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Teaching Students How to Use Tinkercad

Teaching Students How to Use Tinkercad

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Even if you don’t have a background in CAD (computer aided design), Tinkercad is a great platform to get started with designing 3D prints. With my years of experience teaching elementary STEM and 3D printing to kids, Tinkercad has been my number one platform from the start. Below are tutorial videos that you can use with kids to help them get started with the basics when creating their designs.

 

How to use Tinkercad: Tinkercad Basics for Kids

After creating an account, learn how to navigate the basic tools in Tinkercad. Understand how to view the work plane from multiple angles and where to choose different shapes.

 

How to use Tinkercad: Creating and Changing Shapes

Understand how to: add a shape, changing the size, moving shapes, duplicating, stacking shapes and deleting.

How to use Tinkercad: Solids, Shapes and Holes

Learn how to use solid shapes and create holes within shapes.

 

How to use Tinkercad: Adding Words to Designs

Learn how to easily add 3D printed words to your design in Tinkercad.

How to use Tinkercad: How to Download and Prep Student Prints from Tinkercad

This video is created for teachers to watch on how to download the students’ files from Tinkercad and prep them for print in your slicing software. I also share a little tip on what I like to do to share students’ files with their families before their design is even printed!

 

Want to learn more about 3D printing?

Join me inside my 2-hour on-demand 3D Printing 101 Workshop for teachers. There is even a great starter lesson you can use right away with your students!

 

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More About The Author, Naomi Meredith

Naomi Meredith is a K-5 STEM educator and business owner in Colorado supporting elementary teachers world-wide navigate the best practices, strategies and tools out there. With over a decade of experience teaching, 5 years teaching elementary STEM, along with a M.Ed. in STEM Leadership and STEM Certificate, Naomi helps teachers world-wide to navigate best practices, strategies and tools out there.

She offers a variety of tools to help teachers feel successful teaching STEM to their elementary students through lesson plans, online courses, coaching and speaking events.

She truly believes that any teacher out there can learn how to use STEM, innovation and hands-on learning in their classrooms effectively. She can’t wait to connect with you and be your guide!

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