Animation+Lessons

Larry's Toon Institute [|Ball Bouncing] [|Other lessons]

[|Making Movies]

[|Character Walk]

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Rubric:
 * Animation Rubric ||
 * || Excellent || Good || Not Quite There Yet... ||
 * Smooth Transitions || Mostly one or two pixel movements || Lots of four or five pixel movements || Choppy or slide show rather than animation ||
 * Original Work || All original drawing and shapes || Mostly original drawings and shapes || Not original drawings and shapes ||
 * Clear Storyline || Clear beginning, middle, and end to story || Somewhat clear beginning, middle, and end to story || No clear storyline ||

Curriculum related project ideas include, but are not limited to:

**Science: ** Illustrating a science experiment Planetary movement or Seasons Animate a cell or a cell reproducing What happens in an earthquake or tsunami Erosion Volcano eruption Light or Color or Electricity Water cycle Life cycle of a frog or butterfly Weather – a hurricane, a tornado, a “nor’easter”

**Math:** Solving a math equation so others could learn Fractions – Pizza Order of operations <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Golden Ratio – Fibonacci <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Imaginary and complex numbers <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Infinity <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Large numbers <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Negative numbers <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Prime numbers <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Rational and irrational numbers

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">**ELA:** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Step by step directions for _____ __<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Write or animate a fairy tale, myth or fable. __ __<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Illustrate a character (or chapter) from a book you are reading. __ __<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Write and animate illustrations for a poem. __ __<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Animate a scene from a play that you have read. __ __<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Illustrate the many meanings of the word “ground” or __. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Animate a book review.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">**Social Studies:** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Biography <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Branches of government <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Ancient civilizations

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">A current event or a public service announcement (reasons not to smoke, dangers of driving drunk, fire safety at home, CO2 safety at home, stranger danger, self protection)

**<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif;">PSA ideas: ** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Don't Smoke <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">What is Good Nutrition? <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Don't Drop Out of School <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Don't Drink and Drive <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Work Hard in School <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Read <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-left;">Exercise