The dissertation discusses the use of animation language as educational resource to support teaching of various curricular subjects in schools. It presents a specific study conducted in the field of Health Education, a field that often suffers from indifference or resistance from students, accustomed to unhealthy practices in their daily lives. The research was developed with a focus on elementary school children, in two schools in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Animated videos addressing health education issues were selected and used in the classes, as support resources, to verify the impact they could produce on students. The healthy attitudes of the characters shown in the animated videos were received very positively, as to produce significant changes in the behavior of the target audience.