Animation Station

Using Animation Across the Curriculum

Inspiration

Animations to inspire teachers and students!  Immerse yourself into the animation genre and appreciate animation as an art form. Watch animations that illustrate and explain mathematical or scientific concepts. See animations showing student understanding of Social Science ideas.

Teacher Planning

Things to do BEFORE you start working on an animation project with your students. Take stock of your technology situation, enlist the help of people available to you and plan student access to equipment and software. Planning checklist included.

Pre-production Activities

Before you break out the laptops or boot up your classroom computers, go through these activities that prepare your students for creating their own animations. Tools for students included.

Curriculum Links

How to use animation in the subject areas and other aspects of the QEP.

Production

The part where students make their own animations using specific software. Tips and checklists for being organized at the computer, links to tutorials and help files to download. Sources for free and copyright-free sounds and music.

Evaluation

Planning evaluation of media production projects.

Sharing

Ideas for screening finished products.

Student Samples

Animations made by students in Quebec. Elementary and Secondary samples included.