Unit: Google Sketchup
Year: 6 Strand: Graphic Design
Time: 4 Weeks
National Curriculum Objectives –
Developing ideas and making things happen
2a how to develop and refine ideas by bringing together, organising and reorganising text, tables, images and sound
as appropriate
Reviewing, modifying and evaluating work as it progresses
4a review what they and others have done to help them develop their ideas
4b describe and talk about the effectiveness of their work with ICT, comparing it with other methods and considering
the effect it has on others
4c talk about how they could improve future work.
You must:
Use Google Sketchup to create 3D buildings
Use Google Earth and create models that will be shared.
Discuss how 3D modelling is used and its advantages.
You Can:
Use Google Sketchup to create models for other topic areas such as DT.
Assessment Questions: (AF1)
How effective a tool is Google Sketchup?
What are the applications for this software?
How could you improve your design?
What do you think of others work?
Can you make some suggestions to improve?
Links to more info:
Planning - Below
Resources
Google Sketchup - http://sketchup.google.com/
Sketchup training videos
Help sheets
Other web links
Google Earth
Google Building Maker
Cross Curricular Links:
DT – Create a model before making the real object
ICT – Lunar Park – Unit.
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ICT Scheme of Work
Year Group:
6
Term:
Topic/ Unit: 3D Modelling Sketchup
Cross Curricular Links: History Design and Technology Art
Objective
Teaching Activity – Key Techniques + Differentiation
Resources & Vocab
Success Criteria
1
To review key
Recap Google Sketchup with children in class. What is it? What is it used for?
skills in 3D
What did you do last time?
modelling.
Challenge children to create a house or flat, and to populate it with objects
from the 3D warehouse.
SC – Children will
Children may need reminding of how to change the scale of an object, go to
create a 3d
Tools and choose scale.
model of a house
and populate it
EXT – Children to add objects to the external of the house/street.
with objects.
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3D warehouse.
Help video for creating a
simple house in Sketchup
Help video for how to
make a more complex
house in sketchup.
Assessment for
learning Implication
for planning.
ICT Scheme of Work
Topic/ Unit:
2
Year Group:
3D Modelling Sketchup
6
Term:
Cross Curricular Links: History Design and Technology Art
To understand
Where do you find 3d models? Children to discuss. Explain that Google
http://sketchup.google.co
where 3d models
Sketchup can export models to other places.
m/3dwh/buildingmaker.ht
are used.
Show children Google Earth – challenge children to find New York City and
turn on the 3d building. Explain as needed.
SC- To create a
model in building
maker and upload
it to Google
Earth.
Who makes these models, where are they made?
Show child Google Building Maker. Randomly find a building to build a model of.
Click choose one for you. Demo how to make a basic building. You will need a
Google account to save these. The children can all use one generic account.
This will need to be created before hand and also the googleearth
software and browser plugin e.g username: exampleschool@gmail.com
password: example school.
TASK – Children to create a building that will be imported into Google earth.
Plenary- These models can be imported into Sketchup and edited further.
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Help Video How to use
building maker
ICT Scheme of Work
Topic/ Unit:
Year Group:
3D Modelling Sketchup
6
Term:
Cross Curricular Links: History Design and Technology Art
3
To create a
Show children a collection of images of their school buildings and discuss what
See a Sketchup model of
-
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
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for integration in
Google Earth
Success Criteria
Children will have
a built a
redesigned model
of their school in
Sketchup and
placed it back in
Google Earth
Tell children they will now have the opportunity to redesign the school on the
existing citing site.
http://sketchup.google.co
m/3dwarehouse/details?
mid=bd522604745a01b4
 Open Google Earth and navigate to the school site
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 Zoom into the area , so that the site can be seen prominently and now
Help Video for Working
open Sketchup – use the ‘Get Current View’ button to import to bring
in the base of the school site
 Demonstrate how to build on the plan view of the school, point out the
height and length of the building and how this needs to remain sensible
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.
Children could take pictures of the textures of the walls and then use these
to add texture to there own buildings
Alterative – Children to make the school at it is currently and then move
onto designing their ideal school. Children could take pictures of the
textures of the walls and then use these to add texture to there own
buildings
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with Google Earth and
Sketchup
ICT Scheme of Work
Term:
Topic/ Unit: 3D Modelling Sketchup
Technology Art
Year Group:
6
Cross Curricular Links: History Design and
Unit: Google Sketchup
Year: Y6
Strand:
Description:
Techniques:
Drawing 3d models
Why teach this unit?
Children will experience 3d modelling – an application
used in industry for architecture and design – see
examples
This unit can be extended as there is always something
new to learn with Sketchup and it lends itself greatly to
competitions.
Exporting between
Sketchup and Google
Earth
Process:
To create a navigable
Children can download Sketchup at home and so carry on model
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’
Concepts:
To know that modelling
allows us to test out
ideas quickly and
effectively.
National Curriculum Statements.
2a how to develop and refine ideas by bringing together, organising and reorganising text, tables, images
and sound as appropriate
4a review what they and others have done to help them develop their ideas
4b 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]
4c talk about how they could improve future work.
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ICT Scheme of Work
Term:
Topic/ Unit: 3D Modelling Sketchup
Technology Art
Year Group:
6
Cross Curricular Links: History Design and
Outcomes
Children will be confident in creating 3D buildings in Google skecthup
They will be able to export work from sketchup into google earth.
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
Learning
Children will
have had
experience
of creating
3d models in
year 5. They
will have
created
house and
street views.
Resources
Google sketchup
Skecthup training videos
Help sheets
Other web links
Google Earth
Google Building Maker
A 3D Model of the new Bus garage at Swansea
http://www.swanseacitycentre.com/index.cfm?articleid=33083
Teachers TV programme featuring Sketchup and other freeware
http://www.teachers.tv/video/32538
Download Page for Google Sketchup 7.1 and above
http://sketchup.google.com/
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