Things You'll Need:
- Paper (scrap paper with printing on the back is fine) Scissors Staples Drawing materials
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Step 1
Choose a relatively simple biological process involving movement. For example, you could make a biology flip book about a plant growing, a pair of lungs breathing or a cell dividing.
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Step 2
Cut many pieces of paper into the same size. Flip books should be quite small, not more than a few inches on each side, because it takes time to fill them with drawings. Also, small books are easier to flip when they're finished.
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Step 3
Make a stack of papers as thick as you can staple through, then staple it once or twice on one edge only. This is the spine of your book.
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Step 4
Leave the cover blank for a title if you like. Draw the way your subject looks at the beginning of the process you are depicting on the first page of your book.
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Step 5
Draw a very similar image on the next page, making only a tiny change, according to the process you are depicting. For example, if your subject is a plant growing, draw the same image on both pages, except the plant on the second page should be a tiny bit taller.
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Step 6
Repeat this process on the remaining pages, making tiny changes on each. Pace yourself so that the process will be complete by the time you get to the final page.
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Step 7
Hold the book by its spine in your left hand, then flip through the pages quickly with your right thumb, and watch them move.
