Toysinbox 3D Printing has been invited

multiple times by many libraries to host 3D

modeling and 3D printing workshops to
children, teens, and adults. Also, Toysinbox
3D Printing has been regularly teaching 3D
modeling and 3D printing enrichment
classes in elementary and middle schools
and in our store since 2015.

3D Modeling with Tinkercad for 3D Printing is available for purchase in store at 1 Cameron
Street, Wellesley, MA and at http://www.toysinbox3dprinting.com/3d_printing_books.html


Hello everyone,

Welcome to the 3D printing world! We designed this class when the parents
asked us if we could offer 3D modeling and 3D printing lessons to their
children. These inquires inspired Toysinbox 3D printing to offer beginner-
level 3D modeling and 3D printing enrichment classes to Grade 3 and up in
schools and in libraries. Our students love our class. Their parents showed
tremendous interest in the finished works of our students. Since we could
only teach in a few schools due to the limited hands on board, we list our
teaching materials on TPT. As there are not many resources on TPT on 3D
modeling and 3D printing, we hope our materials can be useful for other
teachers. They can build upon our work and develop more ready-to-use 3D
modeling and 3D printing teaching materials. In addition, we hope that we
can get some feedback and get a chance to improve our work and teaching.

Note:
1) Our class students are a mixed group of grade 3, 4, 5 and 6. Our
library workshop students are teens or adults.
2) In our class, roughly every two students share one 3D printer.
3) Our class is fast paced. In each class, we have one instructor and one
or two teaching assistants who know 3D printing and Tinkercad fairly
well. Please tweak this product according to your current resources to
work best for your classroom.
4) The software we use in our class is Tinkercad.
5) The 3D printers we use for our classes are Makerbot replicator 2.
However, we can easily modify the slides to fit the other 3D printers
such as Ultimaker 2 Go and Printrbot.
6) Although we tried our best to make the PowerPoint slides as detailed
as possible for ready-to-use purpose, it is possible that some slides
may not have enough steps. If so, please email us and we will fill in
the missing information and update the slides. You get a free copy.
7) Each lesson introduces at least one new Tinkercad skill and the project
is designed to have students master that skill.

Thanks you!
Jessica and her team

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Learning Objectives:
• The student will learn about 3D modeling and 3D printing
• The student will plan and create original 3D design work
• The student will critique their own work as well as those of their
peers

National Standards:
• Content Standard: 1: Understanding and applying techniques
and process
• Content Standard: 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the
characteristics and merits of the works and the work of others

Timing/Materials&Supplies/Resources:
• Time:
Approximately 2-3 1-hour class sessions

• Materials & Supplies:

1) Examples of 3D prints and other resources (find video
online or at local library)
2) Teacher keychain example and/or previous student examples
3) Tinkercad account (free sign up at tinkercad.com)
4) Computer that has Internet access
5) 3D printers if you plan to 3D print your students’ designs.
6) Makerbot slicer
(https://www.makerbot.com/download-desktop/)

• Resources

Projectignite Learn Tinkercad!

Thingiverse

Inside 3D Printing

Inside 3DP

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For each 3D modeling & 3D printing lesson, we follow 6 steps. They

are, “ Look, Try, Design, Model, Make, & Show”. In terms of our “Make
Your Keychain” project, we walk you through each step.

Look:
We started this lesson by introducing 3D printing to our students.
When the students enter class on the first day, we have many colorful
and fun 3D prints spread out on tables. Students can touch, play with,
and examine the 3D prints. They get very interested in this interactive
part. They start to ask questions and share opinions.

With PowerPoint slides, we briefly introduce interesting 3D printing

applications, 3D printer mechanisms, commonly used 3D printing
materials, and procedures on how to operate a machine.

Try:
Here we ask our students to operate the 3D printers to print a mini
3D object and watch the printing process a couple of minutes.

Design:
We show them the keychain examples and the pictures of the
keychains made by previous students. Now the students are eager to
start their design work. We ask them to think about what words or
patterns they want to put on their keychains and what color they want
for the base and what color they want for everything on top.

Model:
It is time to start the 3D modeling. We start the Tinkercad and learn a
few functions like adjust size, group, ruler, etc. that are needed to
finish the “Make Your Key Chain” project. The students first create a
rectangle, add a hole, and use the Tinkercad Text Editor to add the
text. The students can decorate their keychains with a star, or a heart
etc once they finished the basics. After the students finished their
designs, they were asked to download their designs.

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Make:
It is time to bring the creation into the real world. Here we introduced
the Makebot slicer. The students then used it to generate GCode for
their designs.

The students copied the Gcode to SD card for 3D printing. They picked
the filaments of their favorite colors for the base and everything on
top. Our teaching assistants help load the chosen filament to the 3D
printers. The students operated the 3D printers to print their
keychains. They monitored the printing process and asked our
teaching assistants to switch to a different filament in order to print
everything on top in a different color.

Show:
After the students finish their keychains, we ask them to look at each
other’s work and learn from each other. We have students ask a few
questions of their peers. What do they like? What would they do if they
had a chance to do a new keychain project?

Extras:
If some students finish early, we give them a piece of paper to write
about this project. What did they learn about 3D printing? What do
they think some applications that 3D printing can be useful? What did
they learn about Tinkercad? If they were given the opportunity to do
the keychain project again, what would they do differently in terms of
the text design, pattern design, and color choices?

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Reflection (1)
Maker Name: Date:

What do you think about 3D printing?!

Any other applications that you think where 3D printing can be very useful?!

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Reflection (2)
Maker Name: Date:

What did you learn about Tinkercad?!

What would you did differently if you could redo this keychain project?!

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