This is a follow up post about an activity that we have mentioned several times in the last week, and one that is working really well with students in terms of being practical and also achievable.
Credit where credit is due - Tinkercad the browser based software which our students do nearly all of their 3D designing on, in conjunction with their iPads.
One of the really interesting things that has come out of this challenge in terms of making physical spinners is that the larger spinners have not proved so far to be the most effective which has caused the students to consider the engineering aspect of what they have been making.
We are holding a competition this week where we are wanting students to spin against each other in competition aiming to last the longest with the best original design. We will be adding this to our blog in due course in the meantime this is another video explaining this process and providing some demonstration of the students work:

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