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Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the Netherlands’ national natural history museum, is using 3D printing to create both partial and full dinosaur skeletons for public display.

• History
• Informal learning

A 3D printing club emerges at College of the Dessert to help make ideas accessible to all students

• Special education
• Technology

Michael Delaney writes about his iterative process of integrating electronics and 3D printing in his programmable quadcopter project.

• Informal learning
• Technology

Part of the mission from Ultimaker North America's Community team is to help educators get up and running with 3D printing and to help them find meaningful ways to integrate the technology into their curriculum while celebrating their successes. When we w

• Secondary education
• History

Pioneer Christopher Sweeney shares the work he did with 3D printing and the Smithsonian Learning Lab to create collections of educational resources, organized and structured for teaching and learning.

• Informal learning
• Art

What is the best way to teach concepts like surface area and volume relating to mathematical objects in a three-dimensional world? The curricular design team at Harvard University thinks the...

• University
• Mathematics

If it’s happening in Ultimaker’s world, you can find out about it here. 3D printing stories about inspiring moments, original 3D printed projects and much much more.

• Informal learning
• Mathematics

Tinkercad released Codeblocks last June, and now that it's out of Beta, Pioneer Rob Morrill tells us how he uses it.

• Informal learning
• Technology

When Ultimaker Pioneer Alex Larson contacted me about the Ultibot-D project, I was super excited. As a teacher and parent, I am a huge cheerleader for risk. I printed the base models at ⅕ scale and gave it to my students to explore

• Primary education
• Technology

Pioneer Dr Toni Szymanski writes about summer fun at camp with 4th and 5th graders, math, and 3D printing.

• Primary education
• Mathematics

Guest blogger Astrida Valigorsky writes about combining the old and the new at Timothy Belliveau's GlitchCraft class where students combined 3D printing and glass blowing.

• Informal learning
• Technology

Pioneer Andrew Woodbridge uses Basecamp to organize his students' projects, and he explains how you can too.

• Secondary education
• Technology

Passing it on. After integrating 3D printing into her own math courses, Kristen Schreck helps spread 3D printing across disciplines at Saint Xavier University.

• University
• Science

Pioneer Joanne Barrett shares about a middle school project that combines 3D printing, Augmented Reality, History, and Art.

• Secondary education
• History

A recent NetFabb workshop convinced the writer that they can't live without this application. See why it's time to take another look at Netfabb.

• Secondary education
• Technology

Inspired by NASA printed in space wrench, Pioneer Rob Morrill gave his fifth graders a design challenge to design their own real-world tool.

• Primary education
• Engineering

Pioneer Chris Hanusa shares one way he integrated 3D printing into his Integral Calculus class

• University
• Mathematics

US Professor Joshua Pearce, sponsored by Fulbright Finland for Research, shares his first impressions of Finnish libraries.

• Informal learning
• Technology

Pioneer John Nordell enlisted his students to put the Art and Innovation Lab together. The result was one of the best experiences he has had as an educator.

• University
• Technology

Pioneer Dr. Toni Szymanski thought that 3D printing could engage students in math classes. To test this out, she had to learn all about 3D printing first.

• Secondary education
• Mathematics

Pioneer Young Kim blends his classical arts background with digital fabrication to create a ceramic project that incorporates 3D printing.

• Secondary education
• Art

iCREATE's Tiffany Huang shared an iCREATE success story about Jackie Zheng.

• Secondary education
• Science

Pioneer Matthew Wigdahl writes about how his fifth graders and local undergraduate engineering students learn from each other.

• Primary education
• Engineering

Designed by the Ultimaker North America Community Team, our new Core Lessons: STEAM Set is a resource for educators who need inspiration and ideas when they bring 3D printing into their classrooms.

• Primary education
• Technology

how the group traveled 10,000 miles around the country to help bring 3D printing workshops to over 1,000 young girls. In this week's post we catch up with the organization that is still working to create a new generation of confident, creative women leade

• Primary education
• Technology

So what exactly does a Mobile MakerSpace look like? That's the question I had to ask myself once I began the project of bringing 3D printing technology to virtual students. When we started this project, we knew we needed something that would be easy to

• Secondary education
• Technology

Pioneer Wendy Aracich is putting together and implementing a mobile MakerSpace for her virtual school of 4000 students spread across the state of Georgia.

