🎯 Learning Intention

I will create a 3D model in TinkerCAD that is functional, clear, and ready for slicing in ideaMaker.

✅ Success Criteria

I can finish a printable design and export it for slicing, with attention to scale, function, and clean geometry.

🌍 Why Are We Learning This?

3D printing is the link between digital design and physical innovation. Learning how to model and prepare files for real-world printing builds your creative, spatial, and technical fluency.

⏰ Warm-Up (Tech Journal or Pair Talk)

What’s one thing you want to build or fix using a 3D printer?

What kind of objects are easiest to design? Which are hardest?

🧠 Lecture & Notes – “From Idea to Reality: Print-Ready Design”

Mini-lesson includes:

• Review: What makes a file printable (no floating parts, flat bases, scale)
• Quick demo: Exporting from TinkerCAD as .stl → slicing in ideaMaker
• Show 2–3 example student designs from prior years (quick feedback + spotlight)
• “What’s wrong with this model?” troubleshooting challenge (short gallery or live demo)

🛠 Project Work: Print-Ready Challenge (Day 2)