Professor Jennifer Kraemer (Early Childhood Education) and I recently collaborated on a lesson plan to use 3D printing in the ECE classroom. Specifically, the project uses the Free Universal Construction Kit, a set of printable interfaces that bridge 10 common proprietary building systems including Lego, Lincoln Logs, Tinkertoys and K’NEX.
The full lesson plan can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GVfIXhJFxgTq3lA5-n3uwT9XyLTdKMayLcqPaE36VCc/edit?usp=sharing
We hope to test it out in ECE 342 – Constructive Math and Science in Early Childhood Education.
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