Top MakerBot® Educational Stories

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1. Teaching for the 21st Century

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Nick Provenzano, educator at Grosse Pointe South HS, keeps

students engaged by integrating MakerBot technology into

assignments. Using Thingiverse as a source of inspiration, students

design 3D printed solutions to everyday problems, like a GoPro case,

earbud wrap, and more. Provenzano continues to modernize the

classroom with our newest product, the Smart Extruder+, saying, “it

has made 3D printing faster, more accurate with higher detail which

gets students more excited about design and 3D printing.”

• Engaging students with increased productivity through

design process and projects

• Best for grade levels K-5 and 6-8

2. Pieces for Board Games

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The graphic design class at Presentation Academy, a girls’ high

school in Louisville, created new board games for an assignment.

The students created the game pieces from scratch, printing them

on a MakerBot Replicator Mini.

• Inspiring creativity and innovation by highlighting the design

process and product development cycle

• Best for grade levels K-5 and 6-8

3. A Year of Innovation

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In its first year, the MakerBot Innovation Center at SUNY New Paltz

has made it possible to offer a new mechanical engineering major

and a certificate in design and digital fabrication.

• Inspired a new mechanical engineering major for higher ed

• Design/engineering to encourage academic

experimentation and iteration

• Best for grade levels 9-12 and Higher Ed

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4. Their Classroom of the Future

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High school seniors and juniors in Mayfield Village, OH, designed

and built a model of their new STEM center and displayed it at the

annual recruiting session for the engineering technology program.

• Helping to realize complex architectural geometries and

presentation models through the creation of a classroom

• Best for grade levels 9-12 and Higher Ed

5. An Elementary School Boat Challenge

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Paul Schmitz, who teaches science at the Léman Manhattan Lower

School, had his fourth graders design boats. Then he printed the

models on a MakerBot Replicator so the students could experiment

with how well they float.

• Designing boats to demonstrate flotation and teach

concepts in Science class

• Best for grade levels K-5

6. Stone Tools for Show, Study

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For an exhibit on human evolution, Hendrix College created models

of a Oldowan chopper and an Acheulean hand axe.

• Motivate students to study historical objects and

recreate them with modern technology

• Best for grade levels K-5 and 6-8

7. Golden Coat, 3 Legs, 1 Plunger

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Desktop 3D Printer (5th Generation)

Students at the Xavier Center for Innovation teamed up with a

Cincinnati prosthetist to create a fourth leg for Tiny, a golden

retriever who is training to be a service dog.

• Teach math concepts through the design of prosthetics

• Best for 9-12 and Higher Ed

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