{"id":35415,"date":"2024-05-15T12:03:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T16:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=35415"},"modified":"2024-05-15T12:05:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T16:05:25","slug":"science-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/science-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoons in the Curriculum: Teaching Science through Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">A popular class uses <em>The Lion King<\/em>, <em>Ice Age<\/em>, <em>Zootopia,<\/em> and more to study how animals act (and how they don\u2019t)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Melissa Newcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">It\u2019s the last class session of the spring 2024 semester for BIONB 1100\u2014time for students to share their final presentations. One after another, their animations, drawings, and photographs appear onscreen: birds solving a murder mystery; lizards going on a desert adventure; an octopus on a crime spree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These cartoonish scenes may not be what you envision when you think of a college-level class on neurobiology and behavior. But they\u2019re the culmination of a unique course that has proved wildly popular in the two years that it has been taught on the Hill: its 60 spaces filled up within minutes of enrollment opening for 2024, and capacity will increase to 300 next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the most interesting class I\u2019ve ever taken,\u201d raves bio major Erin Brown \u201924. \u201cI\u2019ve learned so much.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Michael Sheehan, new class at Cornell, BIONB 1100, &quot;Understanding Animal Behavior through Animated Films&quot;. In Carson-Mudd Hall\" class=\"wp-image-35419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_002-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The class covers such topics as language, social structure, cognition, and sensory perception. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Titled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/classes.cornell.edu\/browse\/roster\/SP24\/class\/BIONB\/1100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Natural History of the Magic Kingdom: Understanding Animal Behavior through Animated Films<\/a>, the course explores its subject matter not through textbooks, but via such movies as\u00a0<em>A Bug\u2019s Life<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Bambi<\/em>, <em>Ice Age<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Chicken Run<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Charlotte\u2019s Web<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Fantastic Mr. Fox<\/em>, <em>The Great Mouse Detective<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The Land Before Time<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nbb.cornell.edu\/michael-sheehan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Sheehan<\/a>, an associate professor of neurobiology and behavior, uses the films\u2019 portrayals of animals to spark discussions not only about their behavior, but how the creatures differ from humans, why animated films depict animals in certain ways, and how those depictions depart from reality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This is the most interesting class I\u2019ve ever taken. I\u2019ve learned so much.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Erin Brown \u201924<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile the class is about animal biology and behavior through the lens of film,\u201d says Sheehan, who was inspired to create the course by watching movies with his young son, \u201cit\u2019s really about how we choose to portray ourselves, as acted out by animals.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, he says, animators might give an animal round eyes to make it seem more friendly, add eyebrows to create humanlike facial expressions, or have it walk on two legs instead of four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Films often also veer away from real-life biology and behavior to fit the storyline. Since clownfish can change sex when their mate dies, for example, <em>Finding Nemo<\/em> would have been less likely to be about a bereaved dad looking for his lost son than about a newly female fish in search of a male.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Students smiling in class\" class=\"wp-image-35428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_012-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students view their peers&#8217; final presentations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom a human perspective, you totally understand that Scar in <em>The Lion King<\/em> is being pushed aside from the throne,\u201d Sheehan adds, referencing the Disney hit loosely based on <em>Hamlet<\/em>. \u201cBut that\u2019s not how lion society works at all.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One in-class exercise riffed off the film <em>Zootopia<\/em>, about a metropolis of various critters who try to live together peacefully, despite their differences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students were each assigned an animal\u2014such as a polar bear, rabbit, or kangaroo\u2014and participated in a town hall where they were tasked with finding solutions to city issues while advocating for their species\u2019 needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This class is really about how we choose to portray ourselves, as acted out by animals.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Prof. Michael Sheehan<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>How should the noise ordinance be crafted? Should school lunches be charged at a flat rate or by the pound? Should childcare subsidies be allocated per child\u2014or per litter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cI was an antelope,\u201d Brown recalls with a laugh. \u201cThere was a lion in the class who was very disappointed that he couldn\u2019t eat other animals.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the activity, Sheehan explains, was to explore the widely varying strategies that animals use to survive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs humans we are all really similar to each other,\u201d he says. \u201cBut different species show there are lots of ways to succeed and thrive.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Students watch the winning animated movie pitch during class. \n\" class=\"wp-image-35418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/2024_1224_SH_018-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screening what would prove to be the prize-winning project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For the final project, Sheehan had students create their own movie pitches: they could decide whether to portray the animals with scientific accuracy, but they\u2019d have to explain their choices (and the differences between reality and fiction).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the screening, students voted for their favorite. The winner\u2014about a vegetarian snake who partners with mice to solve crimes\u2014took home the grand prize: a miniature statue of Mickey Mouse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Top: A lesson including one of the most famous animated animals: Disney&#8217;s Bambi. 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