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Tinkercad | Create 3D digital designs with online CADTinkercad is an easy-to-use 3D CAD design tool. Quickly turn your idea into a CAD model for a 3D printer with Tinkercad.

Get Kodu_Game_Lab - Microsoft StoreKodu Game Lab is a 3D game development environment that is designed to teach kids basic programming principles. Kodu allows creators to build the world's terrain, populate it with characters and props, and then program their behaviors and games rules in a bespoke visual programming language.

Inkscape

Inkscape is a professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It's free and open source.

www.inkscape.org

Arduino

Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for anyone making interactive projects.

Scratch - Imagine, Program, ShareScratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

Lego Mindstorms

All things Lego Robotics and more!

https://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms

123D Make

123D Make lets you turn 3D models into 2D build plans with animated assembly instructions.

http://www.123dapp.com/make

Sketchup

3D modeling and drawing software that's particularly well suited for architectural renderings.

www.sketchup.com

Cloud Converter

Great for converting Tinkercad SVG exports to DXF files for the laser cutter.

https://cloudconvert.com/svg-to-dxf

Lego Spike for Chromebooks

https://education.lego.com/en-us/downloads/spike-app/software

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