3D Printer that was loaned to CTA.

The CTA high school physics class was loaned a 3D printer from Rick Mushing, a consultant from Kent ISD, who did a STEM presentation on future revolutionary technologies. These technologies included 3D Printing, Autonomous Vehicles and Artificial Intelligence. The high school physics class was tasked with creating a unique electronic device utilizing a 3D printer. Two projects that resulted from the assignment were a 3D printed car to go up a ramp in a unique way; another group programmed a race car game at a KCTC class, creating an interface with it using the Makey Makey software and 3D printed a steering wheel for the game.

The Digital Media: Stop Motion class had the opportunity to use the printer to create props for an animation project and the sixth grade students got to learn 3D design on TinkerCad in their science class.

The 3D projects also cover Next Generation Science Standards, which were adopted by the Michigan Department of Education in November 2015 and is a multi-state effort to create new education standards that are rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education.

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