drwjkirkpatrick-web/animation-assistant

AI-powered animation teaching assistant for kids aged 10–17. 12 Principles of Animation, localized for Kenya's ocean wildlife. # 🌊 Animation Assistant — Teaching Kids to Animate with Kenya's Ocean > *Every kid in Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale, and Lamu deserves to tell their stories through animation. This project makes that possible — using the marine animals swimming right outside their doorstep.* An AI-powered animation teaching assistant for kids aged **10–17**, built around the **12 Principles of Animation**, localized for **Kenya's Indian Ocean coastline**, and aligned to the **Kenya CBE curriculum** and **Raspberry Pi Foundation computing standards**. --- ## What's Inside ### 📚 58 Prompt Modules (`prompts/`) Testable system prompts covering everything from the bouncing ball to micro-expressions. Each prompt has a code block and a "What to Test" table with specific inputs and expected behaviors. ### 📝 58 Complete Lesson Plans (`lessons/`) CBE-aligned, ready-to-teach lesson plans — one for every prompt module. Every lesson uses **Kenyan Indian Ocean marine animals** as animation characters. A teacher can pick up any lesson plan and teach it directly. ### 🧪 Test Harness (`tests/`) 341 test cases across all 58 prompts, with CLI for listing, focusing, and non-interactive review. ### 📊 Progress Tracker (`tracker/`) SQLite-backed student tracker with 30 achievement badges across 5 tiers, printable HTML reports, and standards-aligned progress bars. ### 🔬 Research (`research/`) - Animation tools landscape (7 tools for ages 10–17) - Four-pass gap analysis (42 gaps identified and filled) - Standards mapping (RPF 11-strand taxonomy + Kenya CBE 4-strand curriculum) - **Kenya ocean animals reference** — 30+ species with animation movement categories --- ## Why Kenya's Ocean Animals? Every lesson plan uses at least one animal from Kenya's **Marine Big Five** or reef ecosystem as the animation subject. This isn't decoration — it's pedagogy. | Animal | Swahili Name | Animation Principle It Teaches | |--------|-------------|-------------------------------| | 🐢 Green Sea Turtle | Kasa | Weight sh …