MakerBot Educators Guidebook 3rd Edition

MAKERBOT EDUCATORS GUIDEBOOK Chapter 4: Curriculum Project Ideas
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After printing, add tape to the back, and move the symbols on the classroom weather map daily to display how the
weather changed throughout the week.
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There are a lot of ways to incorporate 3D printing into projects and lesson plans - below are some examples of how
to integrate various topics in different branches of natural science (you’ll find other project suggestions for the other
subjects included in this book). Depending on your comfort level, many of these projects can serve as teaching aids
or be incorporated as a part of a lesson - all these project ideas can also be incorporated into Student-Led, Student-
Created type projects with a few adjustments.
FROG DISSECTION
Thing #: 258112
@MakerBot
Students will research their frog and its habitat,
dissect the frog, and consider how its anatomy
adapted to its environment. They will consider how
observations made provide evidence for evolution.
Licensed Under: CC BY 4.0
SPINAL ANATOMY
Thing #: 1855444
@TeamEpidural
Present the components that make up spinal
anatomy and compare these vertebrae using
3D-printable cervical, lumbar and thoracic models.
Licensed Under: CC BY 4.0
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