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                                                 Why Animation and 3D Printing
Stop motion animation is a powerful tool for students to show their knowledge, skills and understandings across the curriculum. If you want to become good at something, teach it to someone else. Combine animation with 3D Printing and students can stretch the boundaries of critical thinking in a classroom setting.
If you’ve never tried stop motion animation then give it a go.Its great fun and never been easier with the award-winning Ogobild animation set. Activate the 4Cs, skills for 21st Century learning in your class. Animate+3D printing is an ideal way to to do this and can also be used as an introduction to Project Based Learning in primary schools.

                                                                                       The Four Cs (YouTube)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Collaboration   Is the process of two or more students working together to realize shared goals, like cooperation.

​         Communication Nonverbal including body language,
                                  Eye contact and facial expressions.                                                                                                                                                                          Verbal or spoken communication
                                  Written including processing, listening, observing, speaking, questioning, analyzing, gestures, and evaluating.
                                  Digital-Age Literacy - technologically-driven.
 
         Critical Thinking  Making well thought out judgments as a guide to your belief and actions through actively and skillfully conceptualizing,                                     applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by observation, experience,                                     reflection, reasoning, or communication.
 
      Creativity Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and somehow something valuable is formed, either new or improved.
                          Be imaginatively creative, generate an idea as well as find creative ways to communicate that idea


                                                                                           Our first animation!

                                Examples of Animation Curriculum Links - click on the picture to download the full document
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                          Starter Animation Kits Hue or Ogobild?
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The Hue Animation Studio (HUEKIT1) combines user friendly animation software with the award winning Hue camera. It contains everything you need to make your very own stop motion animation movies. The kit includes the Animation Software, the HUE Camera, a user guide, and 1.8m USB cable. The HUE camera is a multipurpose camera and can be used for stop motion animation, video recording, document imaging, visualiser and video chat. ​
Use HUE visualisers for:
  • Lessons on an interactive whiteboard
  • Student presentations
  • An alternative to a basic microscope
  • Stop motion animation
  • Distance learning
  • Video journals (vlogging)
  • Video chat with other schools
  • Video conferencing
​Ogobild with Animate It! Express software an all-in-one kit for any child to start learning how to create their own stop motion animated movies. It teaches students the basics of stop-motion animation and allows kids to make their own animated movies with Animate It! Express software.

Ogobild:
  • kits have simple downloadable software
  • Cameras use manual focus but have a flaw in the suction caps. If this is a real problem then use tape/ blu-tack or 3D print a stable camera base/ adapter (being developed and coming soon). Here....     
  • add music by dropping your productions into windows media
  • The Ogobild ball jointed figures are much easier to use than play dough and plasticine figures.
  • You can 3D Print spare parts for your Ogobild characters.
  • ​reasonable price 

                                                                                         The HUE Book of Animation 
 The HUE Book of Animation is based on The Klutz Book of Animation, an acclaimed animation activity book distributed by Scholastic. The book is also available as an ebook. click on the picture below to link. See the videos HUE has made.
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3D Print your own characters and props

Thingiverse enables students to select from hundreds of thousands of objects to enhance their productions.
examples
​jointed robot ​https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:555242
jointed human ​https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1322174


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Design your own 3D models
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Tinkercad is our preferred CAD (computer assisted design) program where students via their parents can register  for their own log in. It allows you to imagine anything, and then design it in minutes!

examples
​ ball jointed robot 
https://www.tinkercad.com/things/4RUD59CxMrW-ball-joints-2


                                                                 3D Print Your Own Animation Characters
TINKERPLAY Ball jointed figures suitable for animation
                                 Click on picture to link
             OGOBILD Spare Parts 
                                  Click on picture to link
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                                                                   Sample planning sheet for Project Based Learning 
                                                                               click on picture to download
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                                                       Our preferred 3D Printer - The New UP Mini 2 3D Printer
                           

                               
We proudly support our local business and they support us
                              Frontier 3D Digital Design and Fabrication Studio 
                          are well equipped to help your school enter the fascinating world of 3D Printing
                                      16 - 18 Augusta St Willetton 6155  phone 08 9457 1715
                                                     www.frontier3d.com.au
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                                           Food and Fibre Production – how to include 3D Printing technologies
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​Print cookie cutters
​Print a drink bottle bird feeder
​Print building construction pieces to make food containers
Print a Herb grinder
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Print a food crusher
​Print a weaving set for Kids
​Print a knitting spool and needle

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