The Chromatic Countdown Apparatus (a.k.a. Learning Tower)
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Designed this Apparatus (tower) to help teach my kids about polygons and color theory. Bonus, can also be a fun game!
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The Chromatic Countdown Apparatus (a.k.a. Learning Tower) I designed to help teach my kids polygons and color theory that can also be a fun learning game. The tower employs polygons from a Digon(2-sided) to a Nonagon (9-sided). Each polygon is 30mm high with a 10mm cut out in the top to place the next polygon. Additionally, the numbers can count down from nine to two. Finally, if selected, you can also teach color theory with traditional primary colors (Blue, Red, Yellow), secondary colors (Green, Purple, Orange), white piece (all colors), and black piece (absorb all colors).
Production notes: Printed the whole tower in PLA. Based upon my design and print settings below, the total print time for the complete tower is approx. 26h 06min. Great way to teach kids (students, partner, pet, yourself…) patience. With a total of 733 grams of filament consumed. These calculations are based upon PrusaSlicer 2.9.2 builds and Prusa Core One v6.3.3.
The constants print settings for all polygons includes .4mm nozzle, infill of 15%, no supports, perimeters set to 3, Layer Height set to .2mm Structural, and top fill of ‘Octagram Spiral’.
| Sides | Piece | Filament Used (g) | Hour | min | Infill | Color |
| 9 | Nonagon | 227.29 | 7 | 6 | Grid | Blue |
| 8 | Octagon | 170.96 | 5 | 39 | grid | Red |
| 7 | Heptagon | 136.04 | 4 | 41 | grid | Yellow |
| 6 | Hexagon | 86.17 | 4 | 2 | Honeycomb | Green |
| 5 | Pentagon | 61.74 | 2 | 19 | grid | Purple |
| 4 | Square | 33.36 | 1 | 39 | grid | Orange |
| 3 | Triangle | 5.78 | 24 | grid | White | |
| 2 | Digon | 1.9 | 16 | grid | Black | |
| Total | 733.13 | 26:06 | ||||
Additionally, working with our AI overlords, also created little games to play at home, workplace, or the classroom. Can treat as trivia or add points values to tasks/questions:
| Physical Manipulation Games: |
| "Speed Stack Challenge" - Time how fast you can assemble/disassemble the tower correctly |
| "Blind Builder" - Build the tower with eyes closed using only touch and counting sides. |
| "One-Handed Constructor" - Build using only one hand to increase difficulty. |
| Pattern & Sequence Games: |
| "Skip-a-Shape" - Remove one piece and have players identify what's missing |
| "Reverse Engineer" - Start with just the Digon and work backwards, naming each shape before placing it |
| Mathematical Challenge Games: |
| "Angle Hunt" - Calculate interior angles for each polygon |
| Triangle: 180°, Square: 360°, Pentagon: 540°, Hexagon: 720°, Heptagon: 900°, Octagon: 1,080°, Nonagon: 1,260° |
| Sphere and Cylinder: 0° (no angles) |
| Total: 180 + 360 + 540 + 720 + 900 + 1,080 + 1,260 = 5,040 degrees |
| "Edge runner" - Calculate the total number of "sides" in the tower (Answer: 44) |
| "Vertex Voyager" - Count and total all the corner points/vertices in the entire tower (Answer: 42) |
| "Prime Pursuit" - What is the sum of the total prime numbers in the tower (Can only use each prime once)? (Answer: 17) |
| "Prime Inventory Challenge" - What is the sum of the total prime numbers in the tower if each prime is added for each polygon? (Answer: 23) |
| Color Theory Progression: |
| "Primary Problems" = what are the traditional primary colors (A: Blue, Red, Yellow) |
| "Secondary Problems" = What are the Secondary colors (A: Green, Purple, Orange) |
| "Tertiary Problems" - These are created by mixing a primary and secondary color: |
| Red + Orange = Red-Orange (Vermillion) |
| Yellow + Orange = Yellow-Orange (Amber) |
| Yellow + Green = Yellow-Green (Chartreuse) |
| Blue + Green = Blue-Green (Teal) |
| Blue + Purple = Blue-Purple (Indigo) |
| Red + Purple = Red-Purple (Magenta) |
And remember, Hexagon are the Bestagons!
THE LORE: The models name with help from our AI Overlords..since we all know the 'Learning Tower' is not catchy enough….
"Chromatic" - highlights color theory education (primary → secondary → white/black)
"Countdown" - perfectly describes the mathematical progression from 9 sides down to 1
"Apparatus" - More scientific/formal but still implies a purposeful device
This is my first true 3d model design. Hope you enjoy it!
P.S. sorry to all the OCD folks…I tired to make these as symmetrical as possible, but ran out of free times…because…kids. May come out with updated version once I have more free time / more experience.