3D Printer Club for Public Schools

This is the “home” page for a series of posts describing our effort to start and manage a 3D printer club at a local elementary school, with the ultimate goal of replicating the program at schools everywhere. We’ll be posting as many details as possible, including lesson plans and supporting materials.

The RepRap Project is the perfect vehicle for bringing a project-based STEM curriculum into the classroom. If you’re interested in getting this remarkable technology into schools in a unique and creative way that encompasses multiple disciplines (not just STEM!), please follow this project and plan to one of your own. To discuss your ideas with a group of like-minded community members, join our Google group.

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IMPORTANT: This list may not include all updates! Check here for the most up-to-date posts in reverse chronological order: http://www.thefrankes.com/wp/?tag=3d-printer-club

General Information

• 3D Printer Club: How to Get Started in Your School
• 3D Printer Club: Lesson Plans and Other Documents A downloadable set of lesson plans, available for free to any public school.
• 3D Printer Club: Team Structure
• 3D Printer Club: Promotional Video
• 3D Printer Club: Video Build Update! Video update!
• 3D Printer Club: Josef Prusa Talks to the Team! Video!
• 3D Printer Club: Update Video 2014 Update Video!

Tutorial Videos

• How to Set Up a PCB Heatbed (and cut glass, too!)
• Stepper Driver Noise: A4988 vs DRV8825
• Video: How to Make Bare Wire End Stops
• Video: How to Make a Hobbed Bolt

Meeting Follow-up Emails

• 3D Printer Club: Meeting 1 Review
• 3D Printer Club: Meeting 2 Review
• 3D Printer Club: Team Update (Prior to Meeting 4)
• 3D Printer Club: Hardware Order Placed!
• 3D Printer Club: Account/BOM Info and Update
• 3D Printer Club: Questions for Membership Team
• 3D Printer Club: BOM Team Update
• 3D Printer Club: Build Team Update
• 3D Printer Club: Member Team Update
• 3D Printer Club: Accounting Team Update
• 3D Printer Club: Blog/P.R. Team Update
• 3D Printer Club: Email from Build Team
• 3D Printer Club: What I've Purchased So Far
• 3D Printer Club: Message from Build Team
• 3D Printer Club: Team Update

Club Policy and Administration

• 3D Printer Club: Acquiring Supplies
• 3D Printer Club: Marketing Idea
• 3D Printer Club: The Club Website is Online!
• 3D Printer Club: Info for Maker Team Advisers
• 3D Printer Club: Info for Accounting Team Advisers
• 3D Printer Club: Message for Adult Advisers
• 3D Printer Club: Message to PARENTS

Supplemental Information

• 3D Printer Club: Science Notebook Guidelines
• 3D Printer Club: Science Notebook Examples
• 3D Printer Club: About Hardware
• 3D Printer Club: Printer Parts Diagram
• 3D Printer Club: Build Preparation

Club Formation

• Repraps for Education
• Free Sanguinololu 1.3a PCBs for Schools
• Repraps for Education Survey
• 3D Printer Club: Initial Proposal
• 3D Printer Club: Promotional Video
• 3D Printer Club: Team Structure
• 3D Printer Club: Director's Meeting
• 3D Printer Club: Hackerspace Presentation
• 3D Printer Club: Launch Announcement
• 3D Printer Club: Recruiting Help at the Hackerspace

Other Resources

• Printable Paper Rulers (Narrow metric)
• Clamp Attachment for Securing Rods and Dowels
• Online Cut List Generator / Optimizer
• How to Solder (Learn with a Cartoon)

Special Thanks

We would like to recognize and thank the following for providing support in our ongoing effort to make this project a success.

• Reifsnyder Precision Works (hotends.com) – The original J-Head hot end.
  
• TriDPrinting.com – 3D printer store, parts and accessories.
• LulzBot – Materials, hardware, electronics, and tools for RepRap 3D printers.
• Triangle Ecycling – Recycling Ewaste Into Education
• Printrbot – 3D printers and supplies
• Other companies or individuals in the 3D printing community, who wished to remain anonymous.