Tutorials
Each of these is a procedure you can follow start to finish. They assume you are in the shop or at a school computer, though some of the instructions can be completed at home.
If something in a tutorial does not match what is in front of you, stop and ask! Our classroom and classroom resources are constantly changing and this site is a living document that needs to be updated from time to time. I’d appreciate it if you sent me an email with anything that you notice.
1Setting Up Google Sites
How to set up a site to create a portfolio your work.
75 mins2Using vernier calipers
How to read an analog vernier caliper to get precise measurements
225 MINS33D Modelling in TinkerCAD
Measuring a real 2x2 LEGO brick with calipers, modelling it to those dimensions in Tinkercad, and printing a copy that clips to the original.
75 mins43D Printing with Bambu Studio
Adding your .stl files into Bambu Studio to "slice" the file into a 3D printable object, then connecting to a Bambu printer over the local network in LAN mode, and getting a clean first layer.
75 mins5Using a Hobby Knife
Create net-based polygons and paper crafts using a manual subtractive manufacturing technique.
75 mins62D Design in TinkerCAD
Drawing your initials with the Extrude Sketch tool in Tinkercad, building a vinyl sticker no larger than 50 mm square, and exporting it as an SVG cut file.
75 mins7Minecraft Redstone Basics
Setting up Minecraft Education and learning how redstone inputs and outputs work.
8Minecraft Logic Gates
Building NOT, OR, AND and XOR gates out of redstone in Minecraft Education, and testing each one with a truth table.
75 mins9Minecraft Clocks and Memory
Learning how computers store memory and generate clock signals.