| Approved Site(s): | |
| Approved for CPMA Middle School. Other schools may not offer this course without prior approval from the Interdivisional Curriculum Committee. | |
| Grade Range: | |
| 6–8 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| None | |
| Course duration: | |
| Two semesters; may be repeated for credit | |
| 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): | |
| 7000 - Exploratory Career Technical Education | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| Horstmann, Computing Concepts with Java Essentials, 3rd. ed., Wiley, 2003. | |
CTE-124