K-12 Skill Builder Lesson Plan - Tinkercad Navigation Race [Revised 11/28]

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Revised 11/28/15 - New Materials Linked Below. Choose Revision 1 Materials for a Shorter Activity (12-18 Minutes), Revision 2 Materials for Prolonged Practice (18-24 Minutes). ## Introduction Ever Introduced Your Class to New Software, Only to Realize That Many of Your Students Are Getting Hung Up on the Minutiae of the Software? Students Need Time to Practice! But Projects Ask Them to Dive Right In; Often, the First Time They're Introduced to a New Tool or Technique, They're Only Applying It Once or Twice, Which Often Misses the Opportunity to Reinforce and Encourage a Kind of Fluency That Can Be Transferred to Other Contexts. This Is the First in What Will Be a Series of Lessons That Target a Very Specific Skill. It Gets Students Practicing That Skill for an Extended Period of Time While - Hopefully - Having Fun and Feeling a Sense of Accomplishment While Doing So. My Hope Is That We as a Community of Educators Can Create More and More of These Kinds of Skill Builders; and Share Them with Each Other So We All Benefit from Each Others' Experimentation in the Classroom (and Iterate to Improve)! While This Lesson Applies Only to Tinkercad, I'd Be Pumped If More Educators Developed and Shared Lessons Like These for Other Modeling Software Packages. ## Lesson **Learning Objective:** Students Will Be Able to Navigate Efficiently in Tinkercad. **Essential Questions:** Why Are the Tools of Navigation So Important in a 3D Modeling Environment? How Can We Be Sure That an Object Is Where We Want It to Be? **Modeling Software:** Tinkercad **Level:** Beginner (This Is a Great "First Days" Lesson with Tinkercad) **Requisite Skills & Understandings:** A Tinkercad Account for Each Student. The Ability 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:** Have Students Work in Pairs **Common Core Standards:** To Be Developed ## Resources: + Tinkercad File: [Access Here](https://tinkercad.com/things/98QCAGNSZaQ). After Logging into Your Tinkercad Account, Click "Copy & Tinker". + Tinkercad File Revision 2 - More Challenge! More Things to Find! More Practice Time! [Access Here](https://tinkercad.com/things/4DXM8rSErXv) + Handout: [Google Doc with Step-by-Step Instructions](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EvKVJCAEYVWN40iSrvzl8ttKQR7nxfjxdrgfZSDByOo/edit?usp=sharing) + Handout for Revision 2 - [Google Doc with Step-by-Step Instructions and Space for Students to Confirm Their Progress - Please Copy](https://docs.google.com/document/d/19NyDeuP0ziMeTnQIT89GlLbaEcbeURONtW0IU6UTLEI/edit) + Paper Handout - [I Provide One to Each Group So That They Know What They're Looking for](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9jrpNCkStrmeGp1LTRoYjhSZVU/view?usp=sharing) + Presentation: [Prezi with Lesson Structure and Do Now](http://prezi.com/8y1q9q4g0sxy/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy) **Differentiation:** To Be Developed