Category: STEM lesson ideas
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Top 10 Science 3D Design Lesson Ideas for Students
Makers Empire’s 3D Design software can really help young designers to think scientifically. Here are our top 10 design challenges for K-8 students that bring science and 3D design together. What Do You Notice? Scientists make observations. They are curious and take notice of the world around them. They think about their observations and ask questions that...
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Top 10 Mathematics 3D Design Challenges
At Makers Empire we see lots of great examples of teachers integrating 3D design and printing into different curriculum areas. Here are our top ten design challenge ideas for integrating mathematics with 3D design. 1. Use Makers Empire’s Blocker Module to create shapes and designs that have specific perimeters. What if students were asked to...
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Top 10 Mind-Boggling Design Lesson Ideas
We thought we would have a bit of fun with our design challenges this week and share our top ten mind-boggling brain-teasers. Makers Empire design software is a great place for manipulating objects in 3D and solving spatial problems. 1. Impossible Shapes Can you design a shape that looks like it is impossible? For example,...
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