3D Printing Solutions to World Issues – Webinar Recording
The second presentation in the Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference was Jeremy Rinkel’s 3D Printing Solutions to World Issues. Here’s how Jeremy described the presentation, With an emphasis and focus on the UN Sustainability Goals, students were challenged to create prototypes or products that would be beneficial in assisting communities and countries in reaching the […]
Manufacture Your Future – A Discovery Virtual Field Trip
Next Friday at 1pm EDT Discovery Education is a hosting a virtual field trip titled Manufacture Your Future. The virtual field trip will take students to the Arconic plant in Texas where they’ll learn about the 3D printing in the context of the aerospace industry. During the virtual field trip students will hear from engineers […]
Geometry at Mount Rushmore – A Math Lesson
CyArk is an organization building an online library of 3D models of the world’s cultural heritage sites. Mount Rushmore is one of the places that CyArk features in their galleries of 3D models. You can find the entire collection of places here. Applications for Education In the CyArk lesson plan collection you will find a handful of lesson plans […]
View and Print in 3D More Than 200 Objects from The British Museum
The British Museum collection on Sketchfab contains 252 3D models of artifacts in The British Museum’s collections. You can view these models in 3D in your web browser or in a virtual reality viewer. (To view the models in your browser your browser needs to support WebGL, you can test your browser here). If you […]
View and Print 3D Models of Smithsonian Artifacts
Smithsonian X 3D (SIx3D) offers a neat way for students to learn about artifacts from the Smithsonian museums. The site is the result of a collaboration between Autodesk and the Smithsonian Institution. More than artifacts are currently featured on Smithsonian X 3D. The artifacts can be viewed as 3D models that you can virtually manipulate. Many […]
Penguins and 3D Printers
We went to the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas today and saw endangered African penguins. Seeing the penguins immediately reminded me of the story of Purps the Penguin. Purps is a penguin at the Mystic Aquarium who was helped by middle school students who designed and printed a walking boot for Purps when she was […]
5 Ways Students Can Earn Money Without Flipping Burgers
One of the talks that I give from time to time is titled Preparing Students to Work and Learn Independently. The focus of the talk is to help people understand the learning and employment opportunities that exist today that didn’t exist 10-15 years ago. One part of the talk includes examples of the kinds of […]
Purps the Penguin Helped by Kids With a 3D Printer
Image Credit: Charlesjsharp – Dec 6, 2009 3D printers can provide students with a powerful tool to use in developing solutions to all kinds of problems. Read Write Web recently featured a fantastic example of students using a 3D printer to solve a problem. With the help of their school’s library media specialist, Sue Prince, […]