{"id":2330,"date":"2017-04-25T11:01:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T19:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2017-04-25T11:03:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T19:03:12","slug":"3d-printing-math-and-science-models-to-help-students-with-visual-impairments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/3d-printing-math-and-science-models-to-help-students-with-visual-impairments\/","title":{"rendered":"3D printing math and science models to help Students with visual impairments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by Joan Horvath, <a href=\"www.nonscriptum.com\">Nonscriptum LLC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Often students with visual impairments have difficulty with concepts based on visual\/spatial relationships, particularly in math and science. 3D prints offer an unprecedented asset for teachers of the visually impaired (<em>TVIs<\/em>), and 3D printers are becoming affordable.<a href=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/printed-cups.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2332\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/printed-cups-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"blue printed cups holding water \" width=\"243\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/printed-cups-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/printed-cups-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a> But TVIs need help designing models to be 3D printed, since the design process can be time-consuming and can often require significant research.<\/p>\n<p>We have documented some simple, practical conventions for designing math and science models. We have created a <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/%20- !forum\/3dp_edu_models\">Google Group<\/a> \u00a0that links TVIs who need design files and teachers of computer-aided-design classes, school makerspace managers, and similar people who want projects for their students to do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3DP-sciPcover.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2331\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3DP-sciPcover-197x300.png\" alt=\"3DP science projects book cover \" width=\"184\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3DP-sciPcover-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3DP-sciPcover.png 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>We also have written several books that might assist with getting started with modeling, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apress.com\/us\/book\/9781484213247\"><em>3D Printed Science Projects<\/em><\/a>, available from our publisher, Apress, on Amazon, and through other retailers.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, four times a year we teach a one-month-long, all-online class for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yougotclass.org\/courses.cfm\/MatterHackers\/3D-Printed-Science-and-Math:-Visualizations-and-Experiments\">LERN Network<\/a>\u00a0about the issues that come up when one is trying to create a 3D printable model to accurately represent a math or science concept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by Joan Horvath, Nonscriptum LLC Often students with visual impairments have difficulty with concepts based on visual\/spatial relationships, particularly in math and science. 3D prints offer an unprecedented asset for teachers of the visually impaired (TVIs), and 3D printers are becoming affordable. But TVIs need help designing models to be 3D printed, since the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,10],"tags":[8,6,76],"class_list":["post-2330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blind-visual-impairment","category-education","tag-apps-and-software","tag-blind","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2344,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions\/2344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}