Flipbook Animation
Now give students their flip book materials and show the Course Presentation in the student chapter Let’s Make Flip Books!
Show the first two slides and have students think of a simple shape that’s easy to draw, like a ball, a star, a heart, or a fish.
Have them go to the last page of whatever they’re using for their flip books, and draw the shape near one of the page edges.
Show the third slide. Have students go back one page, then draw the same shape a bit away from the page.
Have them repeat the process twenty four times.
If student ask “Why twenty-four?”, explain that film is shot at twenty-four frames per second – so they have just made one second of good-quality animation.
If students finish their flip-book early, you can ask them to add colour if there is extra time.
Once every student has finished their 24 drawings, show the fourth slide. Have students flip the pages with their thumbs to see the drawings move.
- Some students may have difficulty flipping the pages successfully. Tell them to hold the book along the left edge and flip along the right.
- If they still have difficulty, you can do it for them or identify which students are best able to do this and have them help others.
If you want, you can have students form pairs to show each other their flipbooks, or ask a few volunteers to show the rest of the class what they created.
If you are stopping the lesson here, you can use an animation app to turn the flipbooks into videos by taking a photo of each page. You can then have a mini-film festival if you choose.
