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Year 7 - Design and technology

Modelling and assembling complex shapes in Tinkercad

Prototypes with mechanisms: robotics and automation

Unit Summary

Pupils will model with paper and boards and learn about sources and stock forms. They will develop 3D computer-aided design knowledge and skills, applying this by designing and simulating mechanical systems using TinkerCAD.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to model and assemble complex shapes in Tinkercad.

Key Notes

  • You can use Group, Ungroup, Align, and Duplicate tools to build complex shapes in Tinkercad.
  • The Scribble and Sketch tools are used to create and edit custom shapes.
  • Robots are machines that can do tasks; they can sense, think, and act.
  • Robots are often used for repetitive, hard or dangerous jobs.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • group: join two or more shapes together to make one shape
  • sketch: a drawing made up of straight or curved lines
  • robot: a machine that can sense, think, and do tasks with some autonomy
  • duplicate: make a copy of a shape and repeat its movement

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Robots will take all human jobs in the future.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

You can use Group, Ungroup, Align, and Duplicate tools to build complex shapes in Tinkercad. The Scribble and Sketch tools are used to create and edit custom shapes.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'group'

join two or more shapes together to make one shape.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Robots will take all human jobs in the future. Correction: Robots can sometimes replace people in certain jobs, especially when the work is dangerous, boring, or very hard for humans to do. People will still be needed to design, build and program robots.

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