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Three-dimensional (3D) technologies and robotic tools are new educational instruments that have entered our lives with the rapid development of technology. This study aims to investigate the effects of integrated teaching with 3D technologies and robotic tools on the development of engineering and project design skills of gifted students. A case study was used in the study. The study participants were eight secondary school students attending a science and arts center in a public school system. Data were collected using student interview forms, a rubric for engineering and project design skills, an observer-teacher rubric, student and researcher diaries, and document analysis. The results showed that students generally developed their skills in applying engineering design skills, presented project designs on various topics, and used 3D technologies and robotics tools by integrating them into solving problems in daily life. The results also showed that students improved their ability to pose everyday problems and connect them to the science course, create research questions, and establish cause-and-effect relationships to the problem.