Mastering 3D Printing in the Classroom, Library, and Lab

© Joan Horvath, Rich Cameron 2018

Joan Horvath and Rich CameronMastering 3D Printing in the Classroom, Library, and Labhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3501-0_10

10. Language Arts and Social Studies

Joan Horvath¹  and Rich Cameron¹

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Nonscriptum LLC, Pasadena, CA, USA

 

People often ask us how to use 3D printers outside of obvious areas like robotics and art. Some of the most creative applications we have seen, actually, have been in disciplines that lend themselves to storytelling. We all made dioramas with cardboard in middle school, but we can now go beyond that.

One concern that we know teachers have is that they do not want to spend a lot of class time in history, literature, and similar subjects teaching students how to use a 3D printer (or ...