Unit: Google

Sketchup
Year:
Strand:
Description: Techniques:
Drawing 3d models
Why teach this unit?
Exporting between Sketchup and
Children will experience 3d Google Earth
modelling – an application
used in industry for
architecture and design – see
examples Process:

This unit can be extended as To create a navigable model

there is always something
new to learn with Sketchup
and it lends itself greatly to Concepts:
competitions.
To know that modelling allows us to
Children can download test out ideas quickly and
Sketchup at home and so effectively.
carry on their learning there
This unit links with digital
image software work and
work on google earth
It has curriculum links with
Geography, art, design and
technology and History, e.g
children could create a
‘Round House’

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National Curriculum Statements.
2 Pupils should be taught:
a how to develop and refine ideas by bringing together, organising and reorganising
text, tables, images and sound as appropriate
4 Pupils should be taught to:
a review what they and others have done to help them develop their ideas
b describe and talk about the effectiveness of their work with ICT, comparing
it with other methods and considering the effect it has on others [for
example, the impact made by a desktop-published newsletter or poster]
c talk about how they could improve future work.

Outcomes
Children will be confident in creating 3D buildings in Google
skecthup
They will be bale to export work in sketchup into google earth and
export 2d images of their models into graphics or publishing
programmes
They will be aware of how 3d modelling is used by architects to
create fly-through models
They will have produced a number of models in Sketchup and be
able to use this tool for work in other subjects
Previous Resources
Learning
Children Google sketchup
will have Skecthup training videos
had
experience Help sheets
of drawing
Other web links
in 2d using
paint A 3D Model of the new Bus garage at Swansea
programm
es.
They will http://www.swanseacitycentre.com/index.cfm?
need to be articleid=33083
knowledge Teachers TV programme featuring Sketchup and
able in other freeware
word
processing http://www.teachers.tv/video/32538
and be
quipped Download Page for Google Sketchup 7.1 and above

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some http://sketchup.google.com/
desktop
publishing
skills

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ICT Scheme of Work Year Group: 5 Term:

Topic/ Unit: 3D Modelling Sketchup Cross Curricular Links: History Design and Technology Art
Objective Teaching Activity – Key Techniques + Differentiation Resources & Assessment
Vocab for learning
Success Implication for
Criteria planning.

1 To gain Introduce children to 3d modelling by showing movie of software in action eg http://www.swans Note- this is a column to be
filled out by teacher week
familiarity with Swansea Bus Station – see hyperlink Talk about Sketchup and how if children eacitycentre.com/i to week – with relevant
the basic Google wanted to explore this software further they could download it at home ndex.cfm? notes to inform next session

Sketchup Tools articleid=33083

Open Sketchup and point out the man standing on the axis, his name is Zang.
Help video creating a
Elaborate on the zoom and orbit tools to show how we can move around the
kennel for a Nintendog
Sketch Up environment.
Success Criteria
Demonstrate to children how to create:
Children will have
created a simple  Simple boxes by first drawing a rectangle along the bottom axes and
navigable 3d then using the push/pull tool to stretch this into a cube
Model
 Arcs/ semi circle cut outs within these boxes by clicking on edge 1,
edge 2 and a central point between them (see video)

 Show how faces can be filled with colour/ texture using the paint fill
tool

Task Give children the opportunity to play with Sketchup and create Dog
Kennel for Nintendog, it must be painted both inside and out. Show class how
to save their model as both a Skethcup Model and how to export as a 2D Jpeg
model for display

Extension – Can children create a Skate Ramp

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ICT Scheme of Work Year Group: 5 Term:

Topic/ Unit: 3D Modelling Sketchup Cross Curricular Links: History Design and Technology Art
2 To combine a 2D Tell children that this week they are going to be product designers for a
and 3D graphic Chocolate company who have just created a new Chocolate collection. Show
package to children a number of chocolate boxes – for example Heroes or celebrations.
create a design Use Mathematical Langauge to help describer the 3D shapes.

