Purpose
- To engage in the creative and problem solving processes
- To explore and make connections between a specific mathematical concept to objects in the real world
- To use available technologies in creative ways to share mathematical thinking with an audience
- To engage a school audience in the beauty of mathematics through the visual arts
- To promote the visualization of math concepts to make abstract ideas more concrete and help students visualize solutions to problems
- To engage a school audience in the beauty of mathematics through the visual arts
- To explore and make connections between a specific mathematical concept to objects in the real world
- To use available technologies in creative ways to share mathematical thinking with an audience
- To engage a school audience in the beauty of mathematics through the visual arts
- To promote the visualization of math concepts to make abstract ideas more concrete and help students visualize solutions to problems
- To engage a school audience in the beauty of mathematics through the visual arts
The videos below were created by Rene Jodoin who was a protege of Norman McLaren, a pioneer of stop motion animation at the National Film Board of Canada. The animated shorts below will engage the audience visually, mathematically, and musically. They can help to provide a rich exploration of a variety of mathematical, visual, and musical concepts, from simple to complex!
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Notes on a Triangle: In this short, a triangle splits and rotates into a variety of smaller rectangles, squares and diamonds in a playful symmetrical movement. It can be used to explore symmetry, multiplication, equivalence, rotations, ...
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Dance Squared: In this short, squares dance and form rectangles, and spilt to form triangles. As with the short above, it can be used to explore symmetry, multiplication, equivalence, rotations, fractions ... Pay close attention to the music!
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Spheres: This short explores the relationship between shapes and geometric solids as hues and movement change circles into spheres and back again. The dancing balls explore the concepts of balance, symmetry and multiplication. The music is provided by Glen Gould.
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Materials- iPad
- StopMo Studio app from the National Film Board of Canada (See sidebar for more info) Activity - Outlined through the creative processMinds On Possibilities
Challenge or Inspire - Choose a manipulative for students to use to explore the mathematical concept that you are focusing on. Have them explore relationships and possible ideas for the video product. Challenge and Inspire - Use the videos above to explore the use of art and math. Engage student thinking with questions such as : "what do you see?" , "what do you hear?" , "what does this remind you of?" Students may need to see videos more than once. Writing down the answers to these questions while watching will help to increase engagement." Action Planning/ Focussing - Students brainstorm ideas for the materials and concepts that they want to focus on in their short. Create story boards to plan out the video. See here for examples from Holland Stop Motion class. Make sure that students know who their audience will be. Students could create animation that:
Exploring/Experimenting - Students try out their ideas and rehearse the movements that they planned on the story board. Producing Preliminary Work - Students create the first complete take of their animated short using what they have learned through exploring and experimenting. Revising and Revisiting - Groups share their preliminary video with another group for peer feedback using "2 Stars and a Wish" or other appropriate method. Students use suggestions from peers and discussion within their own group to revise/edit/adapt the work that they have produced given feedback. Consolidation Possibilities Presentation - Have a classroom exhibition of student work in which students present their work to their peers. Ensure to engage in conversation around the animated short which includes discussion around the mathematical and artistic reasoning. See the "Art Curator for Kids" website for guiding questions to ask when viewing art. Reflection/Evaluation - Have students complete a self assessment of the learning experience using a structure that they are familiar with (ex. two stars and a wish). Share the movies with other classes though Google classroom if possible to get reflection from other audiences. Inspire others! |
StopMo Studio AppThe StopMo Studio App can be found at the iTunes store.
This app makes it easy to produce frame-by-frame animated films. StopMo Studio Educator's Guide also provides more ideas for integration into other areas.
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