8P3- 3D printing mini ping pong paddles

I created a miniature ping pong table with mini ping pong paddles. The paddles were 3D printed, and I designed them in Tinker Cad. The actual ping pong table I decided would work best with a cardboard strip as the base and net and ping pong ball. I also used tape to make it look more realistic.

I learned how to use Tinker Cad and design for a 3D print since I had never 3D printed or designed something for a 3D printer before. With the designing process and brainstorming the best option to use a cardboard table, taught me a lot of patience as well.

The standards my project is tied to is being empowered learner, innovative designer and computational thinker. I was all of these things because I designed my own paddles from scratch, learned a lot on my own by watching tutorials and learning from my mistakes, and I used a computer to design something which was very new for me.

A challenge I overcame was learning how to use Tinker Cad and how to make the things I wanted to.

Something I would do differently is I would've gave myself more time to create the ping pong table so it looked better and so I didn't have to rush.

A CTE connection this project is tied to is engineering design because I designed my ping pong table and paddles completely by myself and used Tinker Cad to design it so I could 3D print the paddles. And then I brainstormed what the best option was for using as a table.