K-12 Lesson Plan 3D Modeling Class - Robot Head Pencil Top

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Hello Teachers! This is a tried-and-true lesson plan for a project in a beginner 3D modeling class that has produced great results twice. Feel free to use this project in your classroom, adjust as needed, remix, and reshare! I'd love to hear about the tweaks you made to make it work for your students. ## Lesson **Learning Objectives:** By the end of this lesson, students should be able to: + Create a printable design using solid modeling software. + Create a design from instructions. + Develop greater proficiency with Tinkercad tools and techniques such as alignment, workplane, rotation, ruler, and subtraction. **Modeling Software:** Tinkercad **Level:** Beginner - Intermediate **Requisite Skills & Understandings:** A Tinkercad account for each student is required. Students should be able to navigate (orbit, pan, zoom), place and resize primitives, use the workplane and ruler, make a hole, group, and subtract one primitive from another. **Pedagogical Suggestions:** Paired modeling **Common Core Standards:** To be updated **Pedagogical Resources:** + Presentation: [Prezi with lesson structure and Do Now ideas](http://prezi.com/5pgxdznobese/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share) + Handout: [Student worksheet with step-by-step instructions](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9jrpNCkStrmZG1CX1prc0piaVk/view?usp=sharing) + Videos: [Part 1](https://vimeo.com/111605002) & [Part 2](https://vimeo.com/111711250) **Options for Differentiation Based on Skill Level:** + **High:** Students complete the project with only an image, dimensions, and structural requirements (a spec sheet with orthographic measurements). + **Middle:** Students use step-by-step written instructions. + **Low:** Students use both written and video instructions. _Lesson adapted from Blake Maloff's lesson in Chapter 4 of The Essential Guide to 3D Printers, published by Maker Media, Inc._