• Secondary education
• Technology

3D modeling and printing should be accessible of every educator so that they may offer their students tactile means to understand spatial concepts.

• Secondary education
• Languages

We want to challenge educators and students to help evolve the Design Engine game. We want to see how you're using or modifying the game with your students, and we want to incorporate your ideas into the next edition.

• Informal learning
• Technology

Upcycling challenges students and educators to use their creativity and 3D printing skills to breathe new life into a few familiar objects.

• Informal learning
• Technology

Last year Pioneer Greg Kent traveled from Hawaii to North Carolina to attend Construct3D 2017. We thought we'd share his reflections with you now since we recently announced Construct3D 2018

• Secondary education
• Technology

The Ultimaker Community Team will be launching a series of interdisciplinary projects over the next few months that challenge students to research, explore, design, and 3D print. Ocean Plastic is the first project of this series.

• Secondary education
• Geography

Pioneer Professor Laura Taalman, (a.k.a. mathgrrl), reviews a multi-week study of fractals by general education math students in the JMU 3D printing classroom.

• University
• Mathematics

Pioneer Yuriy Drubinskiy writes about his experience leading a summer program and how creating drones with 3D printing brings form, structure, and design together.

• Secondary education
• Technology

Presenting the Ultimaker Design Engine Starter Pack: a game created to provoke, inspire, and entertain students, educators, 3D designers, artists, and engineers of all experience levels!

• Informal learning
• Technology

Pioneer Adam Davidson writes about a project in his curriculum that is a rite of passage for his high school's engineering program students. He explains at how it started and what caused it to change

• Secondary education
• Engineering

If it’s happening in Ultimaker’s world, you can find out about it here. 3D printing stories about inspiring moments, original 3D printed projects and much much more.

• University
• Science

If it’s happening in Ultimaker’s world, you can find out about it here. 3D printing stories about inspiring moments, original 3D printed projects and much much more.

• Secondary education
• Technology

Tandy Grubbs, Professor of Chemistry, writes about how chemistry students at Stetson University are taking advantage of 3D printing to better visualize the molecular world.

• University
• Science

Design process is about discovery through iteration. Pioneer Brad Whitehead describes how his FTC robotics team learned this while working on a unique ball launcher.

• Special education
• Technology

If it’s happening in Ultimaker’s world, you can find out about it here. 3D printing stories about inspiring moments, original 3D printed projects and much much more.

• Primary education
• Technology

Pioneer Tim Cooper explains what to do with a First Lego League team in the off season when they love rockets and 3D printing.

• Primary education
• Science

Pioneer Joshua Pearce explains why educators should consider using free and open source options in and out of the 3D printing classroom.

• University
• Technology

Here’s a story of the next generation of 3D printing pioneers exploring the 3D printing technology in Multivariable Calculus with the Ultimaker 2+.

• University
• Mathematics

Pioneer Andreas Kaiser writes about the power of puzzles in the classroom and how recreating or designing puzzles is a perfect fit for his engineering students.

• Secondary education
• Mathematics

The learning curve associated with 3D printing can produce a lot of 3D printed waste. It's time to start exploring and thinking about more sustainable options.

• Informal learning
• Geography

While 3D printing is not new to designers, engineers and other professionals in need of rapid prototyping tools, it is still a new and exciting technology for our students. Pioneer Grace Bennett shares why teachers should get started with 3D printing.

• Secondary education
• Technology

The chance to hold a 3D printed historical artifact in our hands is one of the greatest ways to boost students' engagement with science, engineering, and culture. Learn how challenging and exciting it can really be.

• Secondary education
• History

What’s it like to be a student administrator for a 3D printing lab space? What kind of knowledge and experiences could you offer to students at your own school by hiring them for such position?

• University
• Engineering