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Lesson 2: Designing structures with Tinkercad

Using 3D Computer-Aided Design to make a prototype of a playground structure.
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Screenshot of a playground structure made using Tinkercad

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Explain that the children will revisit key vocabulary from the previous lesson about structures and constraints. Show the Presentation: Vocabulary spinner and arrange the children in pairs. Click to spin the wheel and read the word aloud. Ask the children to explain the meaning of the word to their partner (they could take it in turns for each word or help expand on their partners sentence).

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In this unit

Assessment – D&T Y6: Structures: Playground pioneersLesson 1: Playground design challenge
Lesson 2: Designing structures with Tinkercad
Lesson 3: Making a prototype of a structureLesson 4: Finishing a prototype of a structureLesson 5: Prototype evaluation
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 27 March 2026

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