Frame by Frame
Importance of Creativity
Rationale
Learning about the different ways that people can be creative, allows us to see opportunities to be creative in our day-to-day lives.
Investigation Into
- Developing interesting characters and settings for a story.
- Building objects using different materials and techniques.
- Using technology to enhance our creativity.
- Using evaluative thinking tools to improve a product or idea.
Essential Questions
- How can I develop a story that has interesting characters and settings?
- What are some different building materials and techniques that I can use?
- How can I use technology to enhance my creativity?
Future Action
Your students will develop an understanding and an appreciation of the skills that are required to develop a creative story. They will be more confident to use technology, attempting unfamiliar tasks with a 'give it a go' mentality. Your students will appreciate how artists have used computers to enhance creative ideas, and they will use computers to bring their creative ideas to life.
Pretesting and Familiarisation
The Concept of Creativity
Your students will consider how people in a range of professions think and act creatively.
Your students will consider how people in a range of professions think and act creatively.
Pretest
Your students will complete a pretest about skills that they will practise during this unit.
Your students will complete a pretest about skills that they will practise during this unit.
Immersion
Your students will be immersed into animations as they create a simple hand-drawn animation.
Your students will be immersed into animations as they create a simple hand-drawn animation.
Introducing the Unit
Your students will learn what they are going to do during this learning sequence.
Your students will learn what they are going to do during this learning sequence.
Glossary of Creativity
Your students will learn the words related to this learning sequence.
Your students will learn the words related to this learning sequence.
Habit of Mind: Creating, Imagining and Innovating
Your students will use SCAMPER to redesign an item in their classroom.
Your students will use SCAMPER to redesign an item in their classroom.
Habit of Mind: Striving for Accuracy and Precision
Your students will learn how striving for accuracy and precision complements creative thinking.
Your students will learn how striving for accuracy and precision complements creative thinking.
Learning Opportunities
The History of Storytelling
Your students will be immersed into how different types of storytelling have changed over time.
Your students will be immersed into how different types of storytelling have changed over time.
Developing Ideas for the Story
Your students will select an idea to be the basis of their story.
Your students will select an idea to be the basis of their story.
Developing Ideas for Characters
Your students will develop ideas for characters in their story.
Your students will develop ideas for characters in their story.
Developing Ideas for Props
Your students will develop ideas for props for their characters.
Your students will develop ideas for props for their characters.
Developing Ideas for Settings
Your students will learn to develop ideas for different settings for their story.
Your students will learn to develop ideas for different settings for their story.
Storyboarding for Animation
Your students will select the most interesting scene from their story to animate and they will develop a storyboard for this scene.
Your students will select the most interesting scene from their story to animate and they will develop a storyboard for this scene.
Improving a Storyboard
Your students will use the Questions Matrix to develop questions about their Creativity Buddy's storyboard.
Your students will use the Questions Matrix to develop questions about their Creativity Buddy's storyboard.
Designing My Set
Your students will design a cardboard box set for their stop motion animation.
Your students will design a cardboard box set for their stop motion animation.
Scamper for My Set
Your students will use SCAMPER to improve their set design.
Your students will use SCAMPER to improve their set design.
Building My Set
Your students will build a cardboard box set for their stop motion animation.
Your students will build a cardboard box set for their stop motion animation.
Designing My Prop
Your students will design a prop to use in their stop motion animation.
Your students will design a prop to use in their stop motion animation.
Building My Prop
Your students will build a prop for their stop motion animation.
Your students will build a prop for their stop motion animation.
Using a New Tool
Your students will explore the application that they are going to use to capture images for their stop motion animation.
Your students will explore the application that they are going to use to capture images for their stop motion animation.
Capturing Images for My Animation
Your students will capture images for their stop motion animation.
Your students will capture images for their stop motion animation.
Editing My Animation
Your students will add sound and text to their stop motion animation and export their file in readiness to present it at the Creativity Expo.
Your students will add sound and text to their stop motion animation and export their file in readiness to present it at the Creativity Expo.
Preparing for the Creativity Expo
Your students will practise answering questions about what they have learnt in preparation for their Creativity Expo.
Your students will practise answering questions about what they have learnt in preparation for their Creativity Expo.
Demonstration of Understanding
Presenting My Animation at the Expo
Your students will answer questions about what they have learnt at the Creativity Expo.
Your students will answer questions about what they have learnt at the Creativity Expo.
Future Action and Independent Inquiry
Future Action
Your students will consider which skills they developed during this unit that they may use in the future.
Your students will consider which skills they developed during this unit that they may use in the future.
Planning an Independent Inquiry
Your students will plan an inquiry into an aspect of this unit that they would like to learn more about.
Your students will plan an inquiry into an aspect of this unit that they would like to learn more about.
Conducting an Independent Inquiry
Your students will practise the skills of questioning, research and working independently as they conduct an inquiry into a topic that they have learnt about during this unit.
Your students will practise the skills of questioning, research and working independently as they conduct an inquiry into a topic that they have learnt about during this unit.