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Exploring Inspiration and New Skills<\/h3>\n
The students followed tutorials and learned how to use Tinkercad to model their designs. \u201cI feel that using Tinkercad was pretty easy. I liked that I could follow a lesson that would teach me how to do a certain thing.\u201d said Charlotte, another student.<\/p>\n
Mr. McVay left it up to the students to chose their final designs, as well as five materials available through Shapeways, and over the course of a few months they prototyped and refined their designs using the school\u2019s 3D printers. The students then made posters and a video commercial to market their website and their Shapeways shop.<\/p>\n
The Southeast of Saline students created a wide range of designs including keychains, plaques with positive messages like \u201cBe Yourself\u201d and small statues that include a Space Needle and a Roman Cathedral. They were inspired by their interests, friends and family, as well as causes dear to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was inspired to make my product for the kids that are getting bullied every day at school,\u201d said Jackson, who designed a \u201cStop Bullying\u201d keychain.<\/p>\n
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The Students\u2019 Take on their Adventure into 3D Printing<\/h3>\n
The students will have a chance to examine their experience in order to provide feedback to next year\u2019s 5th grade class. \u201cMy favorite part about 3D printing was just learning how to design things,\u201d said Madison, who designed the Roman Cathedral. \u201cBefore we even started this project I had always thought 3D printing was cool. But then I actually had a chance to try it. I ended up picking a really hard lesson, but I still had a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked what advice they would give to future students, many agreed that it was important to take one\u2019s time but mainly to enjoy the process. Suttyn, who designed a cactus, said \u201cIt can be hard at times but it is a really fun thing to learn to do and getting to create whatever you want is really cool too.\u201d<\/p>\n
The students encourage anyone visiting their Shapeways shop to email them a quick hello so they can see how many people their shop has reached. Stop by the Trojans Tinker page to see these ambitious 5th graders’ designs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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