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What is it?
What is it?
"Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use web app that equips the next generation of designers and engineers with the foundational skills for innovation: 3D design, electronics, and coding!"
How is it helpful, interesting, and cool?
How is it helpful, interesting, and cool?
TinkerCAD is a web hosted platform that helps you create virtually before you create "in real life." The things TinkerCAD enables you to create includes:
3D Designs: "If you can think it, you can make it with Tinkercad. From product models to printable parts, 3D design is the first step to turn ideas into realities and transform ‘what is’ into ‘what if’s."
Electronics: "Simulate electronics with Circuits. From blinking your first LED to reinventing the everyday thermometer, we’ll show you the ropes (and wires and buttons and breadboards...)"
Coding: "Don’t stop with design. With codeblocks, you can write programs that make designs for you. Use blocks-based code to create dynamic, parametric, adaptive, 3D shapes and designs."
AR: "Armed with an iPad, Tinkercad turns your 3D designs into augmented reality (AR) experiences. Activating AR mode is as easy as opening a design in the 3D editor and pressing the AR viewer button."
How has it been used?
How has it been used?
How do i use it?
How do i use it?
Use it for FUN: TinkerCAD is easy to get started with. If you're simply interested in creating something for your own purposes or interests you can go to https://www.tinkercad.com/ and hit the Start Tinkering button.
Use it for a CLASS: If you are going to use TinkerCAD to create something for a course you're in, go to https://www.tinkercad.com/ and click on Join Your Class. Your teacher will give you a code to enter in the next screen. Once you enter the code you'll be asked to enter your student name which your teacher will also provide. Then you're in!
Watch this video for an overview of what you can do.
More introductory videos on how to place, move, and rotate objects can be found HERE.
Where can I use it in school?
Where can I use it in school?
Because of the diversity of things one can create using TinkerCAD, you can imagine there are many different ways it can be incorporated into your courses.
English - Create an object as a centerpiece to something you need to write a report on, or paper that is technical writing.
Math - The ratios and scaling you need to consider for 3D printing a TinkerCAD file is pure math. There is a lot of geometry involved in the digital composition you do as well.
Science - Create a circuit to demonstrate your knowledge of electricity for Physical Science. Design an interactive AR plant cell for Biology.
Social Studies - Can you create a 3D diagram or flowchart? Is there an interesting historical piece of architecture you could model?
Art - Ask your teacher if you can create your assigned project virtually first and then have it printed 3 dimensionally.
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