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Animation Fest: Go Green! (Part 2)

My students need 2 digital cameras, cases, memory cards and mini-tripods to create claymation videos to teach others about conserving resources and going green.

Ms. Sebrell Warren County High School

Warrenton, NC Grades 9-12

My Students

I don't know which my students love more: working with their hands or using technology. The best way to engage them is to mix the two! Claymation movies have fascinated young people for generations. Now it's my students' turn to create masterworks that will teach about recycling and saving energy!

Our rural school, which is heading into its fourth year, aims to engage students through project-based learning and technology.

We are in a high-poverty area, but what we sometimes lack in resources, we make up for in enthusiasm. We will be moving into a new building this winter, and the excitement is growing! We want to be the greenest and cleanest school around while teaching others how to conserve resources, save power, and help the planet. I look for ways to link real-world learning to what goes on in the classroom, and like to empower my students to make a difference. As a result, they have become more aware of the impact they are able to make in school, their community, and the world. Interdisciplinary projects such as this one make it easier for students to tie all their learning together and be even more engaged. When learning is hands-on and linked to their own lives, students remember.

My Project

Students will use these cameras and equipment to create claymation videos as part of a joint project between environmental science and drama. In drama, freshmen will learn to create a unique character using voice and facial expression; in environmental science, they will research ways for our school and community to go green and save energy. Using claymation, they will meld what they have learned in both classes to create a humorous public service video in which their "green" character gives tips on recycling and conserving the resources of planet Earth. At the end of the project, our animation festival will bring students, parents, and community together to celebrate creativity! The videos will also be on display for the many visitors who come to see our school's unique style of learning. But we won't stop until we share all this green-ness and greatness online too!

As we move into our new school building, we want students to become more aware of the importance of going green.

We plan to launch a school-wide campaign and hope the claymation projects will raise awareness. Parents will become more aware as well, after seeing student projects at our Animation Festival. Knowing they have made an impact on their community will have an equally powerful impact on freshmen. They will know they can do more than change themselves - they can change the world!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

75 students impacted 16 donors

Project tagged as

Warrenton, NC
Grades 9-12
Climate & The Environment
Visual Arts
Traditional School
Technology
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Ms. Sebrell Warren County High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Warrenton, NC View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

75 students impacted 16donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Samsung SL605 - Digital camera - compact - 12.2 Mpix - optical zoom: 5 x - supported memory: SD, SDHC - silver • Best Buy $109.99 1 $109.99

Samsung SL605 - Digital camera - compact - 12.2 Mpix - optical zoom: 5 x - supported memory: SD, SDHC - red • Best Buy $109.99 1 $109.99

This universal neoprene shuttle case is ideal for carrying compact cameras, MP3 players, credit cards, first aid supplies and more. • Best Buy $9.99 1 $9.99

SanDisk Standard - Flash memory card - 4 GB - Class 2 - SDHC • Best Buy $14.99 2 $29.98

Case Logic 3' Mini Tripod - Tripod - table-top • Best Buy $6.99 2 $13.98

Materials cost			$283.92
Vendor shipping charges			$12.00
Sales tax			$22.15
3rd party payment processing fee			$4.26
Fulfillment labor & materials			$35.00
Total project cost			$357.33
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$63.06
Total project goal			$420.39
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$420.39
13 Donors			-$224.00
Donations toward project cost			-$203.90
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$20.10
match offer			-$180.51
Match offer toward project cost			-$153.43
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$27.08
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$15.88
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Animation Fest: Go Green! (Part 2)

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