You have been split up into groups of three. Each member of your group will be responsible for one phase of the project.

1. The first individual will need to analyze the animations at Bembo's Zoo and determine what technical steps will be necessary to create your example. This is the Application stage: observing the animations and inferring which of Flash's tools techniques should be used on the project.

The second phase is the Design of your project and it has two aspects: The effectiveness and creativity of your solution.

2. The second member of your group will be responsible for deciding with the first member which of the tools and techniques will be most effective (that is, the simplest and closest to the its appearance) for rendering the animal you choose.

3. The third group member will work with the first two to decide how Flash's features should be put to use in order to create something original and unexpected.

Before beginning your work, proceed to the Evaluation page and use the rubric there to make sure you understand what is expected of each of you and how you will be able to judge the level of your success. Please meet with your counterparts from the other groups before beginning to discuss strategies and tactics for carrying out your part of the assignment.

Below is a short list of websites to help.

http://www.somers.k12.ny.us/SHS/web class/Tut.html
This website dedicated to Flash basics has the advantage of being designed by one of our own students. While the individual tutorials may not help you with your immediate goals, you can consult with its designer personally about what's on his site and any of the methods he used to get his results.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/tutorial_index.html
The basic Macromedia tutorial site. This website can supplement any of the built in tutorials you might have tried that came with the program.

http://www.trainingcafe.com/members/mmf/
Another good set of fundamental tutorials designed by the Flash's originators.

http://www.flashbible.com/members/
This site has some more sophisticated tutorials with clever and funny examples that might spark your creativity.

http://www.mjau-mjau.com/
Home of some very sophisticated Flash examples and links. Use this primarily for the motivation it provides when you see how the program can really sing when it's used by someone who has mastered it. There are also links there to some tutorials and lessons.

And finally, don't forget to go to Google where you can find literally hundreds of thousands of Flash-related sites.