![]() in the second lesson I ask the children to create a future representation of our school which they can temporarily place onto Google Earth at the end (I have a snapshot of the aerial photo already loaded into a template Skechup file for them to build on with the: X, Y and Z axes already correctly positioned).in the first lesson, I give the children a quick tutorial on how to build a simple house before then letting them have a go at exploring building their own, encouraging them to try out different tools to find out what their effects are (e.g.I've found that two lessons is normally sufficient enough to cover Sketchup because it gives the children enough time to see what its potential uses are without having to dwell too much on getting their designs perfectly accurate - something which I think is unnecessary at this age and which would likely take away the 'wow' factor of the program from them. Last year, for instance, I had one boy demonstrate some outstanding work that he had done adding fine interior decorations to a house and this year I had one child discover how to create a square-based pryamid by himself! ![]() Usually some of the children are so amazed by the capabilities of the program that they boast about how they intend to download it at home. ![]() I cover Sketchup with Year 6 each year and I always like seeing the reactions on their faces as they turn their designs into 3D and rotate around their constructions for the first time. I would consider it to be quite a complex, 'professional' piece of software but I have found that children in upper KS2 can be taught enough of its basic tools quite easily for them to create quite pleasing models with. ![]() Google Sketchup is a free graphical modelling program that enables you to create 3D representations of buildings and structures on your computer screen. ![]()
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