STEM Sparks: June 2025
Beyond Four Walls: Exploring Modeling and Simulation in the Elementary School Classroom
Bring curriculum alive with modeling and simulation! Explore the world of augmented and virtual reality in the classroom to amaze and engage your students using Orthographic Sketching, TinkerCAD, Merge Technology, and more!
In this presentation, Hillsboro Charter School educators Miranda Meadows, Stacie Kling, and Megan Tucker explain and demonstrate how elementary school classrooms at HCS model the real world of modeling and simulation.
The 32-minute presentation covers the following topics:
- What IS Modeling and Simulation?
- Modeling and Simulation in the Elementary Classroom
- Modeling - Low Tech
- Modeling - High Tech
- Creating a Tinkercad Account
- 3D Digital Model
- What is Augmented Reality?
- Exporting Model to MERGE Cube
- Mod and Sim Resources
After a thorough explanation of each topic, viewers are encouraged to try each technique on their own and become part of the "Mod and Sim" family.
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