This is a good example of how animation can be used to help explain difficult concepts using real-time footage and underlying invisible elements such as magnetic fields.

A simple project might be to get students to create an animation of a famous speech using a combination of their own drawings and photographic images to illustrate some of the key concepts, eventually exporting as a video podcast. Alternatively, they could just create a simple animation based on the notion of metamorphosis; the transformation from one form into another.

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Drawing Animation, originally uploaded by Fortismere Art & Photography Department.

Animations provide an excellent way of bringing drawings alive. This animation was done by a Year 13 student studying Applied Art & Design.

In order to get more children enjoying drawing, it might be best to move away from the 19th Century concept of Still Life drawing and painting and towards more applied method of drawing such as using drawing instead of images to make an animation.

I used to work with the Campaign for Drawing, which champions the uses and relevance of drawing. They set up the Big Draw events, which have now been adopted across the UK and Eileen Adams, who runs the Education programme, has produced some interesting literature.