Tinker Cad Snowmen - 3D Designs

As an extension to the Math project sixth graders completed over the book, "The Biggest Snowman Ever", students designed their own snowmen in TinkerCAD.   The computer assisted design software allowed students to use measurement tools to determine the diameter of each circular section of their snowman.  Once the diameters were established, students created a spreadsheet to display the radius, area, and circumference.  These measurements were computed using appropriate algorithms.  Another spreadsheet was formatted to show the materials necessary to actually build the snowman. Math skills were reinforced at the same time students learned how to format a spreadsheet and create a three dimensional design.