Keast, Cooper, Berry and Loughran (2008) describe a three step process they use in
conjunction with Slowmation Animation: (A) representation: recognising how the scientific concept can best be
represented; (B) deconstruction: identification of the major elements of the process [chunking] through a storyboard;
and (C) reconstruction: the re-chunking and synthesizing or model making and movie creation. Keast et
al. go on to describe Slowmation Animation as a translation task “in which learners translate information from
one form into another.