie Software

Constraints

0The time is takes to do animation.0Student ability to draw the similar images frame by

frame. 0Student interest0Groups