Mission
Mission
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Through the FCPS Fab Lab, students and staff will be able to make their designs come to life eliminating the need for schools to use their own funds, time, and space.
Vision
Vision
Eliminating barriers to 3D design and printing and building creative and critical thinking skills for future and life-ready graduates, ensuring equitable opportunity and workforce success.
Getting Started:
Getting Started:
Where can students design 3D Models?
Where can students design 3D Models?
For our beginning students, we recommend designing in Tinkercad. Students as young as Pre-K can design using basic 3D shapes or draw freeform shapes using the Scribble tool.
For our more experienced designers, we recommend Onshape for Chromebooks. On a laptop, consider downloading Blender or AutoDesk Fusion 360.
Chromebook Compatible
Chromebook Compatible
Where can we purchase our own 3D Printers?
Where can we purchase our own 3D Printers?
Our local partner and supplier for Bambu Printers is Complet3d. To see some great starter packages, click here.
Ensuring Successful Prints
Ensuring Successful Prints
Fab Lab 3D Printing Guidelines.pdfFab Lab Printability Guidelines.mp4After reviewing the Printability Guidelines with students, teachers may submit students' designs for printing.
Individual Student Designs
Class Projects
Special School Projects
STLP CDA Submissions
PILOTING NOW
$8 per teacher per month- cannot be banked over time.
Now Printing...
Now Printing...
In the Queue...
In the Queue...
Dixie Problem Solvers
3rd grade students are solving problems in their school community using measurement and 3D design.
Sandersville Shark Tank
New inventions take shape for the 5th grade students as they prepare to pitch their ideas to potential investors.
Past Prints
Past Prints
STLP Creations
Students across the district competed in a 3D design monthly challenge as well as the state STLP Creative Digital Arts competition.
Snowflake Math
Primary students at ACE, Millcreek, and Cardinal Valley used number sense and symmetry to design snowflake ornaments.
MONSTERS!
1st grade students at Liberty Elementary finished their monster library unit with a creative design challenge, design your own monster.
Bullard Fire Fidgets
Students are working on designing fidgets for fire safety week in partnership with Bullard. Schools participating are Rise, GWC, Leestown, and STEAM Academy.
House Swag and Rewards
Students at William Wells Brown designed and printed swag for their e-store and to build community in their school.
Deep Springs Divas Backpack Tags
After learning about women in STEM and how 3D printing is revolutionizing industry, girls in the after school Divas club designed backpack tags to show pride in their school and their club.
Dixie Elementary Multicultural Houses
Students researched homes around the world and chose their medium for designing and building one of the homes they researched. Several students chose 3D design.
Harrison Bookmarks
To celebrate Read Across America week, 3rd-5th grade students at Harrison Elementary designed bookmarks to help encourage reading.
Gallery:
Gallery:
Already have Bambu Printers?
Already have Bambu Printers?
Need help getting them onto the wifi?
Need help getting them onto the wifi?
Still need help?
Still need help?
Reach out to your District Digital Learning Coach!
Reach out to your District Digital Learning Coach!
Don't know who is your District Digital Learning Coach? Click here.
Thank you to the Kloiber Foundation for funding the start up of this initiative and Complet3D for their partnership in printing.
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