What is the STEM behind Animation?

🧪 Science – How Things Move

• Animators study how people, animals, and objects move in the real world (called physics) to make movement look natural.

• For example, when a ball bounces, it squashes and stretches—that’s a physics rule animators use!

💻 Technology – Using Cool Tools

• Animators use computers, software, and graphics tablets to draw and move characters.

• Programs like Blender, Toon Boom, or Scratch let them create digital cartoons or 3D models.

🛠️ Engineering – Building Animation Systems

• Engineering helps make animation tools, game engines, or rendering systems that process all the moving parts.

• It also helps build rigs (skeletons) that control 3D characters, kind of like a puppet.

🎨 Art – Drawing and Creativity

• This is the heart of animation! Artists design characters, backgrounds, and scenes.

• They use color, shape, expression, and style to tell a story or create emotion.

➕ Mathematics – Timing and Movement

• Animators use math to calculate frames per second (FPS) and motion paths.

• Geometry helps with rotating and scaling characters or objects, especially in 3D animation.