As part of their research on U.S. presidents for a paper in Mr. Thomas’s Social Studies class, 7th grade Art Tech students have been creating 3D virtual models of structures such as buildings, monuments, and vehicles with Tinkercad on their iPads. Each student’s structure is associated in some way with the U.S. president that he or she is researching for their paper. Screenshots of students’ CAD models, like those shown here, are being used as illustrations for their research papers.
The 3D print of a Mesoamerican pyramid shown below was designed for a 6th grade social studies project by Jac Dupree with Tinkercad computer-aided design software. Mr. Bell provided technical instruction.
President: Harry Truman
Structure: the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
President: Ronald Reagan
Structure: Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
President: John Quincy Adams
Structure: John Quincy Adams Hall, a University of Mass. Amherst dormitory
President: James Madison
Structure: Fort McHenry
President: Calvin Coolidge
Structure: Coolidge’s birthplace in Plymouth, VT
President: Thomas Jefferson
Structure: Thomas Jefferson Memorial
President: Theodore Roosevelt
Structure: Wilcox Mansion- where T. Roosevelt was inaugurated
President: John Quincy Adams
Structure: Birthplace of John Q. Adams in Quincy, MA
President: Richard Nixon
Structure: a boat gifted to Nixon by the U.S. Navy
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Structure: FDR’s Little White House in Warm Springs, GA
President: Abraham Lincoln
Structure: Lincoln Memorial
President: James Garfield
Structure: Garfield’s birthplace in Moreland Hills, OH
