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) draw the first page (c) flip with your thumb (d) trace and change a bit
- 2.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “draw the first page”? (a) flip with your thumb (b) repeat to the last page (c) pick a simple idea (d) trace and change a bit
- 3.True or false: “flip very unevenly” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 4.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw near the free edge”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 5.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “flip very unevenly”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 6.True or false: “change a bit each page” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “pick a simple idea” or “trace and change a bit”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) pick a simple idea
- 8.📒 A flipbook needs 45 pages. You have drawn 31. How many pages are still to draw?
- 9.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “trace the page before”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 10.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “use thick card”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 11.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “use thin paper”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 12.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 2 seconds when you flip 5 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 13.📒 A flipbook has 20 pages. You flip 10 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 14.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 2 seconds when you flip 9 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 15.📒 A flipbook needs 59 pages. You have drawn 58. How many pages are still to draw?
- 16.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “skip numbering pages”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 17.📒 A flipbook needs 51 pages. You have drawn 46. How many pages are still to draw?
- 18.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 1 minute to draw. How many minutes do 10 pages take?
- 19.True or false: “keep backgrounds still” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 20.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “change a bit each page”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 21.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw only 3 pages”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 22.📒 A flipbook has 36 pages. You flip 12 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 23.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 4 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 24 pages take?
- 24.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw near the spine”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 25.📒 A flipbook needs 51 pages. You have drawn 28. How many pages are still to draw?
- 26.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “make big jumps each page”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 27.True or false: “trace the page before” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “pick a simple idea” or “draw the first page”? (a) draw the first page (b) pick a simple idea
- 29.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 3 seconds when you flip 5 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 30.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “number every page”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 31.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 1 minute to draw. How many minutes do 33 pages take?
- 32.True or false: “start with a simple ball” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “repeat to the last page”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) trace and change a bit (c) draw the first page (d) flip with your thumb
- 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) pick a simple idea (d) repeat to the last page
- 35.True or false: “number every page” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 36.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 2 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 23 pages take?
- 37.True or false: “make big jumps each page” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “skip numbering pages” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “number every page” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 40.📒 A flipbook has 36 pages. You flip 9 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
Answer key
- flip with your thumb
- trace and change a bit
- False
- good tip
- poor tip
- False
- pick a simple idea
- 14
- good tip
- poor tip
- good tip
- 10
- 2
- 18
- 1
- poor tip
- 5
- 10
- True
- good tip
- poor tip
- 3
- 96
- poor tip
- 23
- poor tip
- True
- pick a simple idea
- 15
- good tip
- 33
- False
- flip with your thumb
- repeat to the last page
- False
- 46
- True
- False
- True
- 4
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