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 comes first: “draw the first page” or “trace and change a bit”? (a) draw the first page (b) trace and change a bit
- 2.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 5 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 30 pages take?
- 3.🔢 To make a flipbook, which is the FIRST step? (a) pick a simple idea (b) draw the first page (c) flip with your thumb (d) trace and change a bit
- 4.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 1 minute to draw. How many minutes do 18 pages take?
- 5.🔢 To make a flipbook, which is the LAST step? (a) draw the first page (b) pick a simple idea (c) flip with your thumb (d) repeat to the last page
- 6.True or false: “skip numbering pages” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: “draw near the free edge” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “make big jumps each page” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: “use thin paper” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 10.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 5 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 16 pages take?
- 11.📒 A flipbook needs 30 pages. You have drawn 27. How many pages are still to draw?
- 12.True or false: “flip very unevenly” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 13.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “use thin paper”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 14.📒 A flipbook has 30 pages. You flip 5 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 15.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “trace and change a bit”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) flip with your thumb (c) draw the first page (d) repeat to the last page
- 16.📒 A flipbook needs 29 pages. You have drawn 9. How many pages are still to draw?
- 17.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “number every page”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 18.True or false: “flip very unevenly” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 19.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 3 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 25 pages take?
- 20.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “flip very unevenly”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 21.True or false: “use thin paper” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 22.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “keep backgrounds still”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 23.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 2 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 21 pages take?
- 24.📒 A flipbook needs 46 pages. You have drawn 4. How many pages are still to draw?
- 25.📒 A flipbook has 44 pages. You flip 11 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 26.📒 A flipbook has 40 pages. You flip 10 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 27.📒 A flipbook has 45 pages. You flip 9 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 28.True or false: “make big jumps each page” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 29.📒 A flipbook has 48 pages. You flip 12 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 30.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “draw the first page”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) repeat to the last page (c) flip with your thumb (d) pick a simple idea
- 31.True or false: “keep backgrounds still” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 32.📒 A flipbook needs 60 pages. You have drawn 6. How many pages are still to draw?
- 33.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “flip with your thumb” or “repeat to the last page”? (a) repeat to the last page (b) flip with your thumb
- 34.🔢 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
- 35.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “pick a simple idea” or “repeat to the last page”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) repeat to the last page
- 36.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw near the free edge”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 37.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 2 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 28 pages take?
- 38.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “trace and change a bit” or “draw the first page”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) draw the first page
- 39.📒 A flipbook needs 34 pages. You have drawn 14. How many pages are still to draw?
- 40.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 6 seconds when you flip 12 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
Answer key
- draw the first page
- 150
- pick a simple idea
- 18
- flip with your thumb
- True
- False
- True
- True
- 80
- 3
- False
- good tip
- 6
- repeat to the last page
- 20
- good tip
- True
- 75
- poor tip
- False
- good tip
- 42
- 42
- 4
- 4
- 5
- False
- 4
- trace and change a bit
- False
- 54
- repeat to the last page
- pick a simple idea
- pick a simple idea
- good tip
- 56
- draw the first page
- 20
- 72
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