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Subjects

Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 4: Tinkering with CAD

Learning from 3D design tutorials and applying knowledge to create a 3D object.

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Learning objective

To learn the basics of using Tinkercad through tutorials.

Success criteria

I can navigate the Tinkercad interface.
I can follow

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

Understand

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Quiz: Fetch, decode, execute and go through the questions with the class. Discuss any misconceptions with the children.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could be given access to the Tinkercad tutorial video web link so they can watch it as they follow the steps; should complete the basic tutorials to place, view, move and resize objects.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should be encouraged to complete more advanced tutorials such as creating holes and simple 3D objects.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: navigating the Tinkercad interface to create

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Vocabulary definitions

3D

Three dimensional
CAD

Computer-aided design software is used to create graphics, diagrams or other visuals.

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In this unit

Assessment - Computing Y5: Mars Rover 2

Lesson 1: Pixels

Lesson 2: Compressing images

Lesson 3: Fetch, decode, execute

Lesson 4: Tinkering with CAD

Lesson 5: Tinkercad design

Originally created by:

Richard Williams

Computing specialist

Richard is a Year 6 Teacher at St. Pancras Primary School. Richard’s passion for teaching was recognised when he received Suffolk’s ‘Raising The Bar’ award for Innovation 2016. With his class he made the world’s first guided VR:360 school tour and also a…

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