Winter Design Challenge

There will be prizes awarded for the Top Three Snowflake Designs. Post under #PolarSnowflakeChallenge on social channels to share your designs.

Nature is capable of creating precise, mesmerizing patterns. At this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere, one of our favorites is the snowflake.

Snowflakes start as tiny hexagons as they fall through various cloud layers, with each change in temperature and humidity adding to the six arms. As the flake travels to Earth, each arm will experience the same changes, resulting in the intricate and symmetrical crystalline shapes we see.

 

For the Patterns in Nature design challenge, you will:

  1. Design a symmetrical snowflake using Tinkercad

  2. Upload and Publish on the Polar Cloud under the “Contest” category

  3. Tag your object with #GEAEP and the name of your school

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JUDGING:

The 10 submissions with the most likes will be entered into the judging based on the following characteristics:

  • Printability

  • Design Execution

  • Creativity

PRIZES:

  • Grand Prize: A Polar Cloud Enabled 3D Printer awarded to your school

  • 2nd Place: $50 donation to your School Store

  • 3rd Place: $25 donation to your School Store




BONUS! USING CODEBLOCKS

This challenge will favor designs that are designed using Tinkercad’s Codeblocks environment. If your school has participated in Hour of Code or want to think laterally about 3D design, we highly recommend you try Codeblocks from Tinkercad. Starting a design in Codeblocks is easy, just select “Codeblocks” from the design bar on the left and then “Create new Codeblock”.

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To learn how to use Tinkercad Codeblocks to create a snowflake, check out one of the video tutorials below.

 
 

If you need more help, please check out the Codeblocks Quick Start Guide on Instructables or the one dedicated entirely to Snowflakes. Starting a new Codeblock design is easy.

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