Introduction:

Learning goals
Participate in a 15-minute on-site 3-D Printing with Hawthorne Elementary
orientation at Albertsons Library 3D printing
MakerLab and computer lab, facilitate a
Elena, Paris, Hailey, Bailey, and Meghan
STEM module at the 3D printing MakerLab
and actively engage in interactions with a
Course #257 – Math for Teachers Geometry-
group of 5th and 6th graders from a local
community center after school program, be
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a role model for the students, and work partner here.
collaboratively with peers and our course
contributors.

Reflection: Community Partner:

Name: Hawthorne Elementary School
The beginning of my service learning experience
began with the STEM modules we accomplished in Mission Statement
• Boise School District states its purpose as "Education Today for a Better
class. These modules guided my classmates and I to
Tomorrow."  We at Hawthorne support that vision and add:
revisit ideas of symmetry and ratios when exploring
• Hawthorne's goal is to continue fostering academic excellence through
Sodium Chloride and other cells. We were able to
collaborative efforts of staff, parents, volunteers, and students. Our school
change the size of the bonds and molecules. This will be a neighborhood center that provides a sense of community, safety,
was a very useful idea to use later in service learning stability, and resources for many family needs.  We are committed to
when we began to change the size of our prints guiding and inspiring students to become productive and valued members
when we were working in the 3D Maker Lab. of our community.  Our goal is to help students realize their potential and
We were provided training in the Maker Lab to establish a solid foundation for their futures.  The Hawthorne staff will
before we began to work with our students at continue to demonstrate their commitment to every student through the
exploration of new approaches to teaching, personal growth, and
Hawthorne Elementary, and we were able to gain
dedication beyond the classroom
experience working with applications like
Project Purpose /Need:
Thingiverse, TinkerCad, and Cura. We learned all
about how each file (think of it as a blue print for
(Engaged with students aged between 3rd and 5th grade by Course Concepts:
teaching about 3D printing
the 3D print) was sliced into different layers and
I applied the concepts of geometric shapes, understanding and
printed one at a time. We also learned how to
communicating concepts of symmetry, use technology as a tool to
change the size of prints, slice them in half, change
investigate basic solids and their properties in science and
the quality of the print, the amount of fill inside of
engineering being able to accommodate for multiple ways of
the print to determine how strong it was, etc.
learning, and providing engaging instruction to my service learning
Next, we had to start planning how we would
experience.
build relationships with our student group, get
them excited to learn about 3D printing, and how to
Students learned about many different geometric shapes in
build respect between the students and us as
school, but when presented with TinkerCad, they were able to
teachers in order to effectively and efficiently teach.
engage even further by seeing how they came together or
We created many different activities in hopes of
intersected to create larger shapes. Some students were
making sure the students had fun. We played Boise
curious about the software and how it worked, while others
State Bingo, a game with Oreos, a get-to-know-you
wanted to learn about how the printers “thought” and printed
beach ball game, and several others. It turned out to
their figures.
be such a blast to get to know our students more.
We laughed, played games, talked about the most
My experience supported all of these concepts.
random and hilarious things, and got them REALLY
pumped for 3D printing.
After becoming buddies with our students, the
tour of the Maker Lab and finding prints was the
Methods: Results:
next step. We used fun sayings to draw in our
students if they were being too noise, like the “quiet Describe what you did and how you did it: Results of your work in the community:
coyote” hand sign. It was very successful! We taught • Teaching students about 3D printers: We printed out Built great relationships with students and provided an
the students about sizing, slicing, infill, and quality diagrams of printers and took them through a tour of opportunity to learn about resources available in their
of 3D prints to help them choose how they wanted the lab while explaining the parts of printers, how community for them to engage with outside of the
their prints to turn out. they work, and how the software communicates with classroom in normal every day life.
The best part of service learning was when we the printers. How did your work address the needs of the community?
finally gave our students their prints! They were • Teaching students how to choose their print: We Our work provided new learning for
very proud of all of the hard work they had put in to showed students the website called Thingiverse, where
they were able to explore and choose the exact prints elementary students and a free resource for
learning about 3D printing and finally applying it to
their own work! I feel very lucky to have had this they wanted to create. them to access in the community.
experience of lesson planning, communicating key