Rocks and Fossils activity 3: Animate a Folkestone Dinosaur

Overview
The class learn about dinosaurs (or other prehistoric creatures) that lived in the Folkestone area, then create a simple animation of inspired by them.

Learning Objectives

Increased knowledge and understanding of dinosaurs and their habitats. Animation skills.

Curriculum Links
KS1-2 Science (rocks and fossils, prehistoric animals)
KS1-2 ICT (animation skills)

Image copyright: Henry Crowther

Children develop short 5-10 second animations in small groups or as individuals, using free animation software, inspired by prehistoric animals on the Learning with Objects website.

Ideas might include…

• An ammonite getting bitten, then escaping from a shark
• The Acanthopholis dinosaur leaving its footprints on Folkestone beach
• A giant prehistoric shark snapping up fish
• A dinosaur pooing a coprolite
• A mammoth being attacked by Mesolithic hunters
• An ichthyosaur swimming through the water
• A fossil turning into a prehistoric creature… and back again
• A fossil hunter chipping a rock to reveal a fossil
• A fossil coming alive in a museum showcase and scaring visitors

NB: Completed animations can be hosted on the Learning with Objects website for Folkestone Museum visitors to see online!

Learn with Objects links

Use Learn with Objects, Rocks and Fossils 1-11 for info and images.