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BBC

Bbc Arts: Today Is Lemonade (A Visual Poem)

For Students 9th - 10th
A sip of lemonade recals childhood memories in this delightful animated poem.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Cartoon America

For Students 9th - 10th
includes political illustrations, gag cartoons, Online collection that includes comic strips, illustrations, animation, and caricature.
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eBook
Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon: Michael Morrison's History of Computer Animation

For Students 9th - 10th
This Carnegie Mellon site features inventions and discoveries in the field of computer animation from the 1950s to the 1990s.
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Graphic
Rudiments of Wisdom

Rudiments of Wisdom: How to Make an Animated Film

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about film animation in a unique way. All information and instructions are done with cartoon drawings.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Ted Ed Lesson: Two Ways to Animate Slam Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Slam poetry packs an emotional punch by using powerful verbal metaphors; animation can do the same using visual tools. TED-Ed animators show how two separate techniques- rotoscoping and more traditional hand-drawn animation- bring to...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Ted Ed Lesson: Animating Zombies With Puppets

For Students 9th - 10th
What style of animation perfectly mimics the movement of zombies? Puppet animation allows for just the right amount of zombie-like stiff limbs and jerky stumbles. TED-Ed animators show how to bring a zombie to life through 2D puppet...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Animation Basics: The Optical Illusion of Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
How do animators make still images come to life? Are the images really moving, or are they merely an optical illusion? TED-Ed takes you behind the scenes to reveal the secret of motion in movies. [5:12]
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Ted Ed Lesson: Synesthesia and Playing Cards

For Students 9th - 10th
How can a pack of playing cards accurately explain the complicated and nuanced neurological condition, synesthesia? TED-Ed animators explain the process of creating an original animation from planning to fruition, including the special...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Animation Basics: Homemade Special Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
Animation is used everywhere to communicate big ideas-- in movies, television, and media. Do you ever stop and wonder about the magic of it all? And have you ever wanted to create your own special effects? TED-Ed animators show just how...
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Walt Disney

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page profile of influential innovator, Walt Disney, a cartoonist whose vision and ideas created an entertainment empire that includes Disneyland and animated movies.
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Activity
Other

Animation Meat: Animating and Drawing 4 Legged Animals [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A printable guide to bringing animals to life through animation drawing.
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Activity
Other

Animation Meat: Model Sheets

For Students 9th - 10th
You can print out a variety of your favorite cartoon characters and begin practicing creating your own animations.
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Primary
Other

Letters of Note: How to Train an Animator

For Students 9th - 10th
Site features a memo by Walt Disney regarding the training of up-and-coming animators. Insightful, first-hand advice regarding methods, techniques, and talent and what it takes to become a world-class animator.
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Professional Doc
Other

Drs. Cavanaugh: Digital Cameras in Education

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn from other educators what you might need to enhance learning in the classroom with digital cameras. If you want to know what kind of equipment you need or some practical applications, this site is valuable for a novice or...
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Article
Other

Exploring Computer Science: Scratch: Programming for All [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of how the computer programming game, Scratch, has appealed to people who hadn't previously imagined themselves as programmers. It is an easy interactive activity for everyone of all ages, backgrounds, and interests, to program...
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Website
Other

Interactive Journalism Institute for Middle Schoolers

For Students 5th - 8th
IJIMS is a project designed to introduce students from underrepresented populations to digital, web-based journalism opportunities. Participants create an online magazine to learn computational thinking via digital media, interactive...
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Website
Other

Idleworm: Animation Drawing Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th
Animation drawing lessons for the beginner. There are two lessons: "The Bouncing Ball" and "The Walk Cycle." Both lessons are simplified for the beginner. A great resource!
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Pixar: The Math Behind the Movies

For Students 9th - 10th
The folks at Pixar are widely known as some of the world's best storytellers and animators. They are perhaps less recognized as some of the most innovative math whizzes around. Pixar Research Lead Tony DeRose delves into the math behind...
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Article
Other

Graphics Visualization & Usability Center: Animation Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
A university-level article describing complex computer animation techniques used to simulate human motion. Includes helpful images.
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Interactive
Other

Access Art: Drawing Together

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site is designed to encourage young students to make storyboards and animate their artwork.
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Website
Other

Web reference.com: 3 D Animation Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th
WebReference provides dozens of tutorials on 3D graphics.
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Website
Other

Elated Communications: Understanding Image Formats

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial looks at the three common image formats used on the web: GIF, JPEG and PNG. You'll learn how these image formats work, and where to use each type of image in your web pages.
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Graphic
New York Times

New York Times: Comically Dead

For Students 9th - 10th
The artist Carlos Grangel discusses his character designs for the stop-motion animated film "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride."
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Graphic
New York Times

New York Times: Feats of Clay

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch this short commentary about the character development of the people and creatures from the claymation film "Wallace and Gromit Includes images of how the clay characters were made.