Beware! The Blob

What other random supplies from around the room could you use in your video? Clay Heroes (small group) Let’s make some movies! Help break students into groups, each with its own camera, computer, The HUE Book of Animation, googly eyes, clay bones and a 4 oz block of clay. Like before, groups should diversify their clay colors to prevent an army of red blobs. Groups have p. 26-27 in The HUE Book of Animation for reference as they create new adventures for Blob Man. Again, encourage students to take on a new role. Each film crew needs clay sculptors, software animators, camera operators and creative directors. What unique interactions can each team invent for Blob Man? Clean Up and Wrap Up (whole group discussion) Save the Clay Hero movies in Animation Studio, close out of computers and deconstruct the Blob Men, collecting the wiggly eyes and clay to use again next lesson. Then, gather together to debrief the day. Possible discussion questions: What different ideas did groups come up with? What great examples of realistic movement did you see? How did they do it? What other props would be fun to experiment with in future movies? Check for Understanding Why do some clay characters need…

Observers performed two tests on Everly, which included Piaget’s the conservation of number task and the conservation of mass task. When observers performed the conservation of mass task, they took a ball of model magic and broke it in half evenly. Then observers asked Everly if these two blobs of model magic were even, and Everly responded yes. After, observers took one of the blobs and proceeded to break the blob into tiny little pieces. Once completed, observers asked Everly if the original…

The Blob The cult classic 1958 film “The Blob” starring a young Steve McQueen, is not only interesting to watch, it also gives the viewer a number of insights into that era. The milieu in Post World War II America is the dominant sign in the film. The era is the signified and there are a number of signifiers. The film begins with the theme song “Beware of the Blob, it creeps and leaps…” and the viewer is made aware of the fascination for monsters that Americans had during that period. Spook…