Twitter Suggests Movie Essentials for Kids
Talking with my kid (tween) during the extended stay-at-home order, I realize that there are some major gaps in his education. He hasn’t seen a number of classic movies and is missing the… Continue reading
Category Archive: Kids
March For Our Lives Signs
On March 24, 2018, students across the nation led March for our Lives to end gun violence. “Not one more. We cannot allow one more child to be shot at school. We cannot… Continue reading
3D Model: Pumpkin Moustache
Outfit your pumpkin with a jaunty moustache for the holidays. Perfect for a hipster, pirate or even a prohibition themed pumpkin. Or turn off the porch light after the last trick-or-treater and slap… Continue reading
3D Printable Dash Accessories
At the April STEM camp meeting I was asked to 3D print bulldozer blades for a set of robots. One of the STEM camp teams was going to use Dash robots from Wonder… Continue reading
Kindergartners Make Marvelous Mother’s Day Pendants
An elementary art teacher asked me to help with a Mother’s Day project for her Kindergarten class. She wanted heart shaped cookie cutters of a specific size for cutting out clay tiles. I… Continue reading
Tic Tac Box Challenge
Challenge: Make something to turn a Tic Tac box into something new then share your design with the world. Yesterday, I finished a box of Tic Tac Mixers (Cherry Cola flavored of course) and was about… Continue reading
ISTE 2015: Geeking Out with 3Doodler
3Doodler was at the ISTE 2015 Vendor Expo showing off their newest 3D pen the 3Doodler 2.0. There were several artists at the booth lazily making models out of plastic. Some impressive hand… Continue reading
3D Design: Personalize a Gimbal
Personalizing an existing model is a great introduction to 3D design. It gives budding designers an opportunity to explore a well-designed working model. Teachers and workshop presenters are often under time constraints when… Continue reading
Getting Started with Makerspaces and 3D Printing – VSTE13
Makerspace is an idea that students can learn by making. Here is a video of my Getting Started with Makerspaces and 3D Printing session from the VSTE13 conference. Presentation slides as a pdf and Keynote. (There… Continue reading
Project Idea: Pumpkin Tooth Replacement
“Every year millions of pumpkins around the world are the victims of tooth loss due to physical trauma, decay and improper ‘carving’. The Pumpkin Tooth Replacement Project seeks to provide low cost 3D… Continue reading
Writing a $500 3D Printer Grant
Over the past few months, I have spoken to hundreds of teachers and students about 3D printing. Teachers are excited to learn that 3D printers are now affordable enough for the classroom. My… Continue reading
Foldable Rectangular Prism: Visual Tinkercad Tutorial
The foldable rectangular prism is a 3D printable manipulative for students to explore the properties of a geometric figure. The design was created in Tinkercad which is an easy to use and powerful design… Continue reading