This stop motion project is a great way for students ranging from 8-12 years old to explore how different fractions can represent the same amount of space using pattern blocks.
Understanding the concept of equivalent fractions is hard for my students. I have found that using pattern blocks helps my students visualize how a whole can be partitioned into equal parts. And that the size of the parts can be different, but still take up the same amount of space.
This year I challenged my students to use pattern blocks, take photos, and upload them to a Keynote project to create a stop motion video showing what they learned as they explored equivalent fractions.
The Process
*Break class into partners or groups to begin the stop motion video challenge.
*Give each group a background paper and enough pattern blocks to explore the fractions that they will be creating with the pattern blocks.
Directions to Export the Keynote Project as a Stop Motion Video
Optional: Have students upload to their final videos to your favorite platform to share with an authentic audiences. We use Seesaw.
Students loved learning how to create stop motion videos with their iPad and the Keynote app. They are already talking about what other skills they can design stop motion movies to share what they are learning like electrical circuits in our upcoming science unit and vocabulary words from our novel study.
What skill could you use stop motion videos to share the learning?
May 26, 2025 .
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Heidi - thanks for all the detail and tips in your post. Very fun fraction lesson!
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