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Animation Do's used when time or movement is an integral part of understanding animation (motion) can increase learning of a complex procedural task used for: explaining relationships between system components not normally visible (iodine) flow through electronic circuits cellular processes showing continuity in transitions proving the Pythagorean theorem by animating the movement of various squares and triangles as they move around to demonstrate that two areas are the same size indicating dimensionality in transitions zooming boxes can indicate one screen was enlarged from another illustrating change over time showing population change by fading from one density map to the next over time multiplexing the display buttons which change color when the mouse rolls over them help labels which appear when the cursor is on top menus which pull down when you hold the mouse down enriching graphical representations an eraser icon which erases pixels to explain its function   Don'ts   do not use animations that continue endlessly never use the Blink command