Near the end of their first quarter Art Tech classes, eighth graders designed cross pendants with the Tinkercad computer-aided design app on their iPads. Completed designs have been 3D printed. A hole for inserting a string or thin chain was designed into the upper section of each cross. The photo of the cross by Jules shows a string that passes through the top section. It has a jewelry latch at the ends of the string that is not shown in the photo.
As part of their work for a project in Mr. Melton’s Social Studies class, some sixth graders are choosing the option of creating Tinkercad models of Mayan and Aztec pyramids, as well as other structures, for 3D printing. Mr. Bell is instructing interested students in the use of computer-aided design technology. The first two 3D-prints of students’ designs inspired by Mesoamerican pyramids are the works of Cohen Hogan and Haiden Simo. These students’ Tinkercad designs, from which the prints were made, are shown here along with the 3D prints.
