Animation-ish is a new animation program that’s easy to use. This intuitive software provides the tools to draw, color, trace, export one’s creations in a variety of ways, and can be used across the curriculum in all grade levels.

Animation-ish will help you find your voice, and create original work. You will share your ideas, your projects, and your stories, about what you have learned in many different ways with so many people. And, because you are actually creating something about which you learned, you will remember it better and be able to present it others like an expert!

The activity section of the program, written entirely by teachers from a variety of disciplines and grade levels, is included as a PDF. Activities include samples from K-12, math, science, language arts, foreign languages, and the fine arts.

We are grateful to Wade Whitehead, Terry Shay, and Coleen Collette for their assistance.

SAMPLE ACTIVITIES

Changing Seasons Age span: 4-6 Curriculum Alignment: Life Science Standard: Recognize changes in appearance that animals and plants go through as the seasons change. Learner Outcomes/Objectives: Student will identify the four seasons Student will document changes in a tree throughout the seasons Student will understand that there are changes in animal behavior as the seasons change Student will understand that there are changes in plants as seasons change Instructions for Activity: Draw a tree as it would look (or as it has looked) as the seasons change Add details to your drawing that show ways that animals and plants change with the seasons

Make A Political Cartoon Age Span: 13-18 Time Allotment: 30 Minutes Curriculum Alignment: Social Studies/History/Government Standards: The National Standards for History Understands recent developments in foreign and domestic politics. Understands economic, social, and cultural developments in contemporary United States. All students, given the Animation-Ish program, will create a political cartoon based on a current event. Instructions for Activity: Find political cartoons from newspapers or from a website like www.politicalcartoons.com Discuss the way political cartoons are used in society. Have students look through newspapers to find an issue they can use. Students will go to a computer and create a animated political cartoon. Students want to start with Wiggledoodle-Ish as a starting point. If the cartoon gets more complex, student will want to take their initial drawing into the next level, Flipbook-Ish. Cartoons may be shared in class or on a website by choosing the “Share” option.