Animating My Memory

Grade / Age

3 - 8 / 8 - 14

Duration

45 minutes

Explorer Classroom is a live, interactive online event featuring National Geographic Explorers.

Join animator Manu Akatsa as he brings the songs of his childhood to life through animation.

Credit: Explorer Submitted Image

Event Recording

About This Event

In the first event of the Storytelling Series, join National Geographic Explorer and filmmaker Manu Akatsa to see how he brings incredible stories to life with animation. Learn his secrets to finding, creating, and sharing powerful stories from your own life!

Activity: After the event, guide your students through the first mission, Sharing Your Own Stories, where they will share and reflect on rich and meaningful stories from their own lives.

Resources

Storytelling Series 2026: Program Guide

Explorer Mindset Learning Framework

Mission One: Sharing your Own Stories- share this worksheet with your students after the event.

Viewing Instructions: prepare for the event with these tips.

Videos : Uli and Tata Animation

Article (related to the topic but not Manu’s direct work) :

EduHub - What the Lullabies We Sing to Our Children Reveal About Us

Featured Explorer

National Geographic Explorers are an international community of changemakers, who use the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world, while inspiring the next generation to do the same.

Explorer Since 2023

Manu Akatsa

Filmmaker and Animator

Manu Akatsa is a documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, and animator with a passion for natural history and cultural preservation.

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