TinkerCAD - Make Chess Pieces

Use an engineering design process and associated skills to design, build, and test devices, models, structures, and/or systems.

Describe practical applications of science and technology concepts in various occupations, including skilled trades, and how these applications address real-world problems.

Investigate how science and technology can be used with other subject areas to address real-world problems.

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.

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).

Describe how various forms of communication (e.g., group discussion, brainstorming), graphic representation (e.g., sketches, technical drawings, computer-aided design [CAD]), and documentation (e.g., research reports, design briefs) are used in the development of project ideas.

Apply appropriate technological concepts (see pp. 5–6) as an integral part of the design process.Apply appropriate technological concepts (see pp. 5–6) as an integral part of the design process.

Explain the purposes of building models and prototypes.

Identify a variety of tools and materials used for modelling and prototyping (e.g., tools: utility knife, CAD software, foam cutter, bandsaw; materials: composites, textiles, metals, clay, foam board).

Use appropriate tools, equipment, and materials to create design models and/or prototypes (e.g., tools: rotary tool, bandsaw, fabric shears, CAD software; equipment: computer, sewing machine; materials: paper, wax, clay, wood, metals, composites, plastics, cardboard, starch, textiles).

Prepare, using conventional means or computer-aided design (CAD), detailed working drawings and/or assembly drawings or rough sketches (e.g., section views, isometric views), as appropriate to the task, that include the measurements and symbols required to complete a project (e.g., dimensions, specifications, tolerances, surface finish symbols, weldments).

Create design models (e.g., conceptual, physical, virtual, theoretical) and/or functional prototypes (e.g., proof-of-principle, functional) using appropriate tools (e.g., fabric shears, computer-aided design [CAD] software, computer numerical control [CNC] machine tools), equipment (e.g., computer, cut-out pattern), procedures (e.g., tracing, forming, assembly), and materials (e.g., matt board, starch, linen, neoprene).

Compare various kinds of models (e.g., conceptual, physical, virtual, theoretical) and prototypes (e.g., proof-of-principle, functional, form study), taking into account the tools, equipment, procedures, and materials required to produce them (e.g., tools: fabric shears, computer-aided design [CAD] software, computer numerical control [CNC] machine tools; equipment: computer, cut-out pattern; procedures: tracing, forming; materials: matt board, starch, linen, neoprene).