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.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “keep backgrounds still”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 2.True or false: “start with a simple ball” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “trace the page before” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “trace and change a bit”? (a) repeat to the last page (b) draw the first page (c) pick a simple idea (d) flip with your thumb
- 5.🔢 To make a flipbook, which is the FIRST step? (a) trace and change a bit (b) pick a simple idea (c) flip with your thumb (d) repeat to the last page
- 6.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “repeat to the last page”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) pick a simple idea (c) draw the first page (d) flip with your thumb
- 7.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “flip with your thumb” or “pick a simple idea”? (a) flip with your thumb (b) pick a simple idea
- 8.True or false: “use thick card” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “draw the first page” or “flip with your thumb”? (a) flip with your thumb (b) draw the first page
- 10.True or false: “draw near the free edge” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 11.📒 A flipbook has 54 pages. You flip 9 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 12.True or false: “make big jumps each page” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 13.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 3 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 36 pages take?
- 14.True or false: “use thin paper” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 15.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “start with a simple ball”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 16.📒 A flipbook needs 55 pages. You have drawn 42. How many pages are still to draw?
- 17.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw near the spine”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 18.📒 A flipbook needs 20 pages. You have drawn 3. How many pages are still to draw?
- 19.📒 A flipbook has 40 pages. You flip 10 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 20.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 6 seconds when you flip 8 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 21.📒 A flipbook has 35 pages. You flip 5 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 22.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 7 seconds when you flip 6 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 23.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “pick a simple idea”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) draw the first page (c) flip with your thumb (d) repeat to the last page
- 24.True or false: “draw near the free edge” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 25.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 8 seconds when you flip 5 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 26.True or false: “make big jumps each page” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔢 To make a flipbook, which is the LAST step? (a) pick a simple idea (b) repeat to the last page (c) flip with your thumb (d) trace and change a bit
- 28.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 3 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 11 pages take?
- 29.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 2 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 26 pages take?
- 30.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “trace the page before”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 31.📒 A flipbook has 35 pages. You flip 7 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 32.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw near the free edge”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 33.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “change a bit each page”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 34.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw only 3 pages”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 35.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “flip with your thumb” or “draw the first page”? (a) flip with your thumb (b) draw the first page
- 36.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “use thick card”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 37.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “repeat to the last page” or “flip with your thumb”? (a) repeat to the last page (b) flip with your thumb
- 38.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “repeat to the last page” or “pick a simple idea”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) repeat to the last page
- 39.📒 A flipbook has 12 pages. You flip 6 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 40.True or false: “flip very unevenly” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- good tip
- True
- True
- repeat to the last page
- pick a simple idea
- flip with your thumb
- pick a simple idea
- True
- draw the first page
- False
- 6
- False
- 108
- False
- good tip
- 13
- poor tip
- 17
- 4
- 48
- 7
- 42
- draw the first page
- True
- 40
- True
- flip with your thumb
- 33
- 52
- good tip
- 5
- good tip
- good tip
- poor tip
- draw the first page
- poor tip
- repeat to the last page
- pick a simple idea
- 2
- False
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