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Challenge 054 · Ages 11–16

Chess Piece Designer

Create a chess piece.

Primary STEAM area

Arts

The Challenge

What will your learner investigate?

Can you create a chess piece. and explain the choices that make your solution effective?

Learning outcomes

  • Create a three-dimensional design that meets a defined purpose.
  • Use scale, dimensions and spatial reasoning accurately.
  • Evaluate and refine the model for printability, function or appearance.

Connected learning

Design & Technology: CAD and prototyping; Mathematics: geometry, scale and measurement; Art: form and aesthetics; Computing: digital modelling.

Dream Areas

3D designproduct designindustrial designadditive manufacturingarchitecture