3-D Printing never ceases to amaze me. And quite frankly, I hope it never does. I'm totally fascinated by the videos on YouTube about 3-D printed arms. Have you seen this one featuring Iron Man?
It gets me every time.
3-D printing can make amazing impacts on people's lives, but as an educator sometimes it's difficult to figure out ways to incorporate it into our classroom in relevant ways. Never fear, NASA is here! NASA has recently released 3-D printer files of great space related artifacts. This can be a great way to incorporate 3-D printers into a space or math unit. You can discuss scale and examine what some of these space artifacts look like up-close without having to schedule a field trip to a museum.
Check out all that they offer at http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models/printable. We printed the wrench they sent up to the space station and it turned out great.
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