Beesly The Educational Insect #3DThursday #3DPrinting

from Beesly The Educational Insect #3DThursday #3DPrinting
by Pedro Ruiz

laurk shares:

I created this to show the parts of an insect for educational programs. The goal is for kids to notice that insects have three parts: the head, thorax, and abdomen and 6 legs and also to notice other parts such as the wings (insects can have 2 or 4), antennae, compound eyes, and mouthpart.

Eventually I want to scale it up and paint it so it can be used for large groups of students. I’ve had to sand down some of the pegs with fine sand paper a bit so they’re not too tight. If I ever get a chance to scale it up I’d like to put a magnet at the bottom of each hole so the parts ‘lock’ in a bit better. Work in progress!

download the files on: http://ift.tt/2vOzfDS


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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!

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