Animation Worksheet: Flipbooks
Creator's tip (Trace and change): Seconds = pages ÷ pages flipped each second; pages = seconds × pages each second. Change only a little on each page; trace the page before. Draw near the free edge, use thin paper and number the pages.
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- 1.🔢 To make a flipbook, which is the LAST step? (a) pick a simple idea (b) trace and change a bit (c) flip with your thumb (d) draw the first page
- 2.True or false: “draw only 3 pages” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “trace the page before” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “draw the first page” or “pick a simple idea”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) draw the first page
- 5.True or false: “skip numbering pages” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 6.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 2 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 13 pages take?
- 7.📒 A flipbook has 40 pages. You flip 5 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 8.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “draw the first page”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) flip with your thumb (c) repeat to the last page (d) trace and change a bit
- 9.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “start with a simple ball”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 10.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “number every page”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 11.📒 A flipbook has 84 pages. You flip 12 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 12.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 4 seconds when you flip 6 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 13.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “repeat to the last page”? (a) draw the first page (b) pick a simple idea (c) flip with your thumb (d) trace and change a bit
- 14.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw near the free edge”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 15.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 5 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 16 pages take?
- 16.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 5 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 24 pages take?
- 17.📒 A flipbook needs 26 pages. You have drawn 14. How many pages are still to draw?
- 18.True or false: “draw near the spine” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “number every page” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “keep backgrounds still”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 21.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “pick a simple idea” or “flip with your thumb”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) flip with your thumb
- 22.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw near the spine”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 23.🔢 To make a flipbook, which is the FIRST step? (a) flip with your thumb (b) pick a simple idea (c) draw the first page (d) repeat to the last page
- 24.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “draw the first page” or “trace and change a bit”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) draw the first page
- 25.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 4 seconds when you flip 10 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 26.📒 A flipbook has 20 pages. You flip 10 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 27.📒 A flipbook has 44 pages. You flip 11 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 28.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 5 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 23 pages take?
- 29.📒 A flipbook needs 35 pages. You have drawn 4. How many pages are still to draw?
- 30.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “pick a simple idea”? (a) draw the first page (b) trace and change a bit (c) repeat to the last page (d) flip with your thumb
- 31.📒 A flipbook needs 58 pages. You have drawn 50. How many pages are still to draw?
- 32.📒 A flipbook needs 59 pages. You have drawn 28. How many pages are still to draw?
- 33.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 3 seconds when you flip 12 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 34.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “trace and change a bit”? (a) flip with your thumb (b) draw the first page (c) repeat to the last page (d) pick a simple idea
- 35.📒 A flipbook needs 58 pages. You have drawn 2. How many pages are still to draw?
- 36.📒 A flipbook has 42 pages. You flip 6 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 37.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 5 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 11 pages take?
- 38.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “use thin paper”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 39.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “make big jumps each page”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 40.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “flip with your thumb” or “pick a simple idea”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) flip with your thumb
Answer key
- flip with your thumb
- False
- False
- pick a simple idea
- True
- 26
- 8
- trace and change a bit
- good tip
- good tip
- 7
- 24
- flip with your thumb
- good tip
- 80
- 120
- 12
- False
- True
- good tip
- pick a simple idea
- poor tip
- pick a simple idea
- draw the first page
- 40
- 2
- 4
- 115
- 31
- draw the first page
- 8
- 31
- 36
- repeat to the last page
- 56
- 7
- 55
- good tip
- poor tip
- pick a simple idea
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