Big Bluebird Claymation
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 Play Bluebird Claymation (You'll need QuickTime) Watercolor of Eastern Bluebird by T. Young |
Background About the Project The Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) at Caldwell County Elementary School (CCES) located in Western Kentucky is a group of twenty-five dedicated students grades 3 through 5 interested in the application of technology for the purpose of community service and creating a better world. Each year STLP groups from across Kentucky compete on the regional level with student produced projects. Awards and recognition for achievement are presented at the Kentucky Teaching Learning Conference (KTLC) in Louisville each March.
The claymation was created for and presented at the
KBS annual conference at Kenlake State Park in Kentucky. Lyrics to "Fly Bluebird Fly" Here comes a bluebird
singing a bluebird song Lyrics by: Mrs. Dyer's third grade class 2003 Sung by: Kutron Gray, fifth grade student Directed by: Mrs. Tammie Sanders If you have a study or project that you conducted on behalf of cavity-nesting birds, please share it with us. All text must be submitted in electronic format. Images can be submitted in either electronic or paper format. Click here for submission requirements and criteria. NestWatch Please note, all submissions become the property of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. |
As part of the Kentucky Bluebird Society (KBS) Outdoor
Classroom Enrichment Program (OCEP), students at CCES have been faithfully
monitoring nest boxes. This year, the students were fortunate
enough to have cameras inside some of the boxes and witness Eastern Bluebirds
and Carolina Chickadees build nests, lay eggs, and raise their young. From these
observations students, with the guidance and direction of Tammie Sanders,
created their "Big Bluebird Movie" Claymation. The two-minute video features
the life cycle of the Eastern Bluebird. The clay figures were made posed and
photographed by Student Technology Leadership Program students for a series of
about 500 still images combined to create an animated short. Mrs. Dyer's third
grade class wrote the song lyrics. A group of students from Mrs. Amy Holt's
class wrote the music and performed the song. The project was directed by Tammie
Sanders, Media Specialist at Caldwell County Elementary.