News — 3D in classroom

Taken from Belleville News-Democrat BY MARY COOLEY STEM learning — Science, Technology, Engineering and Math — is far from copying complicated formulas from a chalkboard. Students have to be able to take the classroom concepts and apply it to their future real world, educators say, and that takes practice. The kind of practice that comes only in a STEM lab. “There’s certain skills (still necessary) — you have to know three times three is nine — but when you leave, do you know how to apply those same skills?” said Principal Skip Birdsong, of St. Teresa. “We all know someone...

Taken from eSchool News Dremel 3D PRINTING mobile app for iOS and Android enables educators and students to select, build and monitor 3D models remotely As schools expand “making” beyond traditional interactive technologies, Dremel, manufacturer of tools for life and learning, introduces the Dremel 3D mobile application. The app equips students with anytime, anywhere modeling and printing as a part of the classroom makerspace toolkit. Compatible with the newly launched Dremel Idea Builder 3D40, the Dremel 3D mobile app provides constant communication with the next-generation printer. Students and educators can access a library of 3D models, queue printing of multiple...

Taken from Phys.org Scientists from Massey University have developed a simple 3D scanning and printing method that will help students learn anatomy. 3D digital replicas of a cane toad skeleton and the tough cartilage from the head of a spiny dogfish were made using consumer-level scanners. The skeleton and cartilage replicas were printed using a selective laser sintering 3D printer. These test cases explain how high-quality replicas can be made more accessible and make a case for wider application of 3D printing in anatomy. Lead author Dr Daniel Thomas of Massey's Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences says the aim...