What better way to capture your students' imagination and bring it into the world of mathematics than cartoons? Cartoon Corner provides the resources to do just that, with cartoons collected and adapted from the popular ""Cartoon Corner"" in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, adding notes from teachers who field-tested the questions and solutions with their students. The activities are organised by topic and the opening chapter includes suggestions on the many ways to integrate cartoons into your classroom.
In this striking and often moving collection of first-person accounts from the Harvard Business Review, the eleven contributors describe the hazards and frustrations of trying to be a good manager. Together, the voices in First Person provide a dose of realism that will inspire and motivate the leaders of today and tomorrow.
According to author Ken Leebow the Internet should be fun, but for many it is a frustrating place that often disappoints them. This guide to the Internet offers useful tips on making the whole thing work faster and in a more satisfying manner. Using the Internet should be fun, not frustrating. With over 168 million Americans going online, millions of Web sites have sprung up on a mind-numbing amount of topics. Weeding through them all can be a time-consuming hassle. With 1001 INCREDIBLE THINGS TO DO ON THE INTERNET, beginners and experienced users alike can learn to “surf without the search” and bypass those search engines that take forever to download and too often don’t provide the right information anyway. In this complete compendium, conveniently organized from A to Z, author Ken Leebow lists the very best sites on everything from car shopping to personal credit ratings to playing games with people online. If there’s an important site on a particular subject, readers can be sure that Ken Leebow has included it here.
In Cartoon Animation, acclaimed cartoon animator Preston Blair shares his vast practical knowledge to explain and demonstrate the many techniques of cartoon animation. By following his lessons, you can make any character—person, animal, or object—come to life through animated movement! Animation is the process of drawing and photographing a character in successive positions to create lifelike movement. Animators bring life to their drawings, making the viewer believe that the drawings actually think and have feelings. Cartoon Animation was written by an animator to help you learn how to animate. The pioneers of the art of animation learned many lessons, most through trial and error, and it is this body of knowledge that has established the fundamentals of animation. This book will teach you these fundamentals. Animators must first know how to draw; good drawing is the cornerstone of their success. The animation process, however, involves much more than just good drawing. This book teaches all the other knowledge and skills animators must have. In chapter one, Preston Blair shows how to construct original cartoon characters, developing a character’s shape, personality, features, and mannerisms. The second chapter explains how to create movements such as running, walking, dancing, posing, skipping, strutting, and more. Chapter three discusses the finer points of animating a character, including creating key character poses and in-betweens. Chapter four is all about dialogue, how to create realistic mouth and body movements, and facial expressions while the character is speaking. There are helpful diagrams in this chapter that show mouth positions, along with a thorough explanation of how sounds are made using the throat, tongue, teeth, and lips. Finally, the fifth chapter has clear explanations of a variety of technical topics, including tinting and spacing patterns, background layout drawings, the cartoon storyboard, and the synchronization of camera, background, characters, sound, and music. Full of expert advice from Preston Blair, as well as helpful drawings and diagrams, Cartoon Animation is a book no animation enthusiast should be without.
This incredible book will teach young artists how to draw anything and everything, from astronauts to zebras... from robots to sports cars... and from fairies to dinosaurs! Perfect for budding artists aged 8+. • Filled with easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects. • Includes tips on how to draw, ink, and finish your pictures to create a professional look. • Packed with projects covering themes such as animals, people, and transport.
Using the step-by-step instructions featured in the informative guide, young artists will learn to draw their favorite animals. Accessible language explains to readers how to turn shapes and lines into a fierce tiger. Artists are encouraged to try different styles of drawing, from realism to cartoons.
Whether it's their enormous size or their complete dominance of the planet for millions of years, few things fascinate children more than dinosaurs. The easy-to-follow steps and exceptional illustrative guides in this volume will allow young artists to develop the skills necessary to create their own fearsome predators in no time. The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex and the stealthy raptor are only the beginning of what readers will discover in this fun, hand-on volume.
