Category Archives: animation
4th Grade Space Animations
Fourth graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about the causes of Earth’s seasons (SOL4.8b) and the phases of the moon (SOL4.8c) in Science. A great way to demonstrate understanding of these concepts is to create animations of the movements of the Earth and moon. That’s exactly what students in Ms. Towns’ class did today…
3rd Grade Loopy Cycles
Third graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning all about cycles: animal life cycles, plant life cycles, seasons, and the phases of the moon (SOL3.8). Today students in Ms. Ambrose’s class used a website called Loopy to demonstrate how one of these cycles works. First we reviewed the steps in each cycle and pointed out…
4th Grade Moon Phases with Scratch
Fourth graders at Varina Elementary have been learning about the phases of the moon (SOL4.8), so today, students in Ms.Stevens’ class used Scratch to illustrate the phases. First, we signed into our Scratch accounts and created a new project. I showed them how to click on the background button at the bottom and select a…
3rd Grade Moon Cycle Animations
Third graders at Trevvett Elementary have been learning about moon cycles in Science (3.8a) and multiplication in Math (SOL3.5). Today students in Ms. Bae’s class solved multiplication moon problems and created their own moon cycle animation with ABCYa! Animate. First, I posted a discussion on Schoology with an animated image of the phases of the…
5th Grade Weather Tools
Fifth graders at Trevvett Elementary have been reviewing 4th grade weather tools (SOL4.6b), so today students in Ms. Capano’s class created animated GIFs showing the weather tools in action. We used ABCYa! Animate to create the moving images. First we brainstormed creative ways to illustrate each tool (rain gauges filling up, anemometers rotating, thermometers rising…
5th Grade Weather Tools
Fifth graders at Trevvett Elementary have been reviewing 4th grade weather tools (SOL4.6b), so today students in Ms. Capano’s class created animated GIFs showing the weather tools in action. We used ABCYa! Animate to create the moving images. First we brainstormed creative ways to illustrate each tool (rain gauges filling up, anemometers rotating, thermometers rising…
5th Grade Plate Boundary Animations
Fifth graders at Holladay Elementary have been studying the Earth’s crust and plate boundaries (SOL5.7e), so today students in Ms. Haislip’s class created animations illustrating some of the different boundaries. First, we reviewed divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and transform boundaries with a few sample animations as examples: Animation 1, Animation 2, and Animation 3. Next,…
Kindergarten Butterfly Life Cycle Animations
Kindergarten students at Holladay Elementary have been learning about the butterfly life cycle (SOLK.7c), so today Ms.Hartwell’s and Ms.Ambrose’s classes created animations showing the life cycle from egg to adult. First, we reviewed the four stages: egg, larva, chrysalis (pupa), and adult butterfly. We used two different websites to create our animations: in Ms. Hartwell’s…
5th Grade Light & Sound Animations
Fifth graders at all my schools have been learning about light (SOL5.3) and sound (SOL5.2), so these past few weeks we have been using ABCYa!Animate to illustrate light and sound waves. First we reviewed waves, frequencies, and amplitudes using a variety of websites: IKnowThat, Virtual Oscilloscope, Wave On A String, Digital Keyboard, Bouncy Balls, and…
3rd Grade Animated Water Cycle
Third graders at Varina Elementary have been learning about the water cycle (SOL3.9), so today students in Ms. Cathcart’s class created animated water cycles using ABCYa!Animate. Before we got started, we reviewed the parts of the cycle and what was happening in each part: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff. On the first frame of our…
