Lesson 1: What is animation?

Explore what is meant by the word 'animation' to then design and create a simple animation with the use of a flip book template

Learning objective

  • To understand what animation is

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content
  • Recognise common uses of information technology beyond school
  • Use technology safely and respectfully, keeping personal information private

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Download classroom resources

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Help them to make small, simple movements. Encourage them to make mistakes and discuss what they could do to improve.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Look at increasing the complexity of their images. Can they add a written ‘POP’ as the balloon explodes.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progression and understanding

Vocabulary

Created by:
Sarah Vaughan,  
Computing specialist
Sarah has 13 years of experience teaching in a primary school and leading computing.   She now works as a Subject Matter Expert for the NCCE across the East Midlands. In this role, she supports primary schools with bespoke training…
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