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) repeat to the last page (b) draw the first page (c) flip with your thumb (d) trace and change a bit
- 2.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw near the free edge”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 3.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw only 3 pages”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 4.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “number every page”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 5.True or false: “use thick card” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “trace and change a bit”? (a) flip with your thumb (b) pick a simple idea (c) draw the first page (d) repeat to the last page
- 7.📒 A flipbook has 72 pages. You flip 9 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 8.True or false: “use thick card” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “pick a simple idea”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) flip with your thumb (c) repeat to the last page (d) draw the first page
- 10.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “start with a simple ball”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 11.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw near the spine”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 12.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 3 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 14 pages take?
- 13.📒 A flipbook needs 38 pages. You have drawn 35. How many pages are still to draw?
- 14.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “repeat to the last page”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) draw the first page (c) flip with your thumb (d) pick a simple idea
- 15.📒 A flipbook needs 47 pages. You have drawn 4. How many pages are still to draw?
- 16.📒 A flipbook has 42 pages. You flip 6 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 17.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “pick a simple idea” or “draw the first page”? (a) pick a simple idea (b) draw the first page
- 18.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “change a bit each page”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 19.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “keep backgrounds still”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 20.True or false: “draw only 3 pages” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔢 To make a flipbook, which is the FIRST step? (a) trace and change a bit (b) flip with your thumb (c) repeat to the last page (d) pick a simple idea
- 22.True or false: “draw only 3 pages” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 2 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 23 pages take?
- 24.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “draw the first page”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) flip with your thumb (c) pick a simple idea (d) repeat to the last page
- 25.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 5 seconds when you flip 12 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 26.🔢 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
- 27.True or false: “change a bit each page” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔢 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
- 29.📒 A flipbook has 10 pages. You flip 5 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 30.📒 A flipbook needs 36 pages. You have drawn 34. How many pages are still to draw?
- 31.📒 A flipbook has 15 pages. You flip 5 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 32.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “draw the first page” or “repeat to the last page”? (a) draw the first page (b) repeat to the last page
- 33.📒 A flipbook has 20 pages. You flip 5 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 34.True or false: “skip numbering pages” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “make big jumps each page” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 36.📒 A flipbook has 32 pages. You flip 8 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 37.📒 A flipbook has 24 pages. You flip 12 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 38.📒 A flipbook has 64 pages. You flip 8 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 39.📒 A flipbook needs 57 pages. You have drawn 14. How many pages are still to draw?
- 40.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 8 seconds when you flip 5 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
Answer key
- flip with your thumb
- good tip
- poor tip
- good tip
- True
- repeat to the last page
- 8
- False
- draw the first page
- good tip
- poor tip
- 42
- 3
- flip with your thumb
- 43
- 7
- pick a simple idea
- good tip
- good tip
- True
- pick a simple idea
- False
- 46
- trace and change a bit
- 60
- pick a simple idea
- True
- repeat to the last page
- 2
- 2
- 3
- draw the first page
- 4
- True
- True
- 4
- 2
- 8
- 43
- 40
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