To Print or Not to Print - Lesson Plan

Materials

Each Student Needs:

Student Design Portfolio
Safety Goggles

Each Classroom Needs:

3D Printing Slide Presentation
Orbis 3D Bulk Pack
Engines (A8-3, B6-4 or C6-5)
Lifetime Launch System
Plastic Cement
Fine Sandpaper
Hobby Knife
Ruler
Masking Tape
3D Printer and associated printer filament
Colored Markers or different colored sticky notes (Enough for a class discussion)
Camera (optional)
Paint/Primer for rocket design (Enough materials for each student) (optional)

For this Lesson Plan

Standards

NGSS Standards not available for this lesson.

English

CC SS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.3

Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.

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Vocabulary

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

The production of a three-dimensional object by depositing materials in layers, also known as 3D printing

EXTRUDE

To force or push out

REGOLITH

The layer of material covering solid rock (planets, moons, and asteroids) and consists of dust, sand, soil and rocks

STEREOLITHOGRAPHY

A type of 3D printing (creates three-dimensional objects layer by layer) that uses a plastic polymer that hardens upon contact with ultraviolet light (laser)