Ms. Lee’s kindergarten students at Davis Elementary have been learning about the butterfly life cycle in science (SOLK.6). Since a life cycle is a sequence that involves change, it’s a perfect subject for an animation. So today we made animations of the butterfly life cycle using a site called ArtPad. First the students used the paint brush to illustrate each of the four stages: egg, larva (or caterpillar), pupa (or chrysalis), and adult. The paint brush tool is easy to use and you can change the size by simply dragging a button. The paint brush actually changes appearance as well. When they were finished, I showed them how to publish their drawings and get the link. If they click the link, they can watch the animated replay of their painting from start to finish, so it shows the sequence of the life cycle. It’s actually really cool to watch and the students loved it! I gathered all their links together and put them on a Google Doc that you can take a look at by clicking here.
