Museum of 3-D Curiousities

Over the past several weeks, our Museum of 3-D Curiousities has been filling up with some amazing designs!

The 1st graders have been able to choose a design from Thingiverse to print when their name is drawn. They have selected some awesome 3-D designs, and we look forward to printing one for each of our 1st grade and kindergarten friends throughout the school year.

Here are a few of the designs the 1st graders have picked to have printed from Thingiverse:

kitten in yellow by Sydney (1st grade, Porte), giraffe in red by Hailey (1st grade, Boughman), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in blue by Alex (1st grade, Altmann), Sappington Elementary Super S in green made for Dr.Hamby from all of the students

crown in yellow by Logan (1st grade, Porte), Clarus the Dog Cow in white by Kaylie (1st grade, Fritz), Minecraft pick axe in red by Connor (1st grade, Fritz), and Hello Kitty in purple by Claudia (1st grade, Fritz)

Our 2nd through 5th grade friends have been busy designing their very own 3-D creations on Tinkercad. Tinkercad is the program we are using in the Sappington Library Makerspace to learn the 3-D design process from start to finish. They begin their design from scratch with a blank work plane, and the sky is the limit to what they can create. Each design takes approximately 1 hour to print, so once a student has completed their design they must put their name on the waiting list to have it printed using our MakerBot Replicator 3-D Printer. Our friends who have completed their designs have been very patient waiting for their turn to print, and have enjoyed seeing what their fellow designers have created in the meantime!

Here are a few of the designs that the 2nd through 5th graders have made so far:

house in white by Mia (2nd grade, Hageman), greenhouse in green by Maddie (5th grade, Folluo), pyramid with initials in yellow by Micah (4th grade, Timmerman), lamp in blue by Tamish (5th grade, McArthur), star with initial in purple and blue by Dylan (5th grade, Krueger), nameplate in blue and purple by Elizabeth (3rd grade, Clancy)

 Enderman in yellow by Xander (5th grade, McArthur), Creeper in green by Will (5th grade, Krueger)

egg man in white by Chris (5th grade, Krueger), heart with initial in purple by Alison (2nd grade, Steeno), key chain in blue by Sarah Beth (3rd grade, Skouby), initial rings in purple by Amina (5th grade, McArthur), nameplate with shapes in blue by Gavin (5th grade, Wolf)

It takes some imagination and a lot of patience to complete a design, and we are very proud of our friends that have finished creating a 3-D object so far. We can't wait to see what the the rest of the students will create! 

"I like our Makerspace because there are lots of ways to show your creativity."

-Morgan (5th grade, Krueger)