New York Times
New York Times: Animated Manhattan
The computer animated film "Madagascar" is set in Central Park of New York city. Watch as animation masters are able to recreate a life-like view of Manhattan.
Other
Graphic Greats: Photo Treatment
This resource presents an article about the use of photos in documents.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Father of American Animation
American cartoon animation owes its beginnings to British-born filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton, who combined drawings and stop-motion photography to create animated short films.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Animation for Kids: Animate Star
Create an animated story with AnimateStar. Students will love producing from two to forty frames, saving them, and sharing them.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: See, Hear and Sing
Lots of history of American music with fun links and audio clips, most from the 20th century. A neat site to learn more about America's past.
Other
Anim8ed
An online animation resource for teachers who want to develop animation projects in their classrooms.
NASA
Nasa: Magellan Mission to Venus
This home page from NASA offers Venus images taken by Magellan and other highlights from the mission. In orbit around Venus for four years this mission provided maps of 98 percent of the surface of Venus that are more detailed than most...
Other
University of Edinburgh: Glossary of Introductory Computer Graphics Terms
This website, from the University of Edinburgh, provides a lengthy glossary of computer graphics terms written by Olin Lathrop, author of "The Way Computer Graphics Work". This site provides simple definitions of basic terms; no graphics...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Ted Ed Lesson: Visualizing Complex Ideas
How can animation convey complex, intangible concepts? A visual metaphor, or an idea represented through imagery, can take an idea as massive as Big Data and tie it to the familiar depiction of a growing tree. TED-Ed animators explain...
Other
Pankpages
Site contains free downloadable graphics such as buttons and backgrounds, as well as tutorials which focus on Photoshop.
Other
American Film Institute: Top Ten Animated Films
Great quick reference guide to the American Film Institute's top ten list of greatest Animation movies as picked by a jury of leaders from the creative community.
Other
Web Reference: Rough It Up: Production Graphics
An article about using abstract shapes and positions of images to create interesting effects. Includes a tutorial.
Google
Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Animate a Name
Teaches basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. In this activity, students using coding to animate the letters in a name.
Toy Theater
Toy Theater: Animation Station
Create a cartoon animation by drawing the background and different frames. Then play back the cartoon and enjoy!
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Stop! Motion Animation Is a Go
Lesson introducing students to animation. Students will create original storyboards, characters, and backgrounds that they will use to photograph multiple images. Images will be combined using photo software to create a short (about...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Start Here! Welcome to Rigging!
Welcome to rigging! In this topic, we'll explore how characters are brought to life using simple controls. It includes links to two lessons: Introduction to Rigging and Code a Character.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bonus: Animate a Rigged Character
Students will use the online tool to animate the rigged lamp model.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Camera Lenses
Understand how lens curvature, focal length and f-stop are related.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Circle of Confusion Diagram
Understand the diagram we have created to calculate the radius of a circle of confusion.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Circle of Confusion Calculation
Understand how we can calculate the radius of a circle of confusion
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Design Challenge: Animating Grass
In this activity, students will Animate grass using the controls provided. It will show a single blade and a patch of grass.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bonus: Equations From De Casteljau's Algorithm
Challenge question: can you work out the equations for n-degree curves generated by de Casteljau's algorithm?
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Constructing Curves Using Repeated Linear Interpolation
Using the interactive tool, construct curves using repeated linear interpolation.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Start Here! Animation
This is an introduction to the animation topic. In this topic, we'll explore how animators bring characters to life with the help of animation curves. This topic contains two lessons: Lesson 1: Introduction to animation curves (all ages)...