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 FIRST step? (a) draw the first page (b) flip with your thumb (c) repeat to the last page (d) pick a simple idea
- 2.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 2 seconds when you flip 9 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 3.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 6 seconds when you flip 6 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 4.📒 A flipbook needs 22 pages. You have drawn 3. How many pages are still to draw?
- 5.True or false: “use thin paper” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📒 A flipbook has 33 pages. You flip 11 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 7.True or false: “change a bit each page” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “draw near the free edge” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 9.📒 A flipbook has 56 pages. You flip 8 pages each second. How many seconds does the animation last?
- 10.📒 A flipbook needs 44 pages. You have drawn 40. How many pages are still to draw?
- 11.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “trace and change a bit” or “pick a simple idea”? (a) trace and change a bit (b) pick a simple idea
- 12.True or false: “skip numbering pages” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “change a bit each page” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔢 To make a flipbook, which is the LAST step? (a) repeat to the last page (b) flip with your thumb (c) pick a simple idea (d) trace and change a bit
- 15.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “repeat to the last page”? (a) flip with your thumb (b) pick a simple idea (c) trace and change a bit (d) draw the first page
- 16.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “make big jumps each page”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 17.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 8 seconds when you flip 9 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 18.🔢 To make a flipbook, which comes first: “flip with your thumb” or “trace and change a bit”? (a) flip with your thumb (b) trace and change a bit
- 19.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “trace the page before”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 20.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 3 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 23 pages take?
- 21.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “number every page”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 22.📒 A flipbook needs 48 pages. You have drawn 45. How many pages are still to draw?
- 23.True or false: “draw near the free edge” is a poor flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 24.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “draw near the free edge”? (a) good tip (b) poor tip
- 25.📒 A flipbook needs 22 pages. You have drawn 17. How many pages are still to draw?
- 26.True or false: “keep backgrounds still” is a good flipbook tip. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔢 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
- 28.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “skip numbering pages”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 29.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 5 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 15 pages take?
- 30.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 2 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 14 pages take?
- 31.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 4 minutes to draw. How many minutes do 23 pages take?
- 32.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “draw the first page”? (a) repeat to the last page (b) flip with your thumb (c) trace and change a bit (d) pick a simple idea
- 33.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “trace and change a bit”? (a) draw the first page (b) repeat to the last page (c) flip with your thumb (d) pick a simple idea
- 34.True or false: “number every page” is a good flipbook tip. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔢 To make a flipbook, what comes right after “pick a simple idea”? (a) flip with your thumb (b) draw the first page (c) trace and change a bit (d) repeat to the last page
- 36.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 1 minute to draw. How many minutes do 32 pages take?
- 37.📒 You want a flipbook animation to last 5 seconds when you flip 10 pages each second. How many pages must you draw?
- 38.📒 Each flipbook page takes you 1 minute to draw. How many minutes do 24 pages take?
- 39.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “flip very unevenly”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
- 40.📒 Good or poor flipbook tip: “keep backgrounds still”? (a) poor tip (b) good tip
Answer key
- pick a simple idea
- 18
- 36
- 19
- False
- 3
- True
- True
- 7
- 4
- pick a simple idea
- False
- False
- flip with your thumb
- flip with your thumb
- poor tip
- 72
- trace and change a bit
- good tip
- 69
- good tip
- 3
- False
- good tip
- 5
- True
- draw the first page
- poor tip
- 75
- 28
- 92
- trace and change a bit
- repeat to the last page
- True
- draw the first page
- 32
- 50
- 24
- poor tip
- good tip
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