Now in Google Earth: 13-Year Old Students and Sketchup Cars

Phil Rader AIA

I'm imagining a room full of thirteen year old kids Laughing incredibly loud. That proud laugh with each of them patting the others on the back and saying the Italian equivalent of "way cool dude" or "dude did you see the bus crash"...I'm sure you have a handful of students that think your the coolest teacher ever.

solo

Smashing!!

guzman tierno

@unknownuser said:

I'm imagining a room full of thirteen year old kids Laughing incredibly loud. That proud laugh ... and saying the Italian equivalent of "way cool dude" or "dude did you see the bus crash"...

That's exactly it, Phil !

Thanks Pilou and Solo

guzman tierno

You know Phil,
I somehow needed to share this with you all 'cause the emotional tension
of showing in the classroom the result of their and my work
doesnt losen up easily ...

(hope my english makes sense)

RayOchoa

you know im like 14 years old right now and if you check on ma site you can see some of the earlier work i had done when i was the same age as those kids i think that since they alredy got the hang of sketchup they will use it in the future. By the way did you mention they could upload their cars to the warehouse? It would be pretty cool if there was a whole collection of "soap cars" made by 13 year olds

museummaker

That is incredible. I watched it three times.

There are lots of interesting animations on the internet but your work and that of the school kids is inspiring. You should keep doing things like this, there is beauty in the learning for the kids-- and also a certain beauty in the film.

I wish I could have done stuff like that when I was a kid.

Thank you

guzman tierno

@rayochoa said:

you know im like 14 years old right now and if you check on ma site you can see some of the earlier work i had done when i was the same age as those kids i think that since they alredy got the hang of sketchup they will use it in the future.

I know your works, they're really good stuff.

@rayochoa said:

By the way did you mention they could upload their cars to the warehouse? It would be pretty cool if there was a whole collection of "soap cars" made by 13 year olds

All the models made by the students are
available in the 3D-WareHouse,
here are the cars,
and here's the model used in the video

thanks for your comment

guzman tierno

@unknownuser said:

That is incredible. I watched it three times.
... there is beauty in the learning for the kids-- and also a certain beauty in the film.

I wish I could have done stuff like that when I was a kid.
Thank you

Thank You.

dylan

That is fantastic!
You can imagine the kids laughing so much watching this and feeling very good about what they achieved.
Really good to see.

Mr S

Hi,

Thats really cool.
I wonder if you speeded things up and added the Wacky Races theme music to it whether a whole new feel could be created. 13 year olds should love that.
I am assuming that you will know that Wacky Races was a very popular cartoon in the 1970's. (Oh dear, giving my age away!)
If you don't know what I am talking about, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlTlL53KGRs

Dick Dastardly and Muttley were very popular.
Actually, these are 2 cartoon characters SOLO should recreate!

Regards
Mr S

guzman tierno

Thanks Dylan.

@mr s said:

Thats really cool.
I wonder if you speeded things up and added the Wacky Races theme music to it whether a whole new feel could be created. 13 year olds should love that.

I think those are two good ideas (yes, I know wacky races).
When I finished the animation I didnt thought about speeding it up, maybe I'll do another version.

Some students did want to learn Sketchyphysics and are now producing their versions ...

Thanks,

caddict

great models and physics and video!

when i was a kid one of the best parts of building a car was crashing it afterwards

(i hope that wasn't just me)

guzman tierno

@caddict said:

great models and physics and video!
when i was a kid one of the best parts of building a car was crashing it afterwards
(i hope that wasn't just me)

Thanks,

Only after making the video I recalled the many afternoons I spent when I was a kid
building ramps and watching my big collection of cars going down, hoping for my favorite to win ...

JHuman

Great Job! Pretty good with the video production as well.

Huggkruka

If my math teachers were ever that imaginative... I love the video, and the car design is also lovely. It's a bit choppy but that's a minor issue. Well done!

guzman tierno

JHuman and Huggkruka,
thanks for your comments.
I'll be soon uploading a new sped up version, as suggested in various comments.
I've already sped it up and it is actually much better
(For some reason I didnt thought about it immediately).

About imagination:
I just started by thinking that Sketchup is easy, fun and 3D and that therefore
it was a good tool for studying and visualizing solids in school.
Then the students loved it and the ideas grew up.