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SUMMARY:Project-Based Learning with Stop Motion Animation
DESCRIPTION:Use stop motion animation to bring projects in your classroom to life! Engage students in modeling and explaining ideas across any subject.\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\nLOCATION: Marymount School of NY\, 115 E 97th St\, Manhattan (between Park Ave. and Lexington Ave.) \nDATE & TIME: Tuesday\, July 14\, 2026\, 12:00pm – 4:00pm \n\nLunch (included!) from 12pm – 1pm\nWorkshop runs 1pm – 4pm\n\nLED BY: Paul Feffer (bio below) \nCTLE AVAILABLE: 3hrs \nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: Teachers of virtually any subject in middle or high school interested in fostering student engagement through project-based learning. \n \nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nBring a Stop Motion Animation (SMA) project into your classroom and watch your students create personal\, meaningful work! In this hands-on workshop\, you will learn the basics of SMA and discover how to use it as an engaging tool for student learning in any discipline. SMA is a powerful representational modeling tool that helps students visualize and explain dynamic processes. From chemical reactions and phase changes to particle motion\, forces and conservation principles\, biological processes like cell division and plant growth\, single-celled organisms\, and even the Solar System\, the list goes on! \nAfter some examples and technical introductions\, you will learn the fundamentals of creating stop motion animations as we use a free\, intuitive mobile app together. Working individually or in small teams\, you will brainstorm\, storyboard\, script\, and produce a short animation based on a concept from your own teaching context. By the end of the session\, you will: \n\nCreate and share a stop motion animation relevant to your classroom or personal experience.\nGain ready-to-use strategies for implementing SMA modeling in your classroom.\nExplore assessment ideas and ways to support student collaboration and creativity.\n\nA few things that you should bring to the workshop – your cell phone/tablet with a stand/holder if you have one (we’ll have some examples and DIY versions too)\, and you will need your laptop. BUT – are your students unable to use phones in your classroom? This technique does work from a tablet\, and the project can be assigned for homework or during other times they have access to their personal tech. Neither you nor your students need any prior experience with animation or video production – it’s easy to learn and the options are endless! \nA downloadable version of the agenda is available HERE. \n \nWORKSHOP LEADER(S)\nSince 2013\, Paul Feffer has been the Chair of the Science Department at the Storm King School. Paul has taught AP and introductory physics\, and AP and introductory computer science – the latter based on a variety of platforms including Processing and Arduino microcontrollers. Paul has also developed and taught a variety of mini-term classes ranging from engineering and architecture to escape rooms and rocketry. At STEMteachersNYC\, Paul has led a number of Modeling Instruction based workshops for physics\, as well as workshops for introductory programming for physics simulations\, and engineering design challenges for the classroom. \n \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have delivered professional development workshops for teachers\, by teachers\, about teaching. We are an approved CTLE and NYCPS MTAC vendor. All workshops over 2hrs offer CTLE. Below is some important information\, but please see our official Registration FAQ on our website for full details and policies. \nPricing: workshop/event pricing reflects a desire to offer affordable professional learning experiences. Some workshops are subsidized and offered at a discount or for free. Some workshops include extra materials costs. Often\, there is both a “Full Price” ticket for people who can pay full price and for schools/organizations paying for their staff to attend\, and a “Teacher Price” ticket for teachers/educators paying out of pocket. If price is a barrier to your participation\, please keep reading for several options. \nCUNY & other partner campus pre-service students: If you are training to be a teacher\, we want to welcome you to attend our workshops for free! Please email registration@stemteachersnyc.org for details and to see if you qualify. \nWant to pay by invoice or purchase order? We encourage you to ask your school or organization if this is a possibility. Please see the Registration FAQ for the process\, which includes a template letter with messaging geared towards administrators. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease note: We take screenshots\, photographs and record video of our workshops in order to publicize a positive image of science teaching\, and of STEMteachersNYC – a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization – and to support future teacher leaders. If you register\, you are agreeing to be photographed and to have your voice and image video-recorded. You are also agreeing to relinquish all your rights to the photographs and video recordings. \nIf you do not wish to be photographed or video-recorded – you must inform us before the workshop starts. For in-person workshops\, we may take one photograph of your face so that we can erase your image if we happen to catch it by chance during the workshop\, and we will do our best to avoid you. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/project-based-learning-with-stop-motion-animation/
