Engineering Think Tank Club is designed for learners who are familiar with the basics of the TinkerCad 3D design program.  This is the perfect follow up class to the Beginning TinkerCad courses offered by me, or for learners who have used TinkerCad on their own, or in another class for 3D design and printing.  

This fun club style class, will revolve around learners interests while encouraging them to pursue the passion for problem-solving and design with group and/or individual design challenges. Part of this club will be peer sharing and evaluating in-progress and completed projects guided by the teacher.  We will be using the Harvard Protocol (I think, I notice, I wonder) to keep feedback positive.  This is a safe place for learners who are new to sharing their work and we will focus on supporting each-other through our feedback so that every member of the club can create their best designs. 

Although specific activities will vary from week to week, every 4 weeks will include: team building, engineering design process, at least one design project, and a learner project showcase for completed projects.  Please note that during the Fall and Winter breaks the class may meet every day for one week rather than once a week on four separate weeks.  Please check your schedule when you enroll.  The next round of specific topics are:

Week/day 1:  
Team Building: Introductions and current/past project share.  Interactive team building activity "Jump into spring" and quick question and answer session.  

Week 2:
Engineering Design Process: Introduce and review the engineering process.  Put the engineering process into action by creating something inspired by Flowers.

Week 3: 
Design Challenge: Build a vehicle (students choose to work in groups or individually)

Week 4:
Learner Project Showcase:  This "show and tell style" utilizing the Harvard Protocol (I think, I notice, I wonder) and Not a ___ challenge where students are tasked with using a shape or object in an unusual way.