Background knowledge and competences
none
Duration of the activity
20 to 40 minutes
Material and equipment needed
A computer, or a tablet with internet connection
Activity plan
This video takes the educator through the basics of Tinkercad. You will learn about designing simple solids (ex. cubes, tetrahedrons), and combining them together to produce a complex object
https://openclassrooms.com/courses/imprimante-3d/modelisez-un-objet-en-3d#/id/video_Player_0
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Create a 3D object on 3D Slash
Once you’re done modeling your 3D object, click on the square button
and chose “Mail” to send yourself an e-mail containing the link to the 3D design.
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Follow-up to the activity
Connecting 3D modeling in Tinkercad with STEAM
3D design tools enable us to visually and tangibly experiment with a variety of mathematical concepts. To give you a sense of what this looks like in practice, here are a few concepts you might explore with young people using 3D design:
Reason with shapes and their attributes .For example, using Tinkercad, “Can you create three different objects with the defining attributes of a cube?”
Reason with shapes and their attributes . For example, using Tinkercad, “Can you create a sphere that is 1/2 red and 1/2 blue?”
Reason with shapes and their attributes. For example, using Tinkercad, “Can you partition a shape into four equal parts, making each quarter a different color?”
Represent and interpret data . For example, have students take measurements of a real-world object (a simple shape like a tissue box is a good start) and then create a 3D model of the object in Tinkercad using the measured dimensions.
Develop understanding of fractions as numbers. For example, use a 3D printer to create the Beast Belly Fraction Game . In this game, users will use 3d printed tokens that represent various fractions to “fill the beast’s belly” by creating a perfect 1 whole.
Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles. For example, in Tinkercad, “Can you rotate an object by 120 degrees?”
Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume
Other ideas for STEAM projects, related to physics, for example, that you can run using tinkercad are the following:
design a water filter
build your own space station
make your own measuring tools
design a soda bottle rocket
Resources
Here is an instructable tutorial
that deals with 3D design and STEAM
Here is a video that shows the design process
of an object on Tinkercad