Stop Motion Video Assessment task

Year level 6
Learning area Science
Subject Earth and Space Sciences
Title of task Causes of Natural Disasters Stop Motion Video
Task Details
Description of task • Students are to create a simple stop motion video using images with text
and / or audio to identify and explain the causes of their allocated natural
disaster.
• Video must be at least 30 seconds long.

Type of Summative
assessment Group Work
Purpose of Test the students’ knowledge of the causes of their allocated natural disaster.
assessment
Assessment Project
strategy
Suggested time One lesson
Content Description
Content from the Science understanding
Western ACSSU096: Sudden geological changes and extreme weather events can affect Earth’s surface.
Australian
Curriculum Science inquiry skills
ACSIS110: Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a
variety of ways, including multi-modal texts.

Key Concepts Causes of natural disasters (in particular; earthquakes, volcanoes & tsunamis).
Task preparation
Prior learning • Students have been learning how sudden geological changes and extreme
weather events can affect the Earth’s surface.
• Students have been learning about the different natural disasters that occur
on Earth.
• Students are familiar with the stop motion app.

Year 6 Earth Science. Natural Disasters. Stop Motion Assessment Task. 1

Causes of Natural Disaster Stop Motion Video Assessment

Task:
To create a simple stop motion video that identifies and explains the causes of your allocated natural
disaster.

Requirements: The video must…

1. Identify and explain the causes of your allocated natural disaster.
2. Be at least 30 seconds long.
3. Use images with text and / or audio to identify and explain the causes of your natural disaster.

Due Date: End of lesson 1.

Submission: Uploaded onto the class padlet.

Year 6 Earth Science. Natural Disasters. Stop Motion Assessment Marking Rubric. 2
Marking Rubric:

Student_______________

Year 6 Earth Science. Natural Disasters. Stop Motion Assessment Marking Rubric. 3