1. Integrated Lesson Plan “Bringing Books to Life” Kaitlin Bolton

2. Grade/Class 0 Mrs. Seek’s 3 rd Grade class. 0 Tuesday. D Day 0 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpvOwO6tyaM

3. Rationale 0 All 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”

4. Enduring Idea 0 Transformation. 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.

5. Key Concepts 0 Change 0 growth 0 development 0 Life 0 stage 0 animation

6. Essential Questions 0 How does life develop and grow? 0 Why do we want to depict the life cycle? 0 How can a picture transfer more information than words? What is the benefit? 0 What is animation? How does it utilize motion and change? 0 What are stages of the life cycle? Why do we want draw each stage? What would happen if a stage was skipped?

7. Knowledge Base 0 The students will have previous knowledge of the life cycle from their homeroom class. 0 During the PowerPoint presentation the students will learn more about three specific animal’s life cycles and expanding on previous knowledge. 0 Butterfly, Frog, and Chicken- familiarity and ability to recognize/depict these animal forms. 0 Animation artist: Walt Disney 0 Flipbooks: the first and most basic form of animation

8. 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

9. Vocabulary Life CycleAmphibian Animation OviparousEggFrame InsectBird FrogTadpole ChickChicken CaterpillarButterfly StageHaplontic DiplonticHaplodiplontic

10. Lesson Vignette Overview 0 PowerPoint on the carpet with tons of animals and animation pictures 0 Directions/ groups/ exemplar 0 Make Flipbooks 0 Cartoon marathon 0 Assessment 0 Following weeks: IMovie

11. Assessment 0 Assessment will be based on participation and if the pages are in the correct order 0 Complete self and group assessment

12. Materials 0 Flipbooks 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. 0 Handout Diagrams/instructions 0 Crayons, markers, colored pencil. 0 Staples to bind them together. 0 Movie Software

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