Joshua and Harry's 3D Printing Learning Story

Learners: Joshua & Harry     Learning Coach: T.Dillner            Date: 21.9.15

Learning Area: Technology - 3D Printing

Learning Observed

Joshua & Harry chose to participate in 3D Printing during iExperience during Week 7-10 this term. We initially learnt about the Thinker’s Key called ‘BAR’. BAR stands for Bigger, Add, Replace. To practise, the learners had to pick either a pen, lunch box or tennis racquet to make a feature bigger, add to the item and replace something. The learners had as much creative license as they needed and then they reflected on how functional the item had become - could it still be used for its original purpose? The next stage was to come up with an item that we use at school and repeat the BAR process. Joshua & Harry decided on creating a dice to use in a game. Joshua & Harry had to use the website TinkerCad to design their dice. They had to use the pre-existing shapes to form their 3D model, which will be printed on LH1’s 3D printer when they are done.

Evidence of learning

Joshua and Harry’s TinkerCad Design

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Joshua & Harry were collaborative during this process by sharing ideas and coming up with other ways to show creativity (Thinking, Participating & Contributing). They demonstrated curiosity by engaging with the most of the technology process - designing, making, redesigning and evaluating. Joshua & Harry were connected as they were able to show their learning in two different mediums (paper and digital model).

Next Learning Steps

Complete their design on tinkercad.com so it can be printed before the end of Term 3. Teach another learner how to use TinkerCad.