3D Printing in the Classroom

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BOOKS ON THE TOPIC

• Thornburg, et. al.: The invent to learn guide to 3D printing
• Fleming: Worlds of making
• Hausman and Home: 3D printing for dummies

Certified May 2018

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PUBLICATIONS

• Why have 3D printers in the classroom?
• 3D printing in the classroom: 5 tips
• Invent to learn guide to 3D printing in the classroom
• How (and why) to get started with 3D printing in the classroom
• 3D printing in the classroom: case studies
• 3-D printing becomes accessible for high school teachers
• What is 3D printing?
• What is 3D printing? (Stratasys)
• 2016 NMC Horizon Report K-12: 3D printing discussion
• 2017 NMC Horizon Report HE: 3D printing discussion
• Teaching elementary school children 3D printing
• Infographic: 10 ways 3D printing can be used in the classroom
• Infographic: 3D printing informational
• Infographic: History of 3D printing
• Infographic: How 3D printing works
• Book: The Invent to Learn Guide to 3D Printing
• Makerbot: A guide to 3D printing in the classroom
• Finding purposes for 3D printers in schools
• 3D printers add  a new dimension to classrooms
• ​63 ways 3D printing is changing the world
• 3D Insider: Ultimate #D guide to 3D printing

APPS AND SITES FOR PROJECTS AND CREATING

• 3DC: desktop and mobile 3D modeler (iOS) (Android) (Chrome)
  
• Autodesk 123D Design (iOS)
  
• Autodesk Fusion 360 (Mac and PC)
• Autodesk Meshmixer (Mac and PC)
• Bld3r
• Blender (Mac and PC)
• Blokify (iOS) $
  
• Cookie Caster
  
• Cubify Draw (iOS)
• GCodePrintr (Android) $
• Morphi iOS app (EDU version $)
• OpenSCAD (online) (Mac and PC)
• Pinshape
• Shapr3D app (iPad Pro only)
• SketchUp  (Online) (G Suite for Ed)
• Sculptris (Mac and PC)
• STL Finder search engine
• Smithsonian X 3D
• Thingiverse (MakerBot)
• Thingiverse education (MakerBot)
• Tinkercad (online)
• 3D Creationist (iOS) (Android)
• Yeggi
• Youmagine

RUBRICS

• Maker project rubric from Blueprint
• 3D printing rubric
• 3D printing rubric from Canvas
• 3d printing rubric from iRubric
• 3d printing rubric 3 from iRubric

LESSON PLANS AND RESOURCES
Although these lessons utilize various models of 3D printers, they can be adapted for most models

• 3D printing lesson plan: Make your own Moby
• Makers Empire: Lesson library
• Ideas for 3D printer lesson plans
• 3D printing curriculum
• 3D printed entomology
• Insects with 123D Creature
• California mission circuit map
• 3D printing club: Lesson plans and other documents
• MakerBot: Thingiverse educational lesson plans
• Lesson plan models for 3D printing
• Hack to the future
• 3D lesson plan: physic-optics
• Prototyping a puzzle using 3D print techniques unit
• Autodesk 3D STEAM projects search page
• Grade 3-8 lesson plans
• Education in 3D
• Design. Make. Teach
• Tales of a 3D printer blog
• 3D printing in education Facebook page
• Education in 3D
• Pinterest boards: 1 | 2
• yeggi: a 3-D model search engine
• Secondary 3D printing curriculum
• SeeMeEducate Curriculum
• New Matter: How to start 3D designing with Tiinkercad​
• Online print calculator for 3D printing​​

PROCESSES AND TUTORIALS FOR 3D PRINTING 

• Additive manufacturing
• 3D modeling
• Modeling and design tips
• Review and preparation
• Project modeling and design
• Modeling and design software​
• Tinkercad: Online 3D modeling
• Convert an image to SVG for use in Tinkercad

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MY 3D PRINTER: MAKERBOT REPLICATOR+

https://www.makerbot.com/replicator/

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Kathy Schrock (kathy@kathyschrock.net)
Created: 09/20/2014
Last updated: 11/02/2020
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