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3D Printing Curriculum Archives | Airwolf 3D

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We are excited to announce the newest addition to our 3D Printing Curriculm: Electoral Madness. Developed by educators Liz Ramos and John Stevens, this new lesson that incorporates 3D printing in the classroom could not be any more timely. As we quickly head towards one of the most controversial and widely discussed presidential elections in [...]

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Makers Empire | Design Thinking | 3D Printing | Schools

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At Makers Empire, we're always thrilled to learn about the new ways teachers are using Makers Empire's 3D learning program to teach across the curriculum. Here are 10 inspiring real-life examples of teachers using Makers Empire in the classroom. Click on the ideas for a case study and teacher interview explaining exactly how teachers implemented these ideas in their classroom. 1. Design an International Space Station storage container
At Maplewood Intermediate, teacher Lisa Hatton gave 5th grade her students the challenge to use Makers Empire to design a storage container that could be used aboard the International Space Station. Students had to apply what they learned about the ISS and the difference in gravity on the ISS compared to Earth when creating their designs. By working in groups the students were able to collaborate and devise unique solutions to the storage problem in zero gravity!
2. Identify and solve a community problem
At St. Stephens School, the 6th-grade students were asked to think about their community and identify problems that people in their community might be facing. They identified that their teacher's young daughter had a problem with her legs, and had to wear special straps on them. However, the straps would constantly fall off. Using Makers Empire the students set out to solve this problem by creating a specially designed clip that would hold the straps up. And they were successful! The students created a clip that was able to hold the straps up perfectly!
3. Learn with the buddy system
The senior students at Fulham North Primary used Makers Empire as an opportunity to mentor the younger students at their school. The experienced senior students were paired with a younger schoolmate and showed them how to use the Makers Empire software. The older students learned valuable teaching skills and the younger ones were introduced to the fantastic potential of 3D design and printing technology. One of the first projects the senior mentors helped the younger students with was creating a personalized Christmas ornament to give to their parents!
4. Represent your family's heritage
Second-grade students from Mont Claire Elementary School were asked to design a 3D object in Makers Empire that represented their family's heritage. The students had been learning about their heritage, and this was a very personal and fun task where the students could think deeply and synthesize everything they had learned about their family. Every student was given the opportunity to express their unique family history through a thoughtfully designed 3D object.
5. Create a stationery holder
Elanora State School students were asked to create their very own stationery holder that would keep their essential supplies organized neatly on their desks. Students first created their design in a 2D drawing. Then the students used Makers Empire to transform that 2D drawing into a 3D design. Each student created a unique way to store their stationery supplies.
6. Write and film a story
Year 1 students from Scotch College Perth and Presbyterian Ladies College Perth used Makers Empire 3D to enhance their communication, collaboration, storytelling and character development skills. Each student used their imagination to design a character in the 3D design app, which they then printed out. They partnered with another student and used iPads to film a story that featured their 3D designed character. This project took storytelling to a whole new level!
7. Prepare for a natural disaster
While learning about the devastation of natural disasters, the students at Scots College were challenged to design something that would help communities affected by a natural disaster. This cumulative task began with students investigating different types of disasters and the specific problems they create. Then, using Makers Empire, students designed a solution to the problem they had researched. Once they had created designs, students reflected on their product and its usefulness, encouraging students to view their solution in a real-world context.
8. Design a country flag
Kindergartners at St. Ann School harnessed the power of 3D design when learning about the American political system during the most recent US election. Adding this hands-on element to the discussion of social and political systems made a potentially dry topic engaging for these young learners.
9. Design a space rover for a specific planet
At Redlands School, when the year 5 students were learning about the solar system they were given a special challenge. They had to use Makers Empire to design a space rover that would function on the planet of their choice and explain how it would transmit information back to Earth. Students needed a solid understanding of the geographical features of the planet they chose in order to create a well-designed rover. Plus, through the explanation of their rover's design and how it would transmit information the students practiced their writing skills. Preparing the next generation of space explorers!
10. Create models of extinct animals
Kate Tyrwhitt from St. Michael's School has created some fantastic 3D printing lesson plans, and one of our favorites is when she asked students to create 3D designs of Australia's indigenous megafauna. Getting students interested in history and the distant past can be challenging because the concepts are all abstract. Kate used Makers Empire to bring the ancient megafauna of Australia into the classroom and engage her students with a hands-on experience.

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10 Inspiring 3D Printing Lesson Ideas Created By Teachers | Makers Empire | Design Thinking | 3D Printing | Schools

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At Makers Empire, we're always thrilled to learn about the new ways teachers are using Makers Empire's 3D learning program to teach across the curriculum. Here are 10 inspiring real-life examples of teachers using Makers Empire in the classroom. Click on the ideas for a case study and teacher interview explaining exactly how teachers implemented these ideas in their classroom.

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Are you ready to take on a learning journey that keeps students motivated and engaged from start to finish? The MakerBot Learning Team's got a great collection of 3D printing lesson plans to help get you started. You'll reinforce complex STEAM concepts with Thingiverse projects that encourage experimentation and innovation. You'll give your students the freedom to explore, design, and create new things, all in one lesson.

