Not only does Claymation encourage students to learn about social studies, writing, and technology, but it also encourages cooperative learning and use of multiple intelligences. With Claymation, your classroom will become an active learning environment.

• Send a parent letter home that helps explains Claymation
• Develop a concept that lends itself to a short story or simple morphing of an object/figure
• Delineate the story in individual action frames by using a storyboard

- Each frame represents a different pose of the clay object/figure
- Each frame represents one digital photo taken of the pose
- A collection of frames represents a story

• Create a simple armature that will support your clay object/figure
• Apply clay to the armature to create the object/figure
• Pose the object/figure on a set
• Take digital photos of each pose
• Download the photos in VideoBlender software for processing into a mini-movie

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