Whiteboard AnimationEducation · Earth science lesson · 1:30
Rock cycle diagram animation
Watch a rock cycle diagram drawn step by step: magma under a volcano, igneous rock, layered sedimentary rock and folded metamorphic rock, joined by arrows into a loop. A hand-drawn whiteboard animation made from one illustration.
- Length
- 1:30 · 2 chapters
- Aspect ratio
- 4:3
- Colour starts at
- 0:53
- Style
- Lines + colour
- Formats
- 16:9 · 1:1 · 9:16
By Deniffer AlanPublished Tested by Deniffer Alan
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The prompt behind the picture
Hand-drawn rock cycle diagram: exactly 4 stages in a circle joined by curved red arrows going clockwise. Top: a small volcano cross-section with a glowing red-orange pool of molten magma under it. Right: a rough dark grey chunk of igneous rock with tiny speckled crystals. Bottom: a neat block of sedimentary rock made of flat tan, brown and cream layers stacked like a cake. Left: a chunk of metamorphic rock with wavy, squeezed, folded stripes. Arrows go from the magma to the igneous rock, from the igneous rock to the sedimentary rock, from the sedimentary rock to the metamorphic rock, and from the metamorphic rock back up to the magma. Exactly four arrows. Nothing else in the picture, plenty of empty space around the circle. Coloured pencil and watercolour marker, clean black ink outlines, warm off-white paper, no text.The picture came from an image model; any finished illustration works the same way, including one you drew. Use the prompt as a starting point for your own topic.
How this clip was made
The picture above was made with an image model from the prompt above; WhiteboardAnimation.ai then drew it, stroke by stroke, as the clip at the top of this page.
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Notes from making it
Each step in the narration was checked against National Geographic Education’s article on the rock cycle.
Rock cycle, step by step
A script to read over it, timed to the drawing: the lines go down first and the colour arrives on the last beat.
- 0:00Line artRocks look like they never change, but slowly they turn from one kind into another. This loop is called the rock cycle.
- 0:11At the top, hot melted rock called magma collects under a volcano.
- 0:22When the melted rock cools and hardens, it becomes igneous rock, like granite or basalt.
- 0:32Wind, water and ice break rocks into small pieces. The pieces settle in layers and get pressed together into sedimentary rock, like sandstone.
- 0:43ColourGreat heat or pressure can change a rock into metamorphic rock. Squeezing can line up its minerals in wavy layers.
- 0:54Melting turns rock back into magma, and the cycle goes on. In fact, any type of rock can become any other type.
Where this rock cycle diagram animation fits
Use it in an earth science lesson on the three types of rock, before sorting a rock collection, or as a short clip in a geology video for kids. The same process turns your own diagram into a clip.
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