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The 3D printer would be a valuable asset to the classroom by providing the students the skills to 3D print which is a skill transferable to their adult life. Students could print cells and all the organelles which could concretely bring the functions of the organelles in cells to the students in an engaging manner. With the parts of a cell they printed in front of them they can see and touch the cell, effectively cementing the knowledge of cells in their memory and moving that knowledge to their long term memory easily. The 3D printer can be incorporated in many science lessons in this manner. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) would be reinforced in the History classroom also. The use of a 3D printer will give the students the ability to print a 3D map of the United States of America that would show the struggles the early pioneers faced during westward expansion as they crossed the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains’ high and rugged peaks. Revolutionary war maps could be brought to life turning a 2D paper map to a 3D map that students could hold in their hands showing them the advantages one army had over the other. I believe A 3D printer would give students from a disadvantaged K-8 school the STEM skill needed to excel in a larger k-12 school as well in their careers after school. Letting the students take the lead in developing the 3d projects to be printed will help to bridge the gaps that pandemic learning has created. It will create an excitement in the classroom that will make students want to participate and learn in a manner they have become more familiar with during the pandemic.

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The 3D printer would be a valuable asset to the classroom by providing the students the skills to 3D print which is a skill transferable to their adult life. Students could print cells and all the organelles which could concretely bring the functions of the organelles in cells to the students in an engaging manner. With the parts of a cell they printed in front of them they can see and touch the cell, effectively cementing the knowledge of cells in their memory and moving that knowledge to their long term memory easily. The 3D printer can be incorporated in many science lessons in this manner. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) would be reinforced in the History classroom also. The use of a 3D printer will give the students the ability to print a 3D map of the United States of America that would show the struggles the early pioneers faced during westward expansion as they crossed the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains’ high and rugged peaks. Revolutionary war maps could be brought to life turning a 2D paper map to a 3D map that students could hold in their hands showing them the advantages one army had over the other. I believe A 3D printer would give students from a disadvantaged K-8 school the STEM skill needed to excel in a larger k-12 school as well in their careers after school. Letting the students take the lead in developing the 3d projects to be printed will help to bridge the gaps that pandemic learning has created. It will create an excitement in the classroom that will make students want to participate and learn in a manner they have become more familiar with during the pandemic.

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