3D Printing

3D Printing (also called additive manufacturing) is a three dimensional model made from a digital file. Basically you are making something ! Why.

  • New Learning Possibilities – 3D printing provides students visual learning opportunities to experiment with ideas and creativity and create projects that you can touch and see. Learn from failures to create new a different ideas.

  • Promotes problem-solving skills – Learn how 3D printers work, how to use them, and how to troubleshoot and solve problems. By learning how to troubleshoot and solve 3D printer problems, students learn to practice persistence and endurance in overcoming difficulties while growing their imagination to innovate. This can translate to helping students solve their own problems in life as well.

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We are using the Dremel Digilab 3d45 printer which uses the Cartesian Coordinate Plain (same that we study in middle school) and if I explore 3D printing I get the opportunity to reverse engineer some of the products I make because of the slicing process used to create objects.