Cbeebies challange

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Computational Thinking and Creativity Animations

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Objectives

Computing

Be responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology.
Evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems.

Lesson Planning

Can you design a short stop motion animation for young children? Learn about different genres of animations and have a go at a simple flip book animation.

Teaching Outcomes:

To design a short stop motion animation for young children.
To explore different genres of animation and software available.
To discuss animation ideas in working groups.
To make flip books and understand that this is a form of simple animation.

Children will:

Respond to a challenge to design a short stop motion animation for young children.
Explore different genres of animation and discuss animation ideas.
Make flip books and understand how they are a simple form of animation.

Planning

Provided Resources

Animation, (covering: Challenge letter from Cbeebies, How to make a flip book animation & Pre-drawn pictures)

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Hole puncher (preferable single-holed)
Plain books or mini sticky note packs
Bull-dog clips

Weblinks

How to animate a walking character - YouTube clip
How to animate with acetates from thoughtco.com
Free stop motion animation software from digitalarena.co.uk
Stop motion animation for Timmy the Sheep - YouTube clip
Different types of animation from webneel.com
The 5 main animation techniques - YouTube clip
Examples of flip books from educationstudiesblog.wordpress.com