This document provides instructions for a stop motion animation project explaining meiosis and genetics to high school students. It outlines requirements for the animation to visually and verbally explain crossing over, the steps of meiosis, punnett squares demonstrating single trait crosses and blood types, and examples of incomplete and codominance. Students will create the animation using slides in Google Slides and depict the concepts using materials like Playdoh, drawings, or other approved objects. The animation should be 2-6 minutes long and meet all outlined requirements to thoroughly explain the topics.

1. Stop Motion Video Project
Stop motion animation (also called stop frame animation) is animation that is
captured one frame at time, with physical objects that are moved between frames.
When you play back the sequence of images rapidly, it creates the illusion of movement.
(​https://www.dragonframe.com/introduction-stop-motion-animation/​) This style of
animation has been used since 1898 to create short animations. Nowadays it is used by
a variety of production companies to make children’s movies. Some stop motion
animations use puppets such as “The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and “Coraline”,
while others use claymation such as “Chicken Run” and “Missing Link.” Older Disney
movies, such as “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” used a type of stop motion
animation where they hand drew and painted every scene in the movie.
While stop motion is mostly used to create entertaining movies, it is also a
beneficial way to explain difficult topics in a fun and engaging way as well.
Your Biology teacher also believes that stop motion could be fun to teach
students in the coming years about difficult concepts. You researched stop motion
animation and learned that there are many topics that can be explained via stop motion
animation, such as mitosis, DNA replication, and protein synthesis. To add to the
resources available you decided to make your own video over Meiosis and Genetics.
That means that along with specific academic vocabulary the stop motion animation
needs to use common vocabulary to help the students understand the material.
DQ: How can I explain the importance of meiosis and how Punnett
squares work to high school students using stop motion
animation?
Project Explanation:
As a pair, create a stop motion animation video to explain Meiosis and Genetics
to a student that is struggling to understand the concepts. To create the video you may
use Playdoh, hand-drawn pictures, Expo markers, and whiteboards, colored paper, or
Google Draw. If you have other objects that you want to use for the animation please
make a list of supplies for me to approve.
You will use Google Slides to create stop motion animation. Each slide will be a
picture and when all of the slides are combined it should create a video explaining the
topic.

2. Project Requirements:
1. Draw and Explain crossing over and how it creates genetic variation
2. Explain the steps of meiosis and how it is a reduction division process to create
gametes
3. Draw and explain a single trait cross Punnett square
4. Explain incomplete and codominance, give an example of each
5. Draw and explain a blood type Punnett square
6. 2-6 minutes in length
Requirements Breakdown:
1. Visual of chromosomes crossing over can visibly see before, during, and after a
chromosome crosses over, two colors to see genes being switched, and a short
explanation of how this increases genetic variation
2. Overview of the 8 steps of meiosis, explain how chromosome number is reduced
and divided, and explain why this is important for gametes (sexual reproduction)
3. Create a Punnett square for a single trait cross, explain which trait is
dominant/recessive, and predict offspring phenotypes and genotypes
4. Explain codominance traits and give a visual example of the trait, and explain
incomplete dominance traits and give a visual example of the trait
5. Explain blood type (codominance and multiple alleles), create a blood type
punnett square, and predict genotype and phenotype of offspring

3. RUBRIC
Requirement
Category
Exceeds Expectations Meeting Expectations Approaching
Expectations
Crossing Over (20
points)
Visual (Before, During,
After) of crossing over, and
correct explanation
Missing one of the three
requirements needed for
Crossing Over, or one
requirement is incorrect
Missing two or more of
the requirements needed
for Crossing Over, or two
requirements are
incorrect
Meiosis Purpose
(20 points)
Visual of 8 steps of meiosis,
explain reduction division
and explain the importance
for sexual reproduction
Missing one of the three
requirements needed for
Meiosis Purpose, or one
requirement is incorrect
Missing two or more of
the requirements needed
for Meiosis Purpose, or
two requirements are
incorrect
Single Trait
Punnett Square (20
points)
Single trait punnett square,
prediction of geno/pheno,
and explain
dominant/recessive traits
Missing one of the three
requirements needed for
ST Punnett Square, or one
requirement is incorrect
Missing two or more of
the requirements needed
for ST Punnett Square, or
two requirements are
incorrect
Incomplete/Codo
minance (10
points)
Explanation of Incomplete
Dominance and visual
example, and explanation
of codominance and visual
example
Missing one of the two
requirements needed for
Incomplete/Codominance,
or one requirement is
incorrect
Missing two or more of
the requirements needed
for
incomplete/Codominanc
e, or two requirements
are incorrect
Blood Type (20
points)
Explain multiple alleles,
Example of blood type
Punnett square, and
predict geno/pheno of
offspring
Missing one of the three
requirements needed for
Blood Type, or one
requirement is incorrect
Missing two or more of
the requirements needed
for Blood Type, or two
requirements are
incorrect
Creativity (5 points) Significant evidence that
effort has been put into the
project, legible handwriting,
and pictures are easy to
depict
There is evidence that
some effort has been put
into the project,
handwriting is legible
sometimes, and some
pictures are difficult to
depict
There is no evidence that
effort was put into the
project, handwriting is
difficult to read, and
pictures are difficult to
depict
Team Contribution
(5 points)
Rated 4-5 on Team
Participation Rubric
Rated 2-3 on Team
Participation Rubric
Rated lower than 2 on
Team Participation
Rubric