The Design team held two excellent classes in which 6th graders learned how to improve their skills with the 3D modelling application, Tinkercad which they are using to design and produce plastic components for their mobility challenge solutions.
The lessons included a discussion of a bogus design (one that was created without following best practices) and printing that design. In doing this the students could see how important it is to correctly align and prepare designs to be printed, which allows for the resulting models to work as intended, be the right size, and also have the proper layout to obtain the best outcome.
In the second part of the session, students worked with basic geometric shapes to create joints that could be easily incorporated into their projects, offering simple and elegant solutions.
The project aims to provide solutions for people with mobility issues, which are more affordable, better suited to their needs, or easier to use than existing alternatives.
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