Category: Design Thinking Lesson Ideas

Top 10 Christmas Themed 3D Design Challenges & Lesson Ideas

There is plenty to celebrate about students’ learning experiences with 3D design and 3D printing this year. So with Christmas just around the corner, let’s

4 December, 2020

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Learning at Home | Coronavirus | COVID-19 | Resources for Teachers and Parents

To the worldwide Makers Empire community, At Makers Empire, we’ve been shocked and concerned as we’ve witnessed the distressing effects of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. Makers

16 March, 2020

How a Teacher Uses 3D Printing To Teach Entrepreneurship & STEM | Design Thinking | PBL

Luke Drain is a classroom teacher at Carlingford West Public School in Sydney. Luke came to teaching after studying IT and was fortunate to secure

28 October, 2019

How a teacher and his entrepreneurial 9Y0 use 3D printing at school and in their business

Jay Wright is the SET, STLAN and Technologies Teacher at Vale View State School in Queensland, Australia and a new Makers Empire ambassador. Previously, Jay

20 September, 2019

How 3D Printing United My Class (and Helped Us Raise Funds for a Local Hospital!)

This guest post was written by Canadian grade 4/5 teacher, Jeff Hennigar. We are excited to share Jeff’s story and hope that it inspires you

10 April, 2018

7 ways schools are teaching Design Thinking using 3D Printing

Design thinking is a growing strategy for teaching at all levels. But what exactly is design thinking? Why is it important? Design thinking is a

2 November, 2017

How Birdwood Primary School students solved a sticky problem with 3D printing

Wondering how to use 3D printing to teach STEM subjects, design thinking and 21st century skills? Be inspired by this new interview with Bianca Laister,

23 October, 2017

How Forbes Primary School students use 3D printing to solve a common classroom issue

At Forbes Primary School in South Australia, students have embraced 3D printing as a way to solve a common classroom problem. Every teacher and student

3 October, 2017

How students learned design thinking and persistence by inventing superhero gadgets

Wondering how to use 3D printing and design in the classroom as an authentic teaching tool while engaging students and achieving curriculum requirements? Be inspired

29 August, 2017

How Braemar College created a sculpture made out of 840 3D printed blocks using Makers Empire

Braemar College in Australia celebrated its 40th anniversary in a unique way – the school created a sculpture made out of 840 3D printed blocks

20 April, 2017

Top 10 Back to School 3D Design Lesson Ideas

Many of our schools begin a new school year in January or August/September. The first few weeks of a new school year are such

21 December, 2016

Top 10 Christmas 3D Design Lesson Ideas

1. Design a Decoration Challenge students to design and print an original decoration for their family’s Christmas tree. The design needs to represent something important

2 December, 2016

How Grade 5 Students at The Scots College Solve Natural Disaster Problems

Students at Scots College are using Makers Empire 3D: Schools learning program to investigate ways to solve real life problems. For example, Grade 5 students

10 November, 2016

Top 12 ways to build students’ empathy using 3D design

Makers Empire’s Director of Learning Development, Mandi Dimitriadis, outlines 12 ways K-8 teachers can use design-based challenges to help develop their students’ sense of empathy.

3 November, 2016

Top 10 3D printing lesson ideas for 4 and 5 Year Olds

Makers Empire’s 3D design software has been specifically designed to be easy to use and to enable students of all ages to be designing in

17 August, 2016

How Living Word Shanghai students use 3D printing to design real-world solutions

Looking for new classroom ideas for 3D printing? Students at Living Word Shanghai identify real world problems around them to make the world a better

14 August, 2016

Top 10 lesson ideas for Grade 4 using 3D Printing and STEM

We see students of all ages engaging in exciting design challenges with Makers Empire’s 3D design software. Here’s our top 10 ideas for Year 4s:

2 August, 2016

How Elanora State School students used Makers Empire to create stationery holders

We were delighted to receive photos of some fantastic stationery holders from class 6G, made in the Makers Empire Blocker module. Great idea!

14 July, 2016

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