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| Grant Michel from 1st Maker Space trains John Marshall Students to use a 3D printer |
Through a grant provided by
the Central Indianapolis Community Foundation for entrepreneurship and
financial literacy, John Marshall Community High School was able to purchase a 3D
printer to start their own maker space.
Grant Michel, a liberal arts major, from http://www.1stmakerspace.com/ delivered the 3D printer, and provided the training. Together students made a chip clip from downloading a file from http://www.thingiverse.com/.
It took about 6 minutes for
the chip clip to “print.”
The next step was to create
their own projects. Using https://www.tinkercad.com/ students created a
name tag.
The 3D printer incorporates
elements of manufacturing and design to include: geometry, computer
programming, computer hardware development, CAD software techniques. Students learn how y=mx+b, the slope-intercept formula
actually comes to life as they plot points on the y-axis, x-axis, and an additional
z-axis needed for 3D printing.
The 3D printer uses .stl
files, which are like .pdf files, but pdf is two dimensional and stl is three
dimensional.
If you take a photo in a .jpg format and need to convert it to and SVG (scalable vector graphic, you can do so using http://picsvg.com/.
Grant written by: Christina Shepard
Blog entry by: Christina Shepard
