MakerBot Educators Guidebook 3rd Edition

MAKERBOT EDUCATORS GUIDEBOOK Chapter 4: Curriculum Project Ideas
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PART TO WHOLE
Fraction blocks can be used to not only show
students a comparison between part to whole, but
also as manipulatives to add and subtract fractions.
XYZ CARTESIAN PLANE
Allow students to better visualize coordinates in 3D
space with an XYZ Cartesian Plane.
DEFINE THE ALGORITHM
Students can design their own version of the famous
mathematical game ‘Towers of Hanoi’ and write
their own logic to solve the puzzle and move the
tower from one side to the other. Take it further and
have students write a proof for the logic they used to
solve the puzzle.
SINE AND COSINE
Help students develop a better understanding of
trigonometric functions with 3D-printed stencils and
manipulatives.
BRAILLE MULTIPLICATION TABLE
Assist visually-impaired students to review their
times table with tactile multiplications table.
TANGENTS AND MATH THEOREMS
Explore the physical representations of tangents,
Mean Value Theorem and Rolle’s Theorem using
3D-printed manipulatives.
SPIROGRAPH
With colorful pens, a sheet of paper and 3D printed
spirographs, students can start creating colorful
geometric designs. Students can go further and
explore how the geometries that the spirographs
produce are mathematically significant and
discern the differences between epitrochoids and
hypotrochoid curves.
SECTION 4.4
Robotics
The marriage of 3D printing and robotics is pushing the boundaries of STEM education. Learning how to build and
maintain machines from the ground up offers students an incomparable experience that can be applied outside
of the classroom. Through hands-on experience, students learn the basics of mechanical engineering and design
thinking and further their understanding of the inner workings of different components and how they work together to
function as a whole.
ROBOTICS PROJECTS TO GET STARTED ON
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