1. Week 01 - Student-Centered Learning Approaches¶

Create a 3D object with the laser cutter

Making a simple mechanism using the laser cutter¶

Two years ago I spent a week in the Fablab Leon where I began to work on a simple activity using a motor and a magnet. This week’s assignment is an opportunity to continue this project :

Generating Gears :

I used this website to generate gears and exported the, as a DXF file : https://evolventdesign.com/pages/spur-gear-generator?srsltid=AfmBOoqbrjVCOqFdsKmsAFPt0CVrFwPdDe3WGvuX4t3Im6of8OSBEsv-

The gears were imported into Fusion 360 in order to 3d model a structure in which they could be “activated”.

I exported the faces as DXF files, arranged them in Illustrator, to finally import them into Xtool Creative Space to prepare the file to be cut.

This is the file laser cut.

Time to assemble the structure :

The gears with the magnet inserted :

The gear system and the “Table top” :

The mechanism in action, note that I should add a piece in order to constrain the gear a bit more in the horizontal position.

The agnet in action :

How your press-fit can be utilized in education? How other teachers could use it?¶

What has been your experience using Project Based Learning / Problem based learning in the past? What were the main challenges? How DF can support Project Based Learning / Problem Based learning?¶

1. Week 01 - Student-Centered Learning Approaches¶

Making a simple mechanism using the laser cutter¶

How your press-fit can be utilized in education? How other teachers could use it?¶

What has been your experience using Project Based Learning / Problem based learning in the past? What were the main challenges? How DF can support Project Based Learning / Problem Based learning?¶

When organizing DF activities with kids, What are the aspects that you think should be prepared beforehand? What aspects can be improvised?¶