Pattern Practice

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Students in a 1st grade class learned about different shapes and patterns by using the Makerbot Printshop app to draw their own designs and turn them into 3D creations. Print Settings Printer Brand: MakerBot Printer: MakerBot Replicator (5th Generation) Rafts: No Supports: No Notes: The Makerbot Printshop app is a free app from the Apple App store. This app allows drawings to be turned into 3D designs. In order for the app to work correctly, students need to use a black marker to draw their designs. This will ensure the camera in the app can correctly identify the design. If the camera in the app accidentally picks up more than just the design (ie: the side of the paper), there is a place within the design where you can delete extra parts. Because this was made in the Makerbot Printshop app, it does not produce a file that I can take and upload. It uploads directly to the printer, so the .STL file attached is a similar idea made from TinkerCAD. How I Designed This Makerbot Printshop We used the Makerbot Printshop app from the app store:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/makerbot-printshop/id884304128?mt=8 Standards CCSS Overview and Background Students in 1st grade need to learn how to create and identify patterns. These patterns are often named and categorized by letters. For example, an ABAB pattern would have two shapes that repeat, such as square, circle, square, circle. But an AABB pattern would have two shapes and then another two shapes, such as square, square, circle, circle. As a fun and creative way to bring patterns to life, we used the Makerbot Printshop app to allow students to draw their favorite pattern and then watch them come to life in the 3D Printer. Objectives Students should be able to identify different patterns and identify them based on how they are repetitive. Students will create their own patterns and then 3D print them. More standards Virginia SOL: Virginia Standards Math SOL 1.17 The student will recognize, describe, extend, and create a wide variety of growing and repeating patterns. Common Core: 4.OA 5 Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself. For example, given the rule “Add 3” and the starting number 1, generate terms in the resulting sequence and observe that the terms appear to alternate between odd and even numbers. Explain informally why the numbers will continue to alternate in this way.http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/documents/520/CK_CCSSMathAlignmentwithMP.pdf Lesson Plan and Activity Lesson/Activity In class, students learn about the patterns unit. Throughout the unit, students identify, understand, and create their own patterns. Students each get a piece of paper and pencil. They draw their pattern on the paper following either an ABAB pattern or an AABB pattern. Once a teacher has checked the student’s pencil drawn designs, the students are given a black marker to go over the pencil with. (The app only reads dark lines). The students then get an iPad and open up Makerbot Printshop and go into “Shape maker”. Once students open “shape maker”, they take a picture of their design using the camera in the app. After taking the picture, students can add a base to their design to keep the pattern together. Once the design is set the way the student wants it, send the print to the printer using Makerbot Printshop’s wifi “connect” feature. On one of the student's drawn patterns Pictures of the drawings within the app After taking the picture, students can add a base to their design to keep the pattern together. Final product! Duration of Lesson 45 min Preparation Before beginning in class, students need to understand patterns. Teachers need to make sure that the Makerbot Printshop app is installed. Rubric and Assessment By the end of the project, students should have designed the pattern of their choosing. Students will get full credit on their 3D creations if they can explain their pattern and classify it by its ABAB or AABB repetition. References Brain Pop Intro Lesson:https://educators.brainpop.com/lesson-plan/patterning-with-brainpop-jr-lesson-plan/ Handouts & Assets Here are some good ideas for lessons:https://sites.google.com/a/solteacher.com/olteacher-com/home/first-grade-virginia-sol-resources/1st-grade-virginia-math-resources/sol-1-21-patterns