| Approved Site(s): |
| | Approved for CPMA Middle School. Other schools may not offer this course without prior approval from the Interdivisional Curriculum Committee.
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| Grade Range: |
| | 6–8 |
| Prerequisites: |
| | None |
| Course duration: |
| | Two semesters; may be repeated for credit |
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| Course Description: |
| | 3-D Design and Printing introduces students to the 3-D modeling program SketchUp 8, how objects are designed in three dimensions, 3-D printing and how it works, the limitations and mathematics of 3-D printing, and practical 3-D design. In addition, students will learn how to read blueprints to replicate objects from two-dimensional drawings, design, render, and print standard versions of three-dimensional objects, and create their own unique three-dimensional objects to print for themselves. They will save their work to an on-line portfolio to share with other students. Students will use two 3-D printers in the classroom and their netbooks. |
| State Course Code(s): |
| | State Course code not defined or retired. |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: |
| | Horstmann, Computing Concepts with Java Essentials, 3rd. ed., Wiley, 2003. |