Stop motion animation to facilitate group discussion

By 2014-10-27T22:43:00

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Learning and understanding chemical concepts through a stop motion animation activity

Last month we hosted ChemEd Ireland at my institution. ChemEd is an annual gathering for chemistry teachers that provides an opportunity to share resources and ideas relevant to teaching chemistry and science. As one of the organisers, I was deputised to assist Maria Sheehan of the Professional Development Service for Teachers, who ran a workshop on using stop motion animations – animations made up from a series of individually constructed scenes.

Michael Seer discusses the workshop's activity and considers how it could be adapted from a classroom activity to a series of resources.

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