Last term a small group of children learnt some basic skills in Tinkercad to design a simple keyring with their name. Using the process of Design Thinking, they then had to design, model and create a keyring for a member of their family or for a friend.
The most difficult part for the students was modelling in Tinkercad. They had to look at their whole shape and break this down into smaller shapes. These shapes could then be grouped together or parts removed to create their desired shape.
'I learnt how to dig in and out and how to put holes in things. I now know how to change the view of the keyring (when I'm modelling in Tinkercad), how to rotate the shapes around and lift the shapes up and down. Next time I would change the hole to be a star because a circle is a bit boring. Brooke (Tāwhirimātea)
'I learnt how to dig in and out of my shape and how to group objects together.' I had to re-size my plane, so it would print bigger.' Liam (Tāwhirimātea)
