3D Printing with Dr. Matthew Brooks
Grades 2-6
My name is Dr. Matthew Brooks and I currently teach the 3D Printing technology elective at Sierra Madre Middle School. I have been teaching in PUSD since 2005, and I have partnered with PEF to teach in their summer enrichment program for many of those years. 3D Printing is a tool which provides the means of solving practical problems. Students are taught to utilize 21st century skills in order to utilize the 3D Printer to solve problems in their everyday lives.
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2020 Summer At Home Lessons
New Video Lessons will be shared every Monday beginning June 8, 2020.
Lesson 1: Tinkercad 101 -Level: Beginners
This video tutorial will guide students through the basic functions of the 3D design program Tinkercad. Students will be introduced to key functions such as placing, viewing, moving, rotating, grouping, resizing, and aligning. These key functions will be utilized in the other lessons while 3D designing each of the objects.
Lesson 2: Designing a Keychain – Level: Beginners
This video tutorial will guide students through 3D designing a keychain using Tinkercad. Students will utilize skills such as placing, grouping, and aligning in order to make the keychain.
Lesson 3: Designing Minecraft Party Glasses – Level: Intermediate
This video tutorial will guide students through 3D designing Minecraft party glasses. Students will utilize skills such as placing, moving, and resizing in order to make the glasses.
Lesson 4: Designing Playing Dice – Level: Intermediate/Advanced
This video tutorial will guide students through 3D designing dice. Students will utilize the important work plane feature in order to properly place each of the numbers on their sides. Students will pay close attention to where the numbers are placed and how they are placed.
Lesson 5: Designing a Chess Pawn – Level: Advanced
This video tutorial will guide students through 3D designing a chess pawn. Students will utilize their skills in placing, resizing, rotating, and aligning each of the objects that will eventually group together to make the chess pawn.
Lesson 1: Tinkercad 101 – Level: Beginners This video tutorial will guide students through the basic functions of the 3D design program Tinkercad. Students will be introduced to key functions such as placing, viewing, moving, rotating, grouping, resizing, and aligning. These key functions will be utilized in the other lessons while 3D designing each of the objects.
[June 8, 2020 Download: Tinkercad 101 Lesson Plan
Lesson 2: Designing a Keychain – Level: Beginners
This video tutorial will guide students through 3D designing a keychain using Tinkercad. Students will utilize skills such as placing, grouping, and aligning in order to make the keychain. [Download Lesson Plan]
Lesson 3: Designing Minecraft Party Glasses – Level: Intermediate
This video tutorial will guide students through 3D designing Minecraft party glasses. Students will utilize skills such as placing, moving, and resizing in order to make the glasses. [Download Lesson Plan]
Lesson 4: Designing Playing Dice – Level: Intermediate/Advanced
This video tutorial will guide students through 3D designing dice. Students will utilize the important work plane feature in order to properly place each of the numbers on their sides. Students will pay close attention to where the numbers are placed and how they are placed. [Download Lesson Plan]
Lesson 5: Designing a Chess Pawn – Level: Advanced
This video tutorial will guide students through 3D designing a chess pawn. Students will utilize their skills in placing, resizing, rotating, and aligning each of the objects that will eventually group together to make the chess pawn.[Download Lesson Plan]