Hands-on science (no lab required): after reading "Movie Magic", learn how the coordinate system helps animators make films.

Science World | March 28, 2005 | Copyright

An animated movie is made up of a series of still images, or frames. These frames can flicker onscreen--one following another--at a rate of 24 frames per second. Because the images appear so quickly, your brain can't separate the frames. To you, it looks like one continuous motion.

PREDICT

How is the coordinate system helpful when creating animations such as a flipbook?

YOU NEED

ruler * pencil * 1 sheet of graph paper * black marker * scissors * 5 index cards * glue * stapler

PROCEDURE

1. Make one frame of your ...

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