Many Thingiverse lesson plans come with step by step instructions, downloadable activity sheets, photos, and more. You'll keep them engaged with interactive activities like building bridges, designing artifacts, making 3D-printed games, and more. Read on to check out some lesson plans that are sure to excite the innovators in your classroom.

Science

With the Cutaway Earth Model project, your class can expand on Earth Science concepts by exploring the various layers of the Earth. Elementary school students can reinforce their comprehension of the Earth's layers by printing and coloring individual 3D printed pieces. They'll enjoy piecing together its layers to make their own world.

Explore meteorology in the Hurricane Patricia lesson. Grades 3 through 5 will learn to analyze the atmospheric conditions of a storm from the perspective of space. In just seven steps, they'll use embossify to create physical models of storms from satellite images, and then use those models to order them by their intensity.

Technology

There's a rewarding sense of pride that students feel after they've created a complex 3D print. One such project is the K-12 Design Project: Freight Car & Train lesson. All it takes is five classroom sessions for students to create their very own freight cars and trains. They'll learn to identify and model basic CAD designs, duplicate them, and assemble those designs into larger recognizable structures. Complete with Prezi presentations, worksheets, and step by step guides for each learning session, this lesson plan can be easily integrated into a larger curriculum. The lesson could also be adapted for other grade levels and class sizes by modifying the design or the project complexity. The Freight Car & Train lesson shows students that their ideas are just 3D models and structures waiting to happen.

Engineering

Empower students by giving them the freedom to engineer and build their own structures. In the Bridge Building lesson, students have the chance to design, create, and build bridges. In this lesson, each student must design and print structures that can fit together to make a 25 cm long bridge capable of holding at least 5 kg of mass. Once the 3D pieces are printed, they'll assemble the pieces and prepare their bridges for weight testing.

As Thingiverse designer 2teacher4u suggests, you might want to ask student to complete a quick report that analyzes and compares their bridge to others in the class. This report will help students look back on the engineering process and talk about what they've learned. The Bridge Building Lesson, originally created for third graders, is a simple engineering adventure that can be easily adapted for younger or older students.

Art

Your students have wild, vivid imaginations. With the Snowflake Machine project, your students can create their own unique 3D printed snowflakes. Using Thingiverse's Customizer app, the snowflake machine uses random numbers, mathematical algorithms, computer code, and more to mirror the way that snowflakes structures are created in real life. This lesson plan comes complete with tips and tricks and demo models to help you get started.

In the Aztec and Mayan Structures lesson, sixth graders design and print an artifact or structure based on Mayan or Aztec aesthetics. To prepare for this lesson, students research the two cultures, and use what they learn to create a design that's historically accurate. To finish the lesson, students present the function or cultural significance of their print to the class.

Math

The best teaching moments happen when you blur the lines between learning and fun. In the Beast Belly: Fraction Game, grades K through 8 are challenged to fill a 3D printed beast's belly up with tokens to make a whole number. They've got to see how many different fraction combinations they can use to fill the beast's belly. The game helps students add and subtract fractions, express whole numbers, and recognize fractions that are equal to whole numbers.

This lesson plan comes with helpful print directions and worksheets. The game gives students a fun way to memorize fractions. You might even hear them challenging their friends, well after the lesson is over.
To get started in your classroom or for more lesson plans, explore the MakerBot Learning Collection!

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Are you ready to take on a learning journey that keeps students motivated and engaged from start to finish? The MakerBot Learning Team's got a great collection of 3D printing lesson plans to help get you started. You'll reinforce complex STEAM concepts with Thingiverse projects that encourage experimentation and innovation.

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I would use the 3-D printing to create your own Avatar. In that way the student can give characteristic and have a conversation in Spanish to reinforce the concepts that they have learned. Also create a model of the house and identify the parts.

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This would be great to use in the math classroom, describing the 2D shapes when cutting a 3D figure, especially looking at conic sections and the different shapes created when a plane is cut through a cone.

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I would love to use the cutaway Earth model to show the students the varying layers of our Earth. It would also be great to have them design one about the moon.

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I like the idea of creating the story dice with verbs from Spanish to prompt students to write a story in Spanish. This is a tool that can be used continuously throughout the course and can be reused for years. Different dice can be created for different topics such as verbs, food, activities, places, clothing, etc.

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I think it would be useful for students to print 3D models of molecules so they could see how the atoms go together. I also think that a 3D working roller coaster that used only gravity to power the car through the trip would be very fun and educational for students as they solved problems.

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I think this is something that can be used across all curriculums. For our computer science and robotics classes specifically this is a tool that could be great for students to use. It provides students a chance to be creative.

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This would be wonderful to use when teaching chemical bonds. The visual would be amazing and something they could take with them to show parents and family and explain what they are learning in class

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I would love to use the 3-D printing in biology class to create a biome. We could do this in groups and give students the visual needed to really envision all of the parts to a biome including animals and plants.