Software DESIGN & MAKE
FabLab ModelMaker educational software enables children to design and manufacture models from 3D shapes like a cube, a cone, prism, pyramid etc to make boxes and simple models like buildings and space rockets. It gives children a hands on ‘design and make’ experience, a simplified taste of what is presently happening in the world of engineering and commerce.
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Win XP / Vista / 7 Mac OS 10.5 ap0014
Single user: $966 Site licence: $5,544
“Model Maker is awesome and is simple to use!” K.S. DESIGN IT PRINT IT
FabLab ModelMaker enables 3D models to be designed by combining geometric shapes. FabLab ModelMaker will display an unfolded, segmented version of the three-dimensional shape, known as a geometric net.
The geometric net generated by FabLab ModelMaker is printed on cardstock or another construction material such as vinyl, magnetic sheets, etc.
MAKE IT
The printed geometric net is processed by a Craft ROBO fabricator, which scores, perforates, and cuts the net to form fold lines and trim it. The scored and trimmed net is then used to build the model.
Using FabLab Model Maker in the classroom can make the STEM curriculum much more relevant to the students. For example, get the students to think of and design a solution to a problem which is important to them personally. One child wants to give Pop a Father’s Day present. He likes peanut M&Ms, so the child decides to buy him a pack and make a special box to put them in.
The bare fact that the volume of a cube equals length x breadth x height is important, but to many students, facts by themselves are tedious and irrelevant. ‘So?’ is their reaction. But the child making the candy box finds that she NEEDS to know how big that box ought to be so the M&Ms will fit. Suddenly ‘volume’ has become important, and she has a purpose for doing these calculations. She also gets a great feeling of satisfaction when she gives the box to Pop “Look what I made!”.
Young Engineer Thus math has joined up with engineering and acquired relevance and purpose in the process!
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