Animoto Curriculum Ideas

Knowing that Animoto is a web-based program used to make incredible video, you might be wondering...how do I actually use Animoto as part of my instruction? Here are a few examples:

Language Arts:

• Book Trailer
• Elements of a Story
  
• Figuarative Language (examples of each)
  
• Author's Purpose (how to determine)
  
• Writing Process Steps
  
• Research Process Steps
  

Social Studies:

• Where in the World is...? (Geography)
• History (order of events, important figures, communities and how they differ, Texas Revolution, American Revolution, influence of societies, etc.)
• Citizenship (importance and examples)
• Economics (identify way economy works)
• Culture (heritage)

Science:

• Cycles (water, life, rock)
• Natural Resources
  
• Organisms (living vs. nonliving)
• Force
• Ecosystems
• Physical Properties

Math:

• Number Operation
• Patterns
• Quantatitive Reasoning
• Measurement
• Spatial Reasoning
• Probability and Statistics

Example of Animoto used to introduce "turning point" to 4th Graders: