Sketch+Up

=Google SketchUp= Google SketchUp is a free, easy-to-learn 3D-modeling program. SketchUp tools allow users to create 3D models of anything, ranging from something as simple as a circle or rectangle to something as large and complex a skyscraper. Users can add details and textures to their models. Users can place finished models in Google Earth or share them with others by posting them to the 3D Warehouse.

Teachers are using Google SketchUp in the classroom to teach perspective, dimension, perimete, area, circumference, and spatial relationships among objects. (reference; Wikipedia)

== Users can download this free program and learn it at home if they choose! = =
 * =How Can I Learn to Use Google SketchUp?=
 * [|A great place to begin: SketchUp for Dummies:]Over 100 free online tutorials
 * This is an excellent place to begin. Aidan Chopra, author of Google SketchUp for Dummies, has created over a hundred easy-to-follow videos on SketchUp. he will take you step-by-step through SketchUp. You will be amazed at how fast you will learn to create complex models.
 * [|Google SketchUp for Educators]
 * [|Google SketchUp Tutorials for New Users]
 * Learn SketchUp lines, eraser, circle, polygon, arc, freehand, move, push/pull, rotate, scale, dimension, navigation, paint bucket and other basic features.
 * [|Google SketchUp Tutorials for users who are familiar with SketchUp]
 * Learn layers, intersections, and other intermedia features
 * [|Google SketchUp Tutorials for Expert Users]
 * Learn imports, presentations, creating walls, doors and windows
 * [|Google SketchUp 3D warehouse: lots of examples!]
 * Look at other SketchUp users' work: bridges, pyramids, rooms, fire stations, etc.
 * SketchUp Quick Reference Card
 * [[file:SketchUp8RefcardMac.pdf]] ||

=What can you do in Google SketchUp? = Model anything you can think of. Have students choose a simple object they see in the classroom and model it in Sketchup. Start with something simple such as a piece of paper, a pencil, a book. Students will love using the tools to create interesting shapes and 3D designs.

=**Videos: Getting Started with Google SketchUp**=
 * videos [|4sketchupgo2school] and [|SketchUpVideo] at Youtube.com**

Click [|here] to see full size video || =Google SketchUp Ideas for the Classroom=
 * Getting Started in SketchUp
 * Click here to see full size video** ||  || Create Cool Stuff in SketchUp
 * Click [|here] to see full size video** ||  || SketchUp: New Users
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 * SketchUp: Drawing Shapes
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 * Click [|here] to see full size video** ||  || SketchUp: Draw a Chair
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 *  SketchUp Show #1: Model a lantern
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 * [|Elementary students Seattle Washington, Apartment Design]
 * [|Elementary student samples from the Isle of Man]
 * Build a 3D model of your school.
 * Use SketchUp to visualize the geometry concepts
 * Create a 3D model of a famous building or landmark
 * Have students build a model of their houses.
 * Create a model of an ancient pyramid.