Visual Science Project

Dr Debbie Holley

Dr Philip Howlett

Anglia Ruskin University

What is stop animation?

Benefits of stop animation in science teaching Helps students to develop an understanding of

the content because they reflect upon it in multiple ways.

Each representation makes students think about the content in different ways, which contributes to building understanding.

As each representation raises particular questions about the concept, students are regularly “checking” the accuracy of what they are trying to represent.

Hoban & Nielsen, 2010

Key features of stop animation

Purpose Timing Materials Orientation Technology

Hoban & Nielsen, 2010

How easy?

iMotionHD

The challenge…

The BA Year 3 Primary Initial Teacher Educations students were asked to make a short animation on one topic of the Primary Science national curriculum

Year 2 Living things and their habitats

Year 3 Rocks

So now your turn…

Choose a concept you wish to demonstrate

Plan out what four or five images will illustrate the concept

Make the models and take four frames of each image

Show your results!

My own version…

Further information:

Hoban, G. & Nielsen, W., 2010. The 5 Rs: A new teaching approach to encourage slowmations (studentgenerated animations) of science concepts. Teaching Science, 56(3), 33-38.

http://www.slowmation.com/ - Gary Hoban’s website with really helpful information about using animation in teaching

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/education/research/sites/animating-science/ - Jocelyn Wishart’s website with details of the Animating Science Research Project at Bristol

https://www.facebook.com/groups/298278806951965/ - gives some more examples of Jocelyn Wishart’s project