「動きの面白さ」に注目した新しい工作番組。番組の提供する工作のしくみと視聴者のアイデアがあわさることで、新しいものが生まれる。映像配信の特性を活かした表現を駆使して、子どもたちのものづくりへの興味と力を育てます。その第一弾の特番です。 スマホやタブレットを活用した参加型コーナー「アニ工作」「アニカメラ」で新しい映像との関わり方を提案したり、簡単な工作で驚きの動きが生まれる「うご工作エンジン」わかりやすい映像として伝えたり、映像表現の活用という意味でも、これまでに培ったいまできることを投入・更新しています。ぜひご覧ください。

“Magnetact Animals” is a kinetict toy (a moving toy) created by extending “Magnetact,” a magnetic tactile technology using magnet sheet, researched by Dr. Kentaro Anken of NTT, from the realm of tactile sensation into the realm of “movement.” With nothing more than a simple craft activity of attaching magnet sheet and cardboard to paper, it produces a variety of creatures that move in surprising ways. In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, when children could not go बाहर and had fewer opportunities to experience science at museums and similar places, Ishikawa and his team designed and held an online craft workshop using Magnetact Animals as teaching material, allowing children to learn how magnets work. By sending kits to each household and making full use of the power of video—such as multiple cameras and an opening film—they created a workshop that could be understood and enjoyed even online, while still providing a satisfying sense of accomplishment. This is the opening film shown to the children at the start of the workshop, as well as an introduction to the activity as a whole.