My Group Product

Learning Gear

A 3D-printed educational product for Year 4 animal classification.

2nd Place Achievement

Winning 2nd place during the Gallery Walk was a proud moment for my group. It showed that our product was not only creative, but also useful for teaching and learning.

My Group Product: Learning Gear

For the Gallery Walk, my group created Learning Gear. It is a 3D-printed educational product designed for Year 4 primary school students. The product focuses on animal classification, especially the relationship between animal groups, animal traits, and examples of animals.

Learning Gear uses three rotating gears. One gear represents the animal group, one gear represents the animal trait, and one gear represents the animal example. Pupils rotate and match the gears to form correct classification chains, such as mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds with their correct traits and examples.

This product was designed to solve a real learning problem. Some pupils may become confused when learning animal classification. For example, they may assume that all animals that live in water are fish. Learning Gear helps pupils understand these concepts through visual and hands-on learning.

Learning Gear, our 3D-printed animal classification product with three rotating gears
Learning Design

Why Learning Gear is Useful

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Learn by Doing

Instead of only memorising facts from a textbook, pupils can rotate, match, test, and correct their answers.

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Trial and Error

If pupils make a wrong match, they can discuss with their friends and try again in a low-pressure way.

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Group Learning

Pupils can work together, explain their choices, and justify their answers.

Adaptability

Versatility of Learning Gear

One of the strengths of Learning Gear is that it is very versatile. Although our original version was designed for Science, the same concept can be used for other subjects.

SubjectGear 1Gear 2Gear 3
ScienceAnimal GroupTraitAnimal Example
ChemistryChemical TypePropertyExample
EnglishPrefixRoot WordSuffix
Bahasa MelayuImbuhan AwalanKata DasarImbuhan Akhiran
GrammarSubjectVerbObject

For example, in English, Learning Gear can be used to teach prefix, root word, and suffix. In Bahasa Melayu, it can be used to teach imbuhan awalan, kata dasar, and imbuhan akhiran. In Chemistry, it can help students match chemical groups, properties, and examples.

This helped me realise that a good educational product should not be limited to one topic only. It should be flexible and adaptable for different learning contexts.