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3d Printing Curriculum
Question: what is 3D printing, what is CAD, how do engineers make things
Goal: answer questions, develop knowledge of TinkerCad, create a design in CAD that can be 3D printed
Week 1:
- Observation
Week 2:
- Overview of 3d printing and Cad
- Examples of other small additive processes
- Oreos- additive layers
- Demo?
- Examples of other small additive processes
- Drawing pictures of real things
- 3D geometry cubes, spheres
Week 3:
- Drawing simple objects
- Small pieces of lego make up bigger shapes
- Make objects using 1x1 bricks
- 1x1 bricks represent the little pieces of plastic from 3d printer
Week 4:
- Introduce TinkerCAD
- Pre cut paper shapes that build into 3D shapes
- Play on computers with TinkerCAD
- Talk about making simple shapes in TinkerCAD
Week 5:
- Draw a picture on paper of simple object shape
- Make that shape in TinkerCAD
Week 6:
- Draw a design of a more complicated shape
- Make the shape in TinkerCAD
Week 7:
- Revise shapes to make them printable
- 3D printer