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History Animated is a great resource for US History teachers and students. History Animated provides animations of the American Revolution, the US Civil War, WWII in Europe, and the US Pacific Campaign in WWII. In each of the sets of animations you will see the animated movement of armies displayed on a map. Each animation is accompanied by captions describing the strategies of the armies as well as the results and consequences of each battle.

Beyond the excellent explanations available in these animations, this site could offer great examples of technical writing/writing-to-teach that we might want to explore as useful assignments for students--even if they just designed the animation and did not produce it. Check out the hedge fund video--informative!

"Global Kids uses media and technology to foster civic participation and global awareness. In its Online Leadership Program, students make games, create animated movies, and produce videos that explore global issues."

"Global Kids uses media and technology to foster civic participation and global awareness. In its Online Leadership Program, students make games, create animated movies, and produce videos that explore global issues."

This site, produced by the University of Oregon, features lots of animated maps illustrating problems, patterns, and events throughout history. Mapping History is essentially a digital atlas of American, European, Latin American, and African history. Each section is divided into modules based on historical themes and eras.

Clipgenerator is a site that allows you to quickly, easily, and for free, create online videos. You can use photos, text and musics to create video clips. The site has automated animations and film clips that you can use. It only takes three steps to make the videos.

Gapminder is a great tool for creating data visualizations. Gapminder gives users the ability to create graphs of hundreds of demographic and economic indicators. It provides a good way for visual learners to see data sets in a context that is significantly different from standard data sets. Gapminder has a page for educators on which they can find thematic animations, graphs, quizzes, model lessons, and a PDF guide to using Gapminder.

Math Open Reference is a free online reference for geometry teachers and students. Math Open Reference features animated and interactive drawings to demonstrate geometry terms and concepts. The table of contents on Math Open Reference is divided into four basic categories; plane geometry, coordinate geometry, solid geometry, and function explorer tools

"BioInteractive is a site from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) that provides free resources for science teachers and students. The site has videos, lectures, animations, links, downloads, lesson ideas, virtual labs and much more. You can even order DVD's of many of their programs for free. The virtual labs include: Transgenic Fly, Cardiology, Bacteria, Neurophysiology, and Immunology. The materials were developed by educators and scientists and are excellent."

The National Human Genome Research Institute has a great talking glossary of genetic terms for students. The glossary is available online and as a free iPad app. The Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms features scientists explaining each term. Most terms are accompanied by an illustration and some terms are accompanied by 3D animations.

Make animated movies by typing in text.  Choose characters and scenes.  As seen on TV!

Audio of animal wildlife experienced through Google Earth or Google Maps.

Free web-based drawing tool.

This is a collection of resources for creating and using comics and animation in the classroom.

Create animated presentation - cartoon style.