Manual: 3D printers at school | For teachers

MakerBot 3D printers have become an important tool in more than 5000 schools in the United States and many others around the world. Many teachers would like to introduce 3D printing into schools and classrooms to teach their students hands-on problem solving in STEM subjects & teamwork and prepare them for the professional world. But in order to teach something, you first have to learn it yourself.

For all teachers who have never used a 3D printer before, MakerBot has written the manual “MakerBot in the Classroom: An Introduction to 3D Printing and Design“. This handbook also contains a lot of useful information for teachers who are already familiar with 3D printing. The small teaching aid is divided into three sections: An introduction to 3D printing technology, explanations of how to download, scan and design models for 3D printing, and 3D printing projects as exemplary examples to copy or develop further. Each project introduces a different CAD freeware & a different modeling technique. The project “Make Your Own Country”, which turns students into surveyors of a new world, is based on the freeware Tinkercad.

Please note: The introductory manual “MakerBot in the Classroom” is currently only available in English. It will also be available in German from mid-July.

You can find a sample of a chapter & project here.

Do you already own a MakerBot Replicator 3D printer from Scheuss & Partner?
Send us your customer details and the serial number of your device.
We will then send you an e-mail containing a download link to the complete 144-page version.

You can download the “MakerBot in the Classroom” manual for free if you have registered your MakerBot Replicator.

This handbook is part of an ongoing effort to better promote and support 3D printing in schools & education. Looking ahead, we are also pleased to announce that we will soon be launching the Edu-Portal with many useful instructions, tutorials, didactic-methodical tips and much more.