MfA Tinkercad in the Classroom Mini-Course Session 3

Tinkercad in the Classroom: Session 2

Do Now: (3 min)

Consider the tools and techniques we've learned in Tinkercad. Write step-by-step instructions explaining how you would put the roof on the house. Then trade instructions with your tablemate, read and compare.

Are their instructions the same as yours?

Find a Content-Specific Lesson or Project

Do Now: 3 minutes (Answer in your notes)

Cassidy would like to align the wall with the two towers of the castle! Which of those shapes should stay in place? Which need to move?

http://www.thingiverse.com/education

https://u.tinkerine.com/

• Traverse the web in search of a lesson or project that might support your curriculum.
• Solid starting points:
• Thingiverse Education
• Tinkerine U
• SPO Learning Lab
• Pinshape Blog
• Instructables
• Ultimaker Education

We'll share in 15 minutes!

http://spolearninglab.com/curriculum/lessonPlans/index.html

https://pinshape.com/blog/

https://www.instructables.com/

Is it possible to use the align tools such that one object (or objects) stay in place? If so, how?

https://ultimaker.com/education

Content Specific Project:

Angles of Elevation (Geometry/ Algebra 2)

• Found model airplanes, helicopters, and submarines on Thingiverse.
• Students will be given an angle and a distance and will then place the planes in the correct location.

Welcome to Tinkercad in the Classroom Session 3!

Workplane & Align

Summary/Share Out

What did you find?

Tonight's Agenda:

Align & the Workplane Tool

1. Ultimaker & Education

2. Demo/Practice: Workplane & Align

3. Online Resources

4. Lesson Brainstorm

5. Partner up - Create a lesson!

6. Share our lessons!

The Workplane and Align Tools

Lesson BrainStorm

• 3 minutes to jot down as many lesson ideas as we can on .

Due by the end of our next class (this will take ALL of both periods):

• Let's Learn Tinkercad Lesson 5: Using the Align Tool and the Workplane helper

To complete:

1. Go to classroom.google.com

2. Open "03.10 Tinkercad Workplane & Align Tool",

3. Follow all instructions and answer all questions within.

• We'll share those ideas out and put them on the board.

• Vote up and join the team to create the lesson that you're most excited to create.

• Kinds of lessons:

1. Content-specific

2. Prepare students to use Tinkercad for content-specifc lessons.

3. Grab and adapt a lesson that you found during our lesson search.

Liz Arum - Ultimaker Education Specialist

Lesson Presentations!

• Let's take the next 15 minutes to share our lessons and/or the progress that we've made with them.
• Speed rounds: 2 - 3 minutes per group.

Thank you for being a part of our workshop!

Examples of Teaching Materials

Do Now: 3 minutes

Do Now: (3 min)

Do Now: Answer the following in your notes.

Identify all primitives that were used to create the fighter jet. Be sure to label them on the images. Then answer: How does this process help you become a better modeler?

Align & the Workplane Tool

Look closely and discuss with your tablemate. Can you be sure that the letters were placed correctly on this name tag? Why or why not?

Consider the tools and techniques we've learned in Tinkercad. Write step-by-step instructions explaining how you would put the roof on the house. Then trade instructions with your tablemate, read and compare.

1. What is the difference between duplicate and copy and paste? When might one be more useful than the other?

2. What are the steps for grouping two or more objects?

3. What is the value of grouping? In other words, what does grouping allow us to do?

Are their instructions the same as yours?

Due by the end of our next class (this will take ALL of both periods):

• Let's Learn Tinkercad Lesson 5: Using the Align Tool and the Workplane helper

To complete:

1. Go to classroom.google.com

2. Open "03.10 Tinkercad Workplane & Align Tool",

3. Follow all instructions and answer all questions within.

Basic Laptop Rules:

1. No headphones - except when watching assigned videos.

2. Only use the laptop assigned to you.

3. Carry the laptop by the base (not the screen).

4. On task - off task behavior results in a 0 for today's participation grade.

The Workplane and Align Tools

What tools/techniques can we use to be sure that objects are placed where we really want them to be?