Library STEM Lessons

This is the third project I have students complete. The first two lessons, making a sideless cube and making a cookie cutter, both teach and reinforce basic Tinkercad skills, so I highly suggest you get and teach these lesson first. This lesson introduces a new workplane and a new shape. The spinning top can be printed and tested (directions for printing are not included). Use this lesson to teach yourself how to make the spinning top first.  Then print this out (one or two slides per page–color

This is the fourth and by far the most complicated project I have students complete. The first three lessons, making a sideless cube, making a cookie cutter,  and making a spinning top all teach and reinforce basic Tinkercad skills that are necessary to be able to successfully complete this project, so I highly suggest you get and teach these lesson first. This lesson focus on symmetry and can easily be modified to reinforce different types of symmetry and angle measurement. Use this lesson to t

This is the second Tinkercad project I have students complete. The first lesson, making a sideless cube, is free on my TPT site, so I highly suggest you get and teach that lesson first. Both lessons cover the same skills; however, this second lesson allows students to explore what was already taught at their own pace. It reviews basic skills necessary for all other projects.  Use this lesson to teach yourself how to make a cookie cutter. Then print this out (one or two slides per page–color is h

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