Rob Morrill

Our ⁦@WoodlandPK8⁩ sixth graders are finishing their cam-driven automata projects. A mix of ⁦@tinkercad⁩-designed 3D printed parts along with hand-engineered elements, controlled with ⁦@microbit_edu⁩ and coded in the new Python editor.

Done and dusted.

Trinket.io design using #Python.

Is there a viable alternative to a conventional lawn? Cornell Botanic Gardens is testing sustainable options for replacing your backyard grass. The bonus: They don’t need to be cut more than twice a year. nyti.ms/3LjTpOA

@Disney_GBP_NPS @openblackboard @DesignMakeTeach @GirlsWhoCode The @trinketapp is a python environment that allows for neat projects of various kinds. trinket.io The @microbit_edu python editor is also excellent and great for this transition. You can use the simulator and / or a physical microbit. python.microbit.org/v/3

Fun summer class with some fifth grade champions. Using @trinketapp to make art.

Hey @relativityspace, my @StAlbans_STA Summer Program students designed and 3D printed their own rockets this week and today was launch day using our @airrocketworks launcher! Thanks @morrill_rob for the initial designs!

This is the second of my series of vases using tessellation patterns.😊 stl: than.gs/m/887330

@dcbriccetti @tinkercad Ha! Good catch. Unfortunately, yes.

@morrill_rob @tinkercad Cool. Do you have 2 middle names?

Eighth grade graduation today. My tie tail was a little unruly, but ⁦@tinkercad⁩ had my back. Monogrammed tie clip in 40 minutes, please and thank you.

@FairDealDave @glowforge @tinkercad Thanks! They are @tinkercad shapes exported as SVGs. I let the kids experiment with the pieces before eventually constructing their beasts and hot gluing connections. Heads are hand drawn, then scanned and also cut w @glowforge. 3D printing possible but much more time-consuming.

@morrill_rob @glowforge @tinkercad Could the shapes be 3D printed? Are these cut from stl files? Rob - Your ideas are always fantastic! Thanks for posting them!

Fourth graders learned about animal adaptations, planned fictional critters, created custom heads with ⁦@glowforge⁩, used ⁦@tinkercad⁩ designed parts, assembled & painted, and wrote descriptive plaques.

@MsHaughs @glowforge @tinkercad Great Q. The recycled cardboard I use is 4 mm, so the rectangles in the stock pieces are 3.9 mm wide for a snug fit. Kids draw their critter heads, & I scan them in the @glowforge. I then resize scans & add one of the rectangles so their custom head can attach to the stock parts.

@morrill_rob @glowforge @tinkercad Looks great! What’s your trick for creating the right sized slots for putting the piece together after cut?

More than 800m trees have been cut down in the Amazon rainforest in just six years to feed the world’s appetite for Brazilian beef, according to a new investigation, despite dire warnings about the forest’s importance in fighting the climate crisis. inkl.com/a/MxjjYEhRPXn

@OrlyNadler @makeymakey @scratch @tinkercad Thanks! Here's a piece a wrote for @tinkercad that offers a variety of ideas and resources to support this kind of project: tinkercad.com/blog/robs-tink…

@morrill_rob @makeymakey @scratch @tinkercad Would love to learn more about this project.

This fifth grade board game fuses US geography with ⁦@makeymakey⁩, ⁦@scratch⁩, ⁦@tinkercad⁩, cardboard crafting, and art.

An eighth grader’s 3D printed, ⁦@tinkercad⁩ Codeblocks bowl.

AI is developing at an exponential rate, and anyone in the creation or education game will be impacted very soon if not already. I found views from @salkhanacademy and @harari_yuval useful takes on different angles. Watch both imho. youtu.be/LWiM-LuRe6w youtu.be/_EfEoSP7oYQ

I'm SO impressed by the thought process here. In an amazing way, it feels like turning additive manufacturing into subtractive. Not quite the right metaphor, but it's turning the process on its head in such an innovative way.

I should have anticipated that my @Raspberry_Pi Pico robots course using @tinkercad 3D printed chassis would transform into Battle Bots:

New versus well-used ⁦@glowforge⁩ filter.