5 Fun & Educational Environmental Animations
Have fun learning — really! — with free, smart and entertaining animations from the Web.
April 22, 2008
By Aubrey Vaughn
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Softshoe Sam Suds searches the dark of night for the villain, PVC.
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Who said education had to be boring? Learning comes more quickly and easily when it’s fun, and you might be more likely to remember a lesson if it’s attached to a joke, rhyme, character or ditty — such as singing the presidents of the United States, or jamming along with Dora the Explorer (or classic Schoolhouse Rock if you were born before 1990). Amid the exploding popularity of highly technical movies and video games, there is a plethora of smart, funny, old-school-style animations available on the Web. Evolving from Captain Planet and the Planeteers, a number of animators are creating fun, sophisticated cartoons that enlighten audiences — of all ages — on topics from real food and alternative energy to factory farms and global warming. Here are five amusing and informative animations for your edification:
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