{"id":12008,"date":"2020-04-09T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/?p=12008"},"modified":"2020-04-08T11:11:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T15:11:05","slug":"apps-for-kids-at-home-teach-remotely-with-free-classroom-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2020\/04\/apps-for-kids-at-home-teach-remotely-with-free-classroom-curriculum.html","title":{"rendered":"Apps for Kids at Home: Teach Remotely with Free Classroom Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12022\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/a4kRemoteCurriculum_FBLI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/a4kRemoteCurriculum_FBLI.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/a4kRemoteCurriculum_FBLI-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/a4kRemoteCurriculum_FBLI-615x322.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/a4kRemoteCurriculum_FBLI-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/a4kRemoteCurriculum_FBLI-728x381.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With so many kids at home learning remotely, educators need tools that will help keep their students\u2019 attention <em>and<\/em> engage their creativity. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swappsforkids.com\/educators\/\">Apps for Kids Classroom<\/a> is what they\u2019re searching for. Classroom is a free interface specifically designed for educators to have self-contained workshops in an easy to use environment. Utilizing the Apps for Kids \u00a0collection of apps educators are able to \u00a0teach kids ages 4-14 about design and engineering workflows, Apps for Kids Classroom makes teaching, organizing, and learning easy and fun.<\/p>\n<p>To help ease educators into the new interface, Apps for Kids Classroom comes with free educator resources and lesson plans designed for different age groups. There are over a dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swappsforkids.com\/educators\/\">pre-written lesson plans<\/a> available for download that include sample 3D models to start educators and students off right.<\/p>\n<p>Topics range from creating 3D models of robotic drones to designing habitats for humans living on other planets to learning about animals by modeling their habitats, and much more. There are also Quickstart Lessons, based on classes <strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE WORKS Industry Process Senior Consultant <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2019\/09\/teaching-enrichment-with-apps-for-kids-classroom-part-one.html\">Michael Steeves<\/a> uses when teaching afterschool enrichment classes at his daughter\u2019s elementary school.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10065\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/a4kScale.png\" alt=\"Apps for Kids Scale Tool\" width=\"1204\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/a4kScale.png 1204w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/a4kScale-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/a4kScale-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/a4kScale-615x345.png 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/a4kScale-728x409.png 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1204px) 100vw, 1204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The following curriculum are translated into English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish, with Japanese translations coming soon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Animal Habitats<\/strong>: Develop and refine animal designers based on characteristics of their habitats<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Creating a New Dolphin Tail<\/strong>: Create 3D models of new prosthetic devices<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Designing New Foods<\/strong>: Design your own new food<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Living in Space<\/strong>: Design and create 3D models of human habitats in space<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Mechanical Models<\/strong>: Create an animated model of an internal combustion engine<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>New Jewelry Design<\/strong>: Create 3D models of new jewelry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Along with our collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swappsforkids.com\/videos\/\">tutorial videos<\/a>, the Apps for Kids Classroom lesson plans set up educators and students for success. Teachers can learn more about Classroom and sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swappsforkids.com\/educators\/\">here<\/a>. SOLIDWORKS is always looking for ways to support educators around the world at all grade levels. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swappsforkids.com\/educators\/\">Classroom<\/a> and the resources provided today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apps for Kids Classroom comes with free educator resources and lesson plans designed for different age groups. There are over a dozen pre-written lesson plans available for download that include sample 3D models to start educators and students off right.<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2020\/04\/apps-for-kids-at-home-teach-remotely-with-free-classroom-curriculum.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":409,"featured_media":12022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6549,4184,4183,5204,6712,5891,5380,5206],"tags":[5894,6455,4583,4631,4901,6946,5167,4375,6944,6917,5892,6945,4332],"class_list":["post-12008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps-for-kids","category-cad-instructor","category-cad-teacher","category-curriculum-2","category-education","category-solidworks-apps-for-kids","category-stem-science-technology-engineering-and-math","category-stem-teacher","tag-apps","tag-apps-for-kids","tag-curriculum","tag-educators","tag-french","tag-german","tag-japanese","tag-kids","tag-localized-curriculum","tag-remote-learning","tag-solidworks-apps-for-kids","tag-spanish","tag-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12008"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12023,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12008\/revisions\/12023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}