MakerBot … it’s an Education You may wonder where 3D Printing fits into the curriculum. Try looking at these FREE resources on Thingiverse
1. Design Technology MakerBot in the Classroom and JumpStart will help you to introduce CAD into the classroom and help your students begin to design their very own projects using FREE open source software
THINGIVERSITY COMMUNITY, RESOURCES, AND TOOLS FOR BRINGING 3D PRINTING TO YOUR CLASSROOM
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Learn more about 3D design with helpful tutorials using these applications.
MakerBot in the Classroom Use this FREE resource which is available with a MakerBot 3D printer to get you started
Here are just a few other ideas, the suggestions are not exhaustive: Remember 3D printing only stops where the imagination does……
2. Mathematics 3. Coding The Snowflake Machine by mathgrrl, published Nov 27, 2015 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1159436 The Snowflake Machine uses random numbers, mathematical algorithms, computer code, and SCIENCE to create well over a billion unique and beautiful snowflakes. But all you have to do is click a button! Press "Open in Customizer" to get started. Alternatively download this Thing, and then generate random snowflakes directly in OpenSCAD – An Open Source CAD system which introduces students to CODE. Math Gear(s) by SSW, published Nov 18, 2013 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:185912 This Math manipulative is designed to appear playful from the first look. It lies flat on desk top, so it will also work well with overhead projection systems. Behind the mechanical fun there are several simple ratio exercises. The eight tooth "Idler" gear is supplied to add reverse rotation without affecting the ratios. Each interchangeable gear has built-in graphics to indicate the number of teeth as well as rotation position. Rubber bands provide tension to keep the wheels engaged no matter what the combination.
4. English As MakerBot 3D printers have cameras, students can take photographs during and after printing their designs and learn to use Social Media blogging about their creations When Students begin to Plan; Design; Make and then Evaluate as part of STEM, they are communicating, and they learn to understand how communication needs to be accurate in a work environment. This communication and engagement brought about by 3D printing can enhance their descriptive vocabulary and terminology of students. Engaging with the process of design and making things can help students to understand different forms of written and verbal communication. They will need these skills as they move into tomorrows’ world.
5. Geography Everest by PaulZC, published Sep 2, 2015 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:996311 Generated from NASA SRTM data (1 arcsec). XYZ scale is approximately 1:100,000. (90x90x88mm).
Europe map puzzle by chapulina, published Sep 4, 2011 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11216 Print all 39 pieces (34 whole countries + Russia's European part divided in 5 pieces) and test your geography skills! OR Print only the country of your choice! OR Mash the maps up any way you want!
6. History The Great Pyramid of Giza by Curriculum, published Apr 14, 2014 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:296260 With full instructions & Lesson Plan including Geography links with erosion. What we know about Egypt's ancient civilization comes from what was left behind. Archaeologists scour the region for remnants to piece together pictures of the past, but some clues are hard to miss: at six and a half million ton, taller than the Statue of Liberty, and as wide as 10 football fields, the Great Pyramid of Giza can be seen from space.
7. Biology Dissected Head / Skull MRI Scan by dodgrr, published Oct 12, 2015 Dissected MRI Brain Scan http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1068355 Human Brain by RichRap, published Dec 21, 2011 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13578
The Frog Dissection Kit by Curriculum, published Mar 3, 2014 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:258112 with full lesson plan The MakerBot Frog Dissection Kit is the first 3D printable curriculum unit for teachers and their students to download and 3D print in the classroom. Now you can teach students about basic anatomy without having to deal with the yuck factor of dissecting a real frog!
8. Physics Balloon racer by falu, published Jan 24, 2013 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:44315 Make teaching Jet Propulsion fun PYTHAGOREAN CUP by MonzaMakers, published Nov 25, 2014 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:562790 A Pythagorean cup (also known as a Pythagoras cup, a Greedy Cup or a Tantalus cup) is a form of drinking cup that forces its user to imbibe only in moderation.
9. Chemistry Chemistry Molecule construction set by andrewar, published Apr 15, 2012 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:21398 Print the parts and start assembling your own molecules. e.g. Ethanol Buckyballs - Molecular Models by pmoews, published Oct 19, 2011 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:12675 Chemistry and Design and CODE come together A simple molecular modelling program written in OPENscad. It's a derivative of the OPENscad program in "Protein Models". It contains two modules, "atom" and "bond". A call to atom makes a sphere and a call to bond makes a cylinder. Atom requires a radius and a set of atomic coordinates; bond requires two sets of atomic coordinates.
10. Art Students can see close up and study great works of art. Athena of Velletri by CosmoWenman, published Jul 9, 2014 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:196039 This over-life-sized statue’s original design is thought to be from a lost 5th-century BC Greek bronze. Many marble and plaster copies were made in antiquity, and they are all now named after the most famous Roman copy, the ten-foottall full-figure marble found near Velletri, Italy, now at the Louvre. Using Scupltris students can use a mouse to sculpt life-like characters and other organic shapes from a virtual ball of clay. And make their own designs. http://www.thingiverse.com/jumpstart/sculptris Digital sculpting is a modelling process whereby a digital mesh is pushed, pinched, stretched, and otherwise manipulated as if it were clay.
Every Classroom should incorporate a MakerBot 3D printer
11. Religious Studies Ruins of Machu Picchu - Temple of the Sun by jmil, published Mar 13, 2013 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:61202 Scientists have laser-scanned the ancient Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru. You can work with the data to 3D print the ruins
Ichthys Fish by McAwesome, published Jan 3, 2014 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218023 The name Ichthys originates from the greek word for fish: IXﾎ郎ﾎ｣ This symbol of the profile of a fish was used by early Christians as a secret symbol between early Christians. This symbol is now known informally as the "Jesus fish" or the "sign of the fish."
Every Classroom should incorporate a MakerBot 3D printer