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Royal Academy of Engineering
Engineering at the movies
These primary and secondary resources explore the science, technology, engineering and maths involved in the film industry.
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Puzzling Parallax
In the context of visual effects in movies, students are challenged to investigate parallax by finding out how the distance of a nearby object is related to how far it appears to move when you view it from different perspectives. The activity develops graph drawing and data analysis skills.
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Magic drum
In this activity students make their own zoetrope, which creates the illusion of a moving pictures by rapidly spinning individual static pictures. A movie is traditionally made from 24 frames of individual images played per second to create the moving picture. Originally a vintage toy from the 1830s, a zoetrope (...
Creating movie magic
This engineering challenge asks students to create a minute-long digital animated film that tells a creative, fictional story about a concept related to engineering. The resource provides questions to support students through the process of planning their video and asks them to create a storyboard before filming to...
Chemical eruption
Students recreate the reaction of a volcano using baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and vinegar (dilute acetic acid).
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| Subject(s) | STEM Clubs, Engineering |
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| Age | 7-11, 11-14 |
| Published | n.a |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxg5zd |
