Background: The current classroom challenge is for the students to design a Christmas themed decoration. While it is early this year we finish school in early December and we are looking for the students to refine, rework and improve their designs and have them completed, printed and ready for display for Christmas this year.
The classroom at our school that is completing this task is a junior room, the students are Y3/4. The students have either one classroom years experience using Tinkercad to design various items and projects. This design has been created by the student independently. The brief was make something amazing, creative and unique.
We again opted for the shimmering design provided by the PLA that is described as rainbow or sheen.
Level of Difficulty: High. This design was creative and inventive and the elements of it needed to balance together, with a import of the wings. This student was able to do that and produce a stunning design. The student is eight years old. This was rate as one of the most effective Christmas Designs/decorations that we have produced.
Size: The wings of the design measured 70mm across the back. The design was 90mm high and was 50mm wide at the base. The idea was to use shapes to create a cartoon affect with the design.
Timeframe: Three and a half hours. The dimensions and the size of the print were keeping in mind with the intention of the project. The angel is going to be placed on a tree.
What we would do differently/Next steps for the students: One of the aspects of the print that needs to be addressed is the connection with the head of the design and the shoulders. By using a cone to create the body the point at which it joins the head was quite narrow and needs to be addressed. While it did not mean that the print broke it was obvious that this needed to be very carefully handled. The student is attempting to remedy this by redesigning the
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