3D Printing and Computer Aided Design Summer Camp - with 3D Printed Project!

Your kid will learn how to create their own 3D models in Tinkercad, practice spatial visualization, and use 3D printers. The skill of spatial visualization has been shown to be beneficial in all STEM fields, as it helps kids imagine molecules in chemistry, piece together geometric proofs, and aid engineering design thinking. 

This is the perfect course for kids that love invention, art, design, animation, video games, engineering, thinking creatively or are otherwise interested in 3D printing. Kids will learn the skills they need to turn their own creative inventions into reality and will create up to three different computer aided design models. One of their project designs will be 3D printed and shipped to the student at the end of camp.

Your Kids Will:

 - Create their very own 3D printed project that will be shipped to them 
 - Collaborate with other kids to improve their own designs
 - Practice empathy-based design and use empathy with family members to create a final project 
 - Develop goal setting skills using patience, perseverance, precision  and follow through
 - Gain confidence to follow and create their own ideas and unique projects

Social Emotional Topics: Goal Setting, Patience, Perseverance, Precision and Follow Through

Lesson 1: Introduction to class, overview of computer aided design and the Minecraft pig project.
Lesson 2: Additive design, students will build their own winter wonderland and practice setting goals.
Lesson 3: Subtractive design, students will work together to develop their own themed chess sets.
Lesson 4: Precision, students will learn how to align and measure parts as well as create their own fidget spinner.
Lesson 5: Spatial Visualization, students will extrapolate 3D designs from 2D drawings.