Education
The Educational Center
The National Animation Museum is fully committed to fostering learning experiences that spark curiosity and deepen understanding for diverse audiences of all ages. As a member of NASA’s Museum and Informal Education (MIE) Alliance, the Museum will deliver robust STEAM-focused programming for underserved youth and communities.
The Educational Center will offer interactive, educational programs for K-12 students both online and in person, focusing on inventive uses of animation as well as workshops, lectures and other development opportunities for working animation professionals.
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Goals and Planning for Educational Programs
For kindergarten through fifth grade, students will explore the history of animation and take part in their own short animated movie to gain a hands-on understanding of the animation process.
Students in sixth grade through eighth grade will discover the importance of storytelling in animation by engaging in interactive activities focused on the concepts of character, setting, and plot or they may create storyboards that illustrate the outline of their story.
Students in ninth grade through twelfth grade will discover how special effects are used to make animation more interesting and realistic and how creative techniques have evolved to make animation more expressive and engaging. They will also be able to experiment with robotic animation.
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