Zoetrope

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A Zoetrope animation device that spins on the tip of a pencil and fits 11" x 1" paper strips. Best printed with a dark filament or spray-painted black after printing. Print Settings Printer: BeeTheFirst Rafts: No Supports: No How I Designed This Designed on OpenJSCAD.org I designed this as a parametrized object on OpenJSCAD.org. I forked the OpenJSCAD.org site to http://openjscad.azurewebsites.net/ and then hosted it in the Zoetrope app for Windows that I had built.https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9wzdncrdkjjm The Zoetrope app lets you print out the model on Windows 10 and lets you customize the Zoetrope to change the size, the number of slits, and the width of slits. Learning Animation Physics with a Zoetrope Objectives Learn how animation works by using a 19th-century zoetrope device. Learn how customizing the Zoetrope device changes the experience of the animation Learn how code can be used to design an object Audience Grades 3-7 Preparation Print a zoetrope using the STL or 3MF file Print Zoetrope strips found on the internet (https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=zoetrope%20strip&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=zoetrope%20strip&sc=7-14&sp=-1&sk=) Steps Cut out Zoetrope strips and try them out in pre-printed zoetrope devices Spray-paint a light-colored zoetrope with black spraypaint to see if it affects the results Color/draw your own Zoetrope strips Print your own zoetrope devices customize zoetrope devices to see how changing the size, slit width, number of slits,changes the animation Results Students have their own Zoetrope devices and animation strips that they can share and can find and create their own strips to go with their devices.