3D Print Boats

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3D Modelling & Printing
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Grade 4 - 9
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Use an engineering design process and associated skills to design, build, and test devices, models, structures, and/or systems.
Grade 4 - STEM Investigation and Communication Skills. A1.3
Grade 6 - STEM Investigation and Communication Skills. A1.3
Grade 7 - STEM Investigation and Communication Skills. A1.3
Grade 5 - STEM Investigation and Communication Skills. A1.3

Describe practical applications of science and technology concepts in various occupations, including skilled trades, and how these applications address real-world problems.
Grade 5 - Applications, Connections, and Contributions. A3.1
Grade 8 - Applications, Connections, and Contributions. A3.1
Grade 7 - Applications, Connections, and Contributions. A3.1
Grade 6 - Applications, Connections, and Contributions. A3.1

Investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems.
Grade 6 - Applications, Connections, and Contributions. A3.2
Grade 7 - Applications, Connections, and Contributions. A3.2
Grade 8 - Applications, Connections, and Contributions. A3.2
Grade 5 - Applications, Connections, and Contributions. A3.2

Incorporate appropriate technological concepts (e.g., aesthetics, control, environmental sustainability/stewardship, ergonomics, fabrication/building/ creation, function, innovation, material, mechanism, power and energy, safety, structure, systems) in the design, fabrication or delivery, and evaluation of a product or service.
Grade 9 - TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS. A1.4

Describe the characteristics of a variety of materials used in the fabrication of a product or the delivery of a service (e.g., strength, durability, possible toxicity, lifespan, density, nutritional value, flavour, asepsis) and identify other relevant considerations to be made in relation to those materials (e.g., cost, availability).
Grade 9 - TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS. A1.5