Lesson 3: Adding effects

Develop stop motion skills further by learning about how to use effects within an animation project and the effect it has on the outcome of the animation

Learning objective

  • To add effects to my stop motion

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: Focus on just the static object in the background and using the pen tool to add effects. 

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Ask the children to use the pen tool to animate both the static and moving object. 

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progression and understanding

Vocabulary

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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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