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From 2D to 3D Printing Workshop
Introducing 3D shapes and 3D printing technology
Students will learn how 3D printers work and explore various ways a 3D shape can be made through craft-based activities. They will produce a 3D model from a 2D cookie cutter design.
This cross-curricular workshop combines Maths with Computing, Art and Design Technology at KS1 and KS2 and is suitable for Year 2 or Year 3 students. At the end of the workshop, each student will have a cookie cutter 3D printed from their own design.
This workshop:
- Runs for half a day*
- With a maximum of 30 students
- 2½ – 3hrs to work around individual school day timings
This workshop provides:
- A complete project around the 2D and 3D shapes topic.
- Resources fully mapped to the relevant curriculum areas.
- A copy of all the workshop resources, enabling you to run the workshop with other groups of students in the future.
- Potential to take advantage of the CREATE Education 3D printer loan scheme.
- A 3D print of each student’s cookie cutter design.
During the workshop’s students will:
- Learn how 3D printers work.
- Discover some of the applications of 3D printing.
- Design and create their own 3D model.
From £300 for a half day workshop (dependent upon location of school).
In this workshop students will:
- Learn how 3D printers work and how they can produce 3D object.
- Understand that a 3D printed model is usually made from a 3D design.
- Learn how to produce a 3D model from a 2D sketch using the “scribble” tool in Tinkercad 3D modelling software.
- Produce a 3D model of a cookie cutter using Tinkercad software.
- Learn how 3D objects can be made from nets then make common 3D shapes from nets.
- Learn how 3D prints are made up from layers of material then make simple models from layers of card.
- Complete a workshop evaluation.
Learning Outcomes:
- 3D model made from a card net.
- 3D model made from layers of card.
- 3D CAD model design of a cookie cutter.
- 3D printed cookie cutter.
- Project evaluation.
Key concepts and terminology:
- Additive manufacturing
- 3D modelling
- 3D printing
- Slicing
- CAD (computer aided design)
- CAM (computer aided manufacturing)
- 3D net
- 3D shapes eg cube, cuboid, pyramid, cylinder, cone, sphere, tetrahedron
KS1 Yr2 Maths POS
- To identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes, including the number of sides.
- To identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces.
- To identify 2-D shapes on the surface of 3-D shapes.
- To compare and sort common 2-D and 3-D shapes.
KS1 Computing POS
- Can evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies.
- Are confident and creative users of information and communication technology.
- To use technology purposefully to create, manipulate and retrieve digital content.
- To recognise common uses of information technology beyond school.
KS1 Art POS
- To use a range of materials creatively to design and make products.
- To use drawing and sculpture to develop and share their ideas and imagination.
- To develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using line, shape, form and space.
KS1 Design Technology POS
- To design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users based on design criteria.
- To generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through information and communication technology.
- To use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks.
- To use a wide range of materials and components, including construction materials.
- To evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria.
KS2 Yr3 Maths POS
- To draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D shapes using modelling materials.
- To recognise 3-D shapes in different orientations and describe them.
KS2 Computing POS
- Are confident and creative users of information and communication technology.
- To apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies.
- To work with various forms of output.
- To use and combine a variety of software on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs and content.
KS2 Art POS
- To develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design.
- To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing and sculpture with a range of materials.
KS2 Design Technology POS
- To develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.
- To build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills.
- To generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through computer-aided design.
- To use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, shaping], accurately.
- To evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work.
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