Students will explore the concept of animation by creating a sequence of images that, when put together into a flip book, will show a figure that moves.
Introduction
(5 minutes)
Write the word "animation" on the board. Read the word together with your students and ask them what they know about animation.
Explain that to animate something means to make it come alive.
Ask students, "Have you ever drawn a picture and then made it come alive?"
Show students an example of a flip book, such as A Kitten's Way of Greeting.
Announce that the class will be learning animation by creating flip books.