Animate Salmon Eggs

Animator - $0.99

The second grade students are currently studying a unit about Salmon. We even have 200 Coho Salmon Eggs at Westside School to observe hatch for the next few weeks!

In my technology class with the second graders I had the students practice using the app, Animator. Students were expected to learn how to change colors, erase, and make something animate such as a wave or a ball moving and rolling. As the students skills of animation improved we began a conversation about salmon eggs and the correct color. Students found the correct color they wanted to use for a salmon egg and once that color was found students were to draw an animation of their salmon egg "rolling" around on their slide page. This animation had to be at least 10 slides long of just a salmon egg rolling. Once completed we discussed the importance of saving our work every 10 or so slides to make sure we are being careful just in case the iPad "crashes."

Note: Animator Free is the free version of this app, it allows almost all functions EXCEPT it is limited to only 30 slides. The full version I believe no longer gets support, but it does very well. The only problem I have ran into so far is that if you have more than 100 slides of animations, the app crashes and no longer lets you work or view your animation. A HUGE drawback.