Putting
in the WOW factor! 3D image projection in
Engineering and Maths
School:
South Hunsley School
Fellow: Mike Cargill
Email: michael.cargill@shunsley.eril.net
Interim report:
What I love about this project
is the way it has allowed us to bring together
two obvious partners, these being 3D subjects
(Engineering and Maths) with 3D visualisation
techniques. It is a natural progression for
those students and staff who have become used
to 3D CAD and it challenges the norm of teaching
of 3D concepts through 2D media. Hull University,
through their Hull Immersive Visualisation
Environment (HIVE), are providing the 3D
facility.
Three parts to the project have been in
progress:
GCSE Engineering students will complete
their coursework design proposals on
Pro/Desktop and present them to their
client at HIVE. One group has successfully
completed this phase and a second group
is booked in to go at the start of
December 2007. The spirit of the engineering
course was truly in there, the client
could see and understand the model,
and view/zoom in from all angles. For
the next visit we will be enhancing
the visualisation by using an interactive
slicing facility and incorporating
more specification links to justify
the model against original criteria.
GCSE Engineering present their 4x4
chassis designs at HIVE.
July 07.
70 Year 6 pupils from our seven partner
primary schools are visiting HIVE through
January and February 2007 to experience
3D maths sessions – during which
we will be making 3D ‘sliceforms’ and
interactively exploring solid geometry.
Year 13 maths students working on
3D motion are giving the biggest challenge
at present. We are planning to create
3D animated fairground ride models
and use the HIVE facility to extend
our understanding of the path of the
motion.
