Printing In 3D

Recipient: North High School - Technology and Engineering Education

Joseph Groff, Teacher, Masha Brown, Teacher

Shanna Lewis, Principal

Project: Printing in 3D- Prusa i3 MK4 3D Printer

Classroom/Setting: High school students in Technology and Engineering Education, follow the course curriculum of Project Lead the Way (PLTW), to solve complex problems, typical of the day-to-day engineering and manufacturing processes in business.

Purpose

To learn and apply concepts, and problems to be solved, utilizing precise, programable, technology to achieve results, and expand the students' learning and skills.

Learning and Skills

Classroom concepts are applied to practical problem solving challenges requiring the student to plan, program, and produce their solution in 3D, which then can be measured.

To accomplish requires skills, original thinking and creativity. Applying the classroom concepts to coding, and programming using the Prusa i3 MK4 3D printers, then measuring the results for preciseness and accuracy, builds the necessary skills, and benefits the students for their other courses.

Building design solutions in engineering, printing the results in 3D, engages the student in the technology of design and manufacturing.

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Students create new, complex solutions to design problems using the 3D printing, which gives the students a better understanding of creative problem-solving and engineering.