3D Printing for Middle School Outreach: A Collaboration Between the Science Library and the Society of Women Engineers
3D Printing for Middle School Outreach: A Collaboration Between the Science Library and the Society of Women Engineers
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中学推广 3D 打印：科学图书馆与女工程师协会之间的合作
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2015
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E. Winick
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Amy G. Buhler;S. Gonzalez;D. Bennett;E. Winick
3D打印正迅速成为工程专业学生的一项基本技能，因为可靠的打印机在教育用途上变得负担得起。工程专业的学生接受培训，使用常见的CAD设计软件，但通过3D打印，学生可以立即评估其设计的有效性，并酌情调整以达到所需的功能。为了满足这一需求，佛罗里达大学马斯顿科学图书馆（MSL）于2014年4月开设了一个公共3D打印实验室。工程图书馆员接触了佛罗里达大学（UF）的女工程师协会（SWE）的学生章在他们的2015年春季推广到中学生合作。这项年度推广计划通过校园实验室的图尔斯参观、接触新技术和参与研讨会向初露头角的科学家介绍工程学。UF SWE章节旨在在年轻时（特别是女孩）介绍这些关键的工程技术，并激发他们对这些领域的兴趣，帮助他们将工程学视为可能的职业道路。图书馆研讨会向学生介绍了从建模到生产的整个3D设计周期，并通过打印他们设计的模型结束。图书馆员和SWE代表共同教授了一个基本的设计程序Tinkercad，沿着提供设计建议和关于3D打印技术的入门。该研讨会是基于图书馆提供给UF社区的一般研讨会，但针对的是中学观众的直接成功。学生的学习目标是离开车间熟悉3D设计和知识来创建和评估适合打印的3D模型。第一个讲习班包括男女学生，第二个讲习班（与佛罗里达大学西南电子学院的"介绍女孩进入工程学日"一起举办）完全是女性。这用友SWE推广的使命是针对提高女孩的空间可视化技能，在这方面女孩往往落后，但对许多工程领域至关重要。另一个目标是这些学生通过继续使用UF图书馆3D打印机来继续完善和扩展他们的建模专业知识。本文提供了MSL的3D打印服务和图书馆与学生组织合作的简要背景;不同受众参与这项新服务的提示;以及中学外展的真实用例。
3D printing is rapidly becoming an essential skill for engineering students as reliable printers become affordable for educational use. Engineering students are trained to use common CAD design software but, through 3D printing, students can immediately evaluate the validity of their design and iterate as appropriate to reach the desired functionality. To meet this need, the University of Florida Marston Science Library (MSL) opened a public 3D print lab in April 2014. The engineering librarians were approached by the University of Florida (UF) student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) to collaborate in their spring 2015 outreach to middle school students. This annual outreach initiative introduces budding scientists to engineering through tours of campus labs, exposure to new technologies, and engaging workshops. The UF SWE chapter aims to introduce these crucial engineering technologies at a young age (especially to girls), and spark interest in these areas to help them consider engineering as a possible career path. The library workshops introduced students to the entire 3D design cycle from modeling to production, and concluded by printing a model that they designed. The librarians and SWE representatives co-taught a basic design program, Tinkercad, along with providing design advice and a primer about 3D printing technology. The workshop was based upon general workshops that the library provides to the UF community but was targeted at immediate success for a middle school audience. The learning objectives for the students were to leave the workshop familiar with 3D design and the knowhow to create and evaluate a 3D model that is suitable for printing. The initial workshop included male and female students and the second (offered in conjunction with UF SWE’s Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day) was exclusively female. The mission of this UF SWE outreach was to target improving upon girls’ spatial visualization skills, an area in which girls often fall behind, but is crucial for many engineering fields. An additional goal was that these students continue to refine and expand their modeling expertise through continued access to the UF library 3D printers. This paper provides a brief background of MSL’s 3D printing service and the libraries collaboration with student organizations; tips on engagement of different audiences with this new service; and the real-world use case of middle school outreach.