It’s not easy to find metric drill bits in the United States. For a lot of applications, letter, fractional, or wire gauge drill bits are accurate enough, are more commonly available, and are much more reasonably priced. This tables shows…
[sc:3dclub-intro] The older kids were out on a field trip and weren’t able to attend Friday’s meeting, so we set it up as an extension of the previous meeting, this essentially the same goals. This gave us the opportunity to…
[sc:3dclub-intro] This all-team email went out three days before the third club meeting. In this case, the older club members (and most of the primary leads) were going to be on an out-of-town field trip, causing them to miss the…
[sc:3dclub-intro] This email went out to all team members four days after the second all-team meeting. Their science notebooks had been collected for the weekend after the last meeting, but were returned on Monday. Greetings fellow Makers! School is out…
[sc:3dclub-intro] This post is the (redacted) email that was sent to team members after the second meeting. Greetings Fellow Makers! Our meeting this past Friday was a complete success, and I’m very proud of everyone I saw who was working…
[sc:3dclub-intro] With the 3D printer club now in full swing, we’ve already discovered that we need some supplies. I’ll describe how that process can work, using the very real example of what came up yesterday. This type of process can…
[sc:3dclub-intro] These guidelines were handed out with blank Science Notebooks to both the primary and secondary leads of each team (except for the maker team). The kids got right to work on setting them up properly. Here are some guidelines…
[sc:3dclub-intro] 3D printers are an exciting new technology just starting to gain a foothold in schools. Once built, a printer facilitates many creative endeavors and links to math, science, art, and more. Building a 3D printer is a great project…
[sc:3dclub-intro] This is the email (redacted) that went out to the complete list of club members about six days after the first meeting. (It was delayed primarily because I was awaiting comments from some of the advisers.) There was a…
[sc:3dclub-intro] Today Jacob stood up in front of a big group of adults and presented our collective work on getting a 3D Printer Club up and running at his elementary school. He showed the video we worked on, and although…