You may wish to create simple braille blocks or take it a step further and create braille signage for different areas of your school. 3D printing opens up a world of opportunity to create bespoke, on-demand braille models. Teach students about forces, motion and Newton’s Third Law whilst they battle it out in a balloon-powered dragster competition! In this type of lesson, students can use design-thinking skills to determine the optimal size, shape and weight of the car and wheels to enable it to travel the furthest in a straight line.Įxplore the written of language of braille, whilst teaching students 3D modelling concepts. Does free and easy-to-use mean that complicated and functional models can’t be created? Absolutely not! In this blog we look at 10 different design ideas that could be used to integrate Tinkercad and 3D printing into the cross-curricular classroom. But thanks to companies like Tinkercad, teachers now have access to free and easy-to-use software that can be used in conjunction with affordable 3D printers to prepare students for their future careers.

In the past, 3D modelling software would be 2 things – expensive and complicated. Over the past few years, 3D modelling software has become much more accessible for teachers and students.

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