The Zoetrope: A Wheel of Life for Your Classroom.

Wolf, Camilla

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ERIC Number: EJ243406

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Publication Date: 1981-May

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The Zoetrope: A Wheel of Life for Your Classroom.

Wolf, Camilla

School Arts, v80 n9 p22-24 May 1981

The zoetrope, ancestor of the motion picture, is a spinning cylinder in which a strip of drawings take on movement. This article provides instructions for building this device and outlines an animation project for third- through seventh-graders. (SJL)

Descriptors: Animation, Art Activities, Guidelines, Intermediate Grades, Student Projects

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - General

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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