Alternative to Google Sketch-up

Has anyone used Google Sketch-up with 4th grade? Alternatively, is there something more accessible for younger children?

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Permalink Reply by Allison Hart on December 12, 2011 at 2:48am

What's your goal? 2d? is 3d crucial? I haven't gone that young, but I don't see why you couldn't give it a go.

Permalink Reply by Christine Nasserghodsi on December 12, 2011 at 6:22am

2-D would be fine. Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Steve Ruddy on December 12, 2011 at 6:16am

I have used Sketch-up with 4th graders last year and it worked out great. After teaching them the basics, we created a chair using the subtractive method and a house/landscape using the additive method. It was fun and instructive to start out creating a pyramid shape and exploring it through different views to get a handle on how something that looks like a pyramid from 1 angle can really be a flat triangle from another. This helped them to get a real handle on manipulating shapes in a 3d space.

Here is the chair lesson I started off with-

http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1...

Permalink Reply by Smita Kolhatkar on July 19, 2012 at 9:48am

This is very useful information. Thank you!

Permalink Reply by Tom New on June 1, 2012 at 6:41am

Maybe this will alleviate some of your concerns with doing Google Sketch-Up with elementary students. I came across this video a while ago; it shows a few things you can do with kids.