3D Printing: Superheros to the Rescue!/Minecraft Edu Virtual: Medieval Machinations Redstone

3D printers are one of the most widely applicable and fun inventions on the tech scene today! In 3D Printing: Superheroes to the Rescue, we will explore the basic concepts of 3D printing and computer-aided design, or CAD, to design and create our very own 3D printed superhero! Students will take their hand-drawn design and learn how to re-create it into a 3D model that can then be modified to be printed in 3D MinecraftEDU is an expansive game that lets players design and create unique worlds with amazing structures. One of the more complicated aspects of MinecraftEDU is Redstone, which is MinecraftEDU’s version of electrical circuitry. This class will introduce students to the many uses of Redstone through a Medieval themed adventure of creation, exploration, and castle besieging, with students making mine cart tracks to help them gather resources, working together to build their kingdom, and designing traps to defend their castle, all with the use of Redstone.