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Name(s)___ _____________________________________________________________ Date_________ Pd____Stop-Motion Mitosis/Meiosis Animation ProjectStop motion (also known as stop action) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence (video).Objective: Study the behavior of chromosomes during mitosis and see the phases of Mitosis and Meiosis in motion. Materials: 4 colors of play dough/clay, a paper/poster to use as your background, pencils, markers, index cards to label your names and phases, a digital camera. Technology: You will upload your pictures into a program that will help you create your animation. JellyCam (see web address below) is a free download that will upload your pics and create the animation for you. It does limit you in that you cannot add sound. iMovie or Windows Movie Maker is available also but it will be a little more labor intensive. Or you can use any app, program or any other website you find that stitches your pictures together. OR, you can use any other program I listed below. Grading: 4 grades will be earned during this mini project – 1 grade for the final project (grading rubric attached on back of this sheet), 1 grade for the planning sheet from last week, 1 grade for participation/effort during pictures day and filling in this sheet and 1 final grade for the final video send to me through email at arseniem@ by FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2011. Schedule: Day 1 – Introduction, planning and drawing your phases – WE DID THIS LAST WEEK! Day 2 & 3 – Taking pictures- WE ARE DOING THIS TODAY AND TOMORROW. Day 4- Uploading to computer and creating animation- YOU WILL DO THIS AT HOME or IN MY CLASSSome websites that may help with making your movie AFTER you take your pictures: - free trial free program - you want to check this OUT- it’s FREE!!! also free, BUT ONLY through this link!!!! free trial…or any other app, program or online service you can find that does “stop motion animation”. Procedure (READ ALL OF THEM BEFORE YOU START): Decide if you want to animate Mitosis or Meiosis. REMEMBER- mitosis is easy and short, but MEIOSIS is just doing it twice- so don’t be afraid to try it!!On an index card, post it note, or any piece of paper, write your names, and title of your animation. Using available materials, construct a model of a cell starting with INTERPHASE.LABEL ANYTHING in YOUR MODEL THAT WE NEED TO SEE or UNDERSTAND. DO THIS FOR ANY STAGE YOU WANT BY USING AN INDEX CARD, post it note or small pieces of paper. Take a picture. Make very small changes to your cell to transition from phase to phase. Take a picture. Try to take 5-6 pictures between each phase change while making small changes to your model to transform it into the next stage. AT EACH PHASE, please label the name of your phase under, next to or anywhere near your model. The MORE pictures between stages as you move your cell parts, the better your video will look! Take a minimum of 30 or more pictures of the different stages for Mitosis, 60 or more for Meiosis.Label the stages and important parts of the cell as you are taking your pictures. Upload into Stop-Motion software to create your Stop-Motion video.Continue until you are done with all stages of Mitosis or Meiosis. Tips for a better movie:Use your stages of mitosis or meiosis that you drew last week. Don’t spend time arguing about what colors to use, but rather focus on making your first cell model and then modify it according to your drawings. TRY and KEEP CAMERA and ZOOM in the same spot/position/angle as you take each picture. While one of you gets ready to take a picture, the other team member gets going in moving that parts of the cell. Be mindful of what else is in the frame to avoid things popping in and out of your video. Take more pictures than you need. Experiment if flash or no flash works better. Have fun and be creative. Analysis Questions (after your pictures are done).Why did you decide to model Mitosis or Meiosis- one over the other? Be specific!!!What was the most challenging thing in making your movie?What was the easiest thing to do in making your movie?How could you improve your movie?Thinking about how you worked with your partner, what were some of the challenges and successes of working in a group?Why is Mitosis important? In other words, what is the point of cells performing Mitosis?Why is Meiosis important? In other words, what is the point of cells performing Meiosis?GRADING RUBRICInterphase (7 points)______ Name of stage listed (1pt)______ At least 3 things that happen during this phase shown (3pts)______ At least 3 things that happen during this phase labeled (3 pts)Prophase (5 pts) or Prophase II______ Name of stage listed (1 pt)______ At least 2 things that happen during this phase shown (2 pts)______ At least 2 things that happen during this phase labeled (2 pts)Metaphase (4 pts) or Metaphase II______ Name of stage listed (1 pt)______ At least 2 things that happen during this phase shown (3 pts)Anaphase (3 pts) or Anaphase II______ Name of stage listed (1 pts)______ At least 2 things that happen during this phase (2 pts)Telophase (4 pts) or Telophase II______ Name of stage listed (1 pts)______ At least 3 things that happen during this phase (3 pts)Cytokenisis (2pts) (twice in Meiosis)______ Name of stage listed (1pt)______ Description of what happens during this process (1 pt)TOTAL WORKING POINTS GIVEN FOR WORKING IN CLASS: MITOSIS: ____25 points MEIOSIS: ___50 pointsFinal Product (75 pts)______ Movie flows well with enough pictures taken (20pts)______ Title card with names (5 pts)______ Creative and unique (10 pts)______ Both group members worked equally hard (15pts)______ Continuity (ex: same number of chromosomes throughout, colors, crossing over, etc) (25 pts)______ Extra points? for ______________TOTAL POINTS AFTER YOU EMAIL ME YOUR FINISHED VIDEO: MITOSIS____/100 points MEIOSIS____/125 points ................
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