PrintLab Classroom is an online platform of 3D printing lesson plans combined with a certified teacher training course. The curriculum is aligned to a range of standards across different subject areas and challenges students to design assistive technology, reusable packaging prototypes and more.
Lesson Plans:
3D scan allows students to physically and digitally model abstract concepts. It helps reverse engineering; objects that lack technical drawings to be deconstructed and understood. Students can create, scan and study a piece of equipment or part. Once scanned, the model can be reshaped or resized in use to suit new requirements, or students may recreate their own version of the structure.
PrintLab has created a series of lessons for K-12 students that encourage students to use digital tools to present their ideas and collaborate in collaborative groups to use technology.
In this toolkit, the entire process from 3D scanning to 3D printing is integrated, which is also designed to cover all aspects of reverse design, 3D modeling, and rapid prototyping, helping students to apply 3D tools to real-life scenarios and allowing them to practice creative problem-solving. These include but are not limited to: scanning a conch and 3D designing it to 3D print a custom homeware, scanning a classroom object made of clay and converting it into a digital model, using 3D scan data and post software to repair damaged artifacts, etc.