LOCATION:Marymount Upper Middle School\, 116 East 97th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,High School,Middle School,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events,Working Groups
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SUMMARY:Zines as Creative Tools in Your Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Employ zines (small paper booklets) in your classroom as assessment tools and shareable creative outlets! All are welcome!\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: Marymount School of NY\, 115 E 97th St\, Manhattan (between Park Ave. and Lexington Ave.)\nDATE & TIME: Tuesday\, July 14\, 2026\, 12pm – 4pm (lunch from 12 – 1pm)\nLED BY: Bridget Ierace (bio below)\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 3hrs\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: teachers and educators of any subject\, any age – this is adaptable for just about any classroom!\n\n \nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nDo you want your students to literally carry their science in their pocket? Zines\, which are small\, DIY booklets made from a single sheet of paper\, (and pronounced like that 3rd syllable in “magazines”) offer an easy and low-cost way to turn big ideas into creative\, student-centered learning. In this workshop\, you’ll learn how to make and use zines as an engaging tool for review\, formative assessment\, and concept building across a range of science topics. \nYou’ll explore a variety of classroom-ready examples and see how zines can function as both teaching materials and student products. This workshop will be hands-on – you will fold and design your own zines while experimenting with different formats and sizes\, prompts\, and levels of structure. We will discuss how to use them in class or zine clubs or other contexts\, zines as shareable content for school events\, and strategies for differentiation so that all students can access the content while still having space for their creativity and voice. \nBy the end of the workshop\, you will walk away with several zine project ideas to use in your classroom\, including a clear example rubric and adaptable instructional materials. More importantly\, you’ll leave with practical experience and confidence in using zines as a flexible and powerful tool that helps you see what your students really comprehend! \n \nWORKSHOP LEADER\nBridget Ierace is an astrophysicist and science educator. She teaches high school science in South Brooklyn and CUNY astronomy courses. Bridget is a host of Astronomy on Tap NYC\, which brings fun science talks to bars. During grad school\, Bridget studied quasars\, which are very active and bright supermassive black holes at the center of faraway galaxies. \n \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have delivered professional development workshops for teachers\, by teachers\, about teaching. We are an approved CTLE and NYCPS MTAC vendor. All workshops over 2hrs offer CTLE. Below is some important information\, but please see our official Registration FAQ on our website for full details and policies. \nPricing: workshop/event pricing reflects a desire to offer affordable professional learning experiences. Some workshops are subsidized and offered at a discount or for free. Some workshops include extra materials costs. Often\, there is both a “Full Price” ticket for people who can pay full price and for schools/organizations paying for their staff to attend\, and a “Teacher Price” ticket for teachers/educators paying out of pocket. If price is a barrier to your participation\, please keep reading for several options. \nCUNY & other partner campus pre-service students: If you are training to be a teacher\, we want to welcome you to attend our workshops for free! Please email registration@stemteachersnyc.org for details and to see if you qualify. \nWant to pay by invoice or purchase order? We encourage you to ask your school or organization if this is a possibility. Please see the Registration FAQ for the process\, which includes a template letter with messaging geared towards administrators. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease note: We take screenshots\, photographs and record video of our workshops in order to publicize a positive image of science teaching\, and of STEMteachersNYC – a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization – and to support future teacher leaders. If you register\, you are agreeing to be photographed and to have your voice and image video-recorded. You are also agreeing to relinquish all your rights to the photographs and video recordings. \nIf you do not wish to be photographed or video-recorded – you must inform us before the workshop starts. For in-person workshops\, we may take one photograph of your face so that we can erase your image if we happen to catch it by chance during the workshop\, and we will do our best to avoid you. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/zines-as-creative-tools-in-your-classroom/
LOCATION:Marymount Upper Middle School\, 116 East 97th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Elementary School,Featured,High School,Middle School,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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