Guides – HUE https://huehd.com Colorful, affordable technology for school, home and work Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:10:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://images.huehd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/22182708/cropped-HUE_Blue_512trans-32x32.png Guides – HUE https://huehd.com 32 32 122184605 HUE Activity Guide 4: Math Fractions https://huehd.com/shop/activity-guide-4/ Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:50:52 +0000 https://huehd.com/?post_type=product&p=594549 […]]]> The Math Fractions Activity Guide aims to help teachers set up and manage a stop motion animation project to engage, inspire and get kids motivated about math. The guide has been designed to target students in Grades 3-7.

The FREE downloadable guide has everything you need to make two different animated videos at home, in the classroom or at an after-school club. Resources include cut-and-color templates, storyboards, optional activities and examples of the final video projects.

We have included completed storyboards in the guide that offer teachers a step-by-step breakdown of how the example videos were animated.

The two videos which accompany the guide can be found in our YouTube Playlist.

Subjects: Math
Grade Levels: 3-7

]]> 594549 The 12 Principles of Animation https://huehd.com/shop/tutorials-12-principles/ Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:10:13 +0000 https://huehd.com/?post_type=product&p=368326 […]]]> Taught in animation schools around the world to this day, the 12 Principles of Animation are a set of guidelines (and the magic ingredients) that enable animators to create the Illusion of Life in stop motion animation.

The 12 Principles are:

1. Squash & Stretch
2. Anticipation
3. Staging
4. Straight ahead animation and pose to pose
5. Follow through and overlapping action
6. Slow in and slow out
7. Arcs
8. Secondary action
9. Timing
10. Exaggeration
11. Solid drawing
12. Appeal

This series of FREE guides will introduce each of the 12 Principles and show how you can implement them in your own animation projects.

]]> 368326 HUE Activity Guide 3: The Cycle of Seasons https://huehd.com/shop/activity-guide-3/ Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:48:29 +0000 https://huehd.com/?post_type=product&p=252072 The Cycle of Seasons Activity Guide aims to help teachers set up and manage a stop motion animation project about the cycle of the four seasons. The guide has been designed to target students in Grades 3-7.

The FREE downloadable kit includes everything you need to get started in any classroom or after-school club, including: optional activities, resources, cut-and-color templates, a storyboard and an example of the final video including the text for the script.

This activity guide aims to explain how the earth orbits around the sun and how the tilt of the earth on its axis causes the seasons. The guide is designed in such a way that children can understand and in turn, communicate this process to others. Teachers will be able to help their students animate the main concepts and necessary elements involved in the cycle of seasons.

The video which accompanies the guide can be found on YouTube.

Subjects: Earth Sciences, Science
Grade Levels: 3-7

]]> 252072 HUE Activity Guide 2: The Water Cycle https://huehd.com/shop/activity-guide-2/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 13:06:20 +0000 https://huehd.com/?post_type=product&p=251746 The Water Cycle Activity Guide aims to help teachers set up and manage a stop motion animation project about the various elements of the water cycle. The guide has been designed to target students in Grades 3-7.

The FREE downloadable kit includes everything you need to get started in any classroom or after-school club, including: optional activities, resources, cut-and-color templates, a storyboard and an example of the final video including the text for the script.

This activity guide aims to explain the key processes in a way that children can understand and in turn, communicate them to others. By using this guide, teachers will be able to help their students animate the main concepts and necessary elements involved in the water cycle:

  • Evaporation
  • Condensation
  • Precipitation
  • Runoff
  • Infiltration
  • Transpiration

The video which accompanies the guide can be found on YouTube.

Subjects: Earth Sciences, Science
Grade Levels: 3-7

]]> 251746 HUE Activity Guide 1: Global Warming https://huehd.com/shop/activity-guide-1/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:56:46 +0000 https://huehd.com/?post_type=product&p=251735 The Global Warming Activity Guide aims to help teachers set up and manage a stop motion animation project about global warming and climate change. The guides have been designed to target students in Grades 3-7.

The free downloadable kit includes everything you need to get started in any classroom or after-school club, including: optional activities, resources, cut-and-color templates, a storyboard and an example of the final video including the text for the script.

Global warming is a key topic in schools around the world and media focus was on the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) talks. This activity guide aims to explain the key issues in a way that children can understand and in turn, communicate them to others.

The elements covered are:

  • How global warming is caused
  • The effects of global warming
  • What we can do to minimise those effects

The video which accompanies the guide can be found on YouTube.

Subjects: Earth Sciences, Science
Grade Levels: 3-7

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