Success Criteria  Demonstrate to children how to draw a 3d box – making use of the arc
– children will tool to curve of the edges – see help video
have
Task
incorporated a
motif drawn in Children create and save their first design for their 3D Box. Once children
Paint or 2Paint a are happy with their design, they will need to think about the covering
Picture into their
Choloate Box Use 2Paint a Picture, Revelation Natural Art or other graphics programme
design children can create a a motif of a chocolate and save as jpeg

Open Sketchup and got to the textures tool – choose material and import the
picture /motif – alter the settings to the desired effect

Demonstrate to children how to decorate and create advertising for their

boxes by:

 Opening Sketchup and going to the textures tool – choose material and
import the picture /motif – alter the settings to the desired effect

 Adding 3d Text and colouring this appropriately – again change the

settings o that it does not protrude too much

 Export/ save their boxes as a 2D image/JPEG

Upload image to Billboard Generator site and add appropriate text

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ICT Scheme of Work Year Group: 5 Term:

Topic/ Unit: 3D Modelling Sketchup Cross Curricular Links: History Design and Technology Art
3 To learn to use a Show children a number of examples of Houses made using Google Sketchup – Help video for creating a
range of some of these could be made by children at home or from a Google Image simple house in Sketchup
Sketchup tools search. Tell children that today they are going to design their dream home.
Google Sketchup Houses
accurately to
Revise work from last time – look at drawing out a box using the rectangle and image search
create a house a
push/pull tool demonstrate how to place a triangular prism roof on the house
house
by:
Success Criteria
 Orbiting to the top of the box using the orbit tool.
– children will
have created a  Show children how to draw a line from blue midpoint to blue midpoint –
navigable house the move tool can then be used to stretch the roof up
on a flat surface
without Windows and Doors Can then be added by:
noticeable
 Drawing out rectangles on the front and side faces
accidental
protusions  Filling these rectangles with either transparent or brick texture

Allow children time to create houses

Using one of the children pieces of owkr has an example demonstrate how to
drag a further rectangle out in front of the house end use the groundcover
texture to simulate grass. This could be developed further by adding
rectangeles around the perimeter and filling these in with the fence or railing
stexture

Some children may choose to go further by sinking holes within the ground and
turning these into swimming pools

Save model

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ICT Scheme of Work Year Group: 5 Term:

Topic/ Unit: 3D Modelling Sketchup Cross Curricular Links: History Design and Technology Art
4 To create a 3D Begin by looking at a range of websites featuring new homes for sale, for Housing Development
– model for an example Barrett Homes / Wimpey etc – see hyperlink Websites
5 audience
Discuss with children what is attractive about these homes, draw attention to http://www.michaelshanly
lawns, cars, trees and other accessories. .co.uk/new-
homes/essex/buckhurst-
 Revisit drawing a home and extend model by adding a garden and
hill/kingsmead/gallery/51
railings.
243

 Drag from top right to bottom left over the house and right click –
http://www.galliardhomes
create component.
.com/search/search.aspx

 Now edit, copy and paste – in this fashion a street can be built up ?quick=search.aspx
%3fquick%3ddevelopment
Task
Motivator – Poster
Ask children to create a small estate of attractive homes for people who want Making Tool
to move to an area near the school
http://bighugelabs.com/
Once children have had an opportunity to play with this function proceed to motivator.php
demonstrate adding components:

 Click on the components button and search for trees, cars or other
accessories

 Once these items are in the drawing, they can be scaled by choosing
tools – scale and then stretched to fit

These mini- estates can be as complex as the childs ability allows. But at some
point it would be a good idea to export as a 2d image and upload into the
motivational tool on Bighugelabs.com. Children can then make their own

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ICT Scheme of Work Year Group: 5 Term:

Topic/ Unit: 3D Modelling Sketchup Cross Curricular Links: History Design and Technology Art
advertising poster for their housing development.

6- To create a Show children a collection of images of their school buildings and discuss what See a Sketchup model of
7 suitably sized improvements and developments the children would like to see if they were a school created in
navigable model the architects of a new school Bristol
for integration in http://sketchup.google.co
Tell children they will now have the opportunity to redesign the school on the
Google Earth m/3dwarehouse/details?
existing citing site.
mid=bd522604745a01b4
Success Criteria
 Open Google Earth and navigate to the school site 5376dadba6098c68

Children will have

 Zoom into the area , so that the site can be seen prominently and now
a built a
open Sketchup – use the ‘Get Current View’ button to import to bring
redesigned model
in the base of the school site
of their school in
Sketchup and  Demonstrate how to build on the plan view of the school, point out the
placed it back in height and length of the building and how this needs to remain sensible
Google Earth
Allow children to use the skills they have learned over the previous few weeks
to build their ideal school. They could also add to the site by downloading
components .Once the model has been built – children can use the export to
Google Earth Button to place the model into Google Earth.

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