MSU/CS Summer Institute 2025

Web Links

• The Tinkercad digital design platform is here: http://tinkercad.com 

• Grade K - 5: Physical Data Visualizations

  • Click here to access our Tinkercad file of a (2-variable) 3D bar graph. Please don't edit it. 

  • Open a new window, go to Tinkercad.com, and open a new 3D design file.

  • Copy and paste everything from our design into your new design file. 

  • Find free SVG icons for your 3D bar graph your here. Then "Import" into Tinkercad.

• Grade 6 - 12: Physical Data Visualizations

  • To generate a 3D pie graph:

    1. Click here to access our Tinkercad file of a 3D pie graph. Please don't edit it. 

    2. Open a new window, go to Tinkercad.com, and open a new 3D design file.

    3. Go to Tinkercad.com, and open a new 3D design file. 

    4. Copy and paste everything from our design into your new design file. 

  • To generate a (3-variable) 3D bar graph:

    1. Click here to access our Tinkercad file of a 3D bar graph. Please don't edit it. 

    2. Open a new window, go to Tinkercad.com, and open a new 3D design file.

    3. Copy and paste everything from our design into your new design file. 

  • To generate a 3D map of each of the United States:

    1. Click here to access our Tinkercad file of the United States. Please don't edit it. 

    2. Open a new window, go to Tinkercad.com, and open a new 3D design file.

    3. Change the "Settings" to 1000 mm x 1000 mm

    4. Copy and paste everything from our design into your new design file. 

       • If you want the STL files for each of the 50 states, they're in this is folder. We got them at Thingiverse.com.

• Other Things

  • Convert an image file to SVG in order to import it into Tinkercad: https://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-svg 

  • Thingiverse is an incredible collection of shared STL files.

  • The Canva slides we're using today are here.

  • Contact information:

    1. Steven Greenstein greensteins@montclair.edu [MSU bio]

    2. Michael Frimpong frimpong1@montclair.edu