Grade Levels: 2-6
The easy-to-use tool to design, print, and assemble 3-D dioramas!
Making dioramas is easier than ever with this powerful new tool that allows students to design original dioramas on the computer and then print and assemble them. Students can choose from hundreds of historically accurate architectural elements and furnishings to create 3-D dioramas of building interiors from different time periods.
With Diorama Designer students will:
Learn about different cultures and ways of life as they recreate interiors
Combine multiple dioramas to create cross sections of buildings
Combine the use of technology with hands-on activities
Four historical periods
Print Features:
Print dioramas in 3 sizes, from 3 to 12 inches high
Print dioramas that fit into a shoebox
Print and assemble your own original 24-inch high puppet stage
Print your designs as posters in 3 sizes, from single page to mural - big enough to create a set for a play!
Print puppets, masks, and props for your classroom productions
Create original dioramas
Diorama Designer includes nearly 400 ready-made elements to make your diorama unique.
Choose from the following architectural elements:
Doors, windows, furniture, stairwells, fireplaces, wall coverings, people, household items, and more.
3-D people, animals, and furniture that can be printed separately and placed inside dioramas.
Use Diorama Designer across the curriculum
Social Studies:
Medieval, Colonial, Native American, and Contemporary American cultures
Neighborhood and community
Place and region
Community helpers
Math:
Shape recognition
Spatial relationships
Measurement and scale
Language Arts:
Models of scenes from literature and creative writing
Scenes for stories and script writing
Science:
Technologies and innovations
Location and use of natural resources
Includes:
CD-ROM and Teacher's Guide with activities and blackline masters, all in a sturdy vinyl binder.
System Requirements
Windows
Pentium 50 MHz Processor Minimum
Windows OS 95/ 98/98SE
8 MB RAM Minimum
256 colors; 640x480 resolution
Macintosh
PowerPC 30 MHz Processor Minimum
Mac OS 8.6/9
6 MB RAM Minimum
256 colors; 640x480 resolution