NEXPLORE 3D PRINTING
Nexplore 3D Printing , empowered by 3Doodler, makes learning limitless as students make concepts come alive from 2D to 3D! Using 3Doodler’s 3D printing pens, students break down complex topics into hands-on, approachable concepts, bringing science, technology, engineering, math, and design concepts to life. 3Doodler bridges differences in learning styles and engages students in a way that promotes teamwork, creative thinking, self-expression, and focus. After only using 3Doodler’s 3D printing pens for a short time, students will become engineers, designers, and scientists in their own classrooms, camps, or learning groups. With hundreds of free stencils and lesson plans available on the3doodler.com/edu, students will engage in experiential learning in all subject areas for hours.
Disclaimer
- The Nozzle of the 3Doodler Create+ (ages 14+) can become hot. DO NOT touch the Nozzle, or you may be burned!
- DO NOT allow the Nozzle near or in contact with flammable materials.
- Inform others in the area that the Pen is hot and should not be touched.
In-House Field Trips
| Grade Level | Subject | Project | Image | Description | Timing | Standard(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades K-2 | Math | Doodle-Touch-Dots (Addition) |  | In this activity, students will work in pairs to practice adding numbers from 0-9 using touch dots. Students will add touch dots to numbers, and then doodle their own touch dot numbers to create unique addition problems to solve. | 30-45 min | Common Core: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.C.5 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1 CS Teachers: 1A-A-3-5 ISTE: 1C, 6B, 7A |
| STEM | Doodle-Sole-Charms (Sense of Touch & Sight) |  | In this lesson, students will work with a partner to investigate two of their five senses, touch and sight, and then identify various patterns using these senses. Students will doodle “sole-charms” for their sneakers using the soles of their shoes to create the texture. Students can then attach to the charms to the laces of their sneakers. | 45-60 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.6 NGSS: 4-LS1- 2 | |
| STEM | Build a Better Bubble! |  | “Bubbles are everywhere!” In this experiment, students will design a bubble wand as well as alter a bubble mixture to determine how shape relates to the science of bubble-making. | 30-45 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.C NGSS: K-2-ETS1-1 K-2-ETS1-2 ISTE: 1C, 4D, 6B, 7A | |
| Grades 3-5 | STEM | Build a Better Bubble! | | “Bubbles are everywhere,” according to Mathematician, Frank Morgan, who discovered the “Double Bubble” conjecture. In this experiment, students will engineer a new design for 3 unique bubble wands, as well as alter the bubble mixture in order to determine how shape, surface area and pressure relate to the science of bubbles. | 30-45 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1.A NGSS: 3-5-ETS1-1 3-5-ETS1-2 CS Teachers: 1A-A-5-3 1A-A-3-5 ISTE: 1C, 4D, 6B |
| STEM | Earth’s Structure and Beyond! |  | In this activity, students will work with a partner to compare a cross-section of planet Earth with cross-sections of other planets. Students will compare and contrast the structures and layers of various planets. Students will record their observations and doodle 3D models displaying cross-sections of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. | 45 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.9 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.4 NGSS: 4-ESS1-1 2-ESS2-2 CS Teachers: 1A-A-3-5 ISTE: 1C, 4D, 6B, 7A | |
| Math | Fibonacci Spider Web |  | Transform your classroom into a creepy, crawly fabrication lab (FABLAB). Students will explore the mathematics and design of Fibonacci’s golden spiral in nature and then innovate and fabricating spider webs for a new type of spider based on the Fibonacci sequence. *This is a great math activity for Halloween! (requires access to computers/tablets) | 60 min | Common Core: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.OA.C.5 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.4 NGSS: 3-5-ETS1-1 CS Teachers: 1A-A-5-3 1A-A-3-5 ISTE: 1C, 4D, 6B, 7A | |
| Math & Art | DoodleMultiples |  | This activity blends math and art. Students will work in small groups to practice working with multiples of 2 and 5. Students will organize multiples in a table and use them to create a design based on a repeated set of instructions: UP, RIGHT, DOWN, LEFT. The resulting design will engage your students while affording them practice in either skip counting or multiples, depending on the grade curriculum. | 45 min | Common Core CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.OA.C.5 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.OA.B.4 CS Teachers 1A-A-3-5 ISTE 1C, 6B, 7A | |
| Grades 6-8 | Math | Bridging the Gap |  | In this activity, students will work in pairs to design a bridge that can withstand the heaviest amount of weight when spanning a gap of 20 cm using a 3Doodler and no other materials. | 60 min | Common Core CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1 NGSS MS-ETS1- 1 MS-ETS1- 2 ISTE 1C, 4D, 6C, 7A |
| Grades 9-12 | Chemistry | Doodle-Atoms |  | In this activity, students will work individually to create a Rutherford model of an atom. Students will also work with a partner who will be responsible for double-checking their work for accuracy as the project is worked on. Their work will be shared with the rest of the class and displayed for other classes to see. | 60 min | NGSS MS-PS1-1 HS-PS1-1 HS-PS1-2 ISTE 4A, 4C, 6A |
Grades K-2
| Lesson # | Subject | Lesson Name | Image | Description | Timing | Standard(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Math | Shape Shifters (Identifying Shapes and Attributes) A |  | In this activity, students will work in pairs to identify shapes, and doodle a set of 3 different shapes to be welded together as a doodle-animal. Students will use geometry and creative thinking skills for this fun and engaging project. | 45-60 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.C NGSS: ISTE: |
| 2 | Math | Shape Shifters (Identifying Shapes and Attributes) B | 45-60 min | |||
| 3 | STEM | Build a Better Bubble! A | | Bubbles are everywhere!” In this experiment, students will design a bubble wand as well as alter a bubble mixture to determine how shape relates to the science of bubble-making. | 45-60 min/ lesson | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.C NGSS: ISTE: |
| 4 | STEM | Build a Better Bubble! B | 45-60 min | |||
| 5 | STEM | Doodle-Tangrams (Puzzler Investigation) A |  | In this lesson, students will work in pairs using the 3Doodler to doodle a seven piece set of mathematical tangrams. Students will solve tangram puzzles and then attempt to design their own tangram puzzle using all seven shapes, i.e., 2 large triangles, 2 small triangles, 1 right triangle, 1 square, and 1 rhombus. | 45-60 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1.B NGSS: CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 6 | STEM | Doodle-Tangrams (Puzzler Investigation) B | 45-60 min | |||
| 7 | Geography | 3D Geography: My Land A |  | Learners will use their knowledge of landforms to create a paper map with a compass rose and key. The map will include at least one 3D landform, made with the 3Doodler pen. | 45-60 min | CS Teachers: 1A-A-5-3 1A-A-3-5 ISTE: |
| 8 | Geography | 3D Geography: My Land B | 45-60 min | |||
| 9 | Math | Rockin-Doodle-Dominoes (Sorting by Color Attribute) A |  | In this activity, students will work in pairs to identify colors and write their names in an activity where they will design their own set of color-dominoes using rocks. The associated games played may be scaffolded to the students’ grade or ability level, making it a great problem-solving challenge for students in grades K-2. | 45-60 min | Common Core: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.G.A.1 CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 10 | Math | Rockin-Doodle-Dominoes (Sorting by Color Attribute) B | 45-60 min | |||
| 11 | STEM | Plants & Animals (Basic Needs) A |  | In this lesson, students will work in pairs using the 3Doodler to create the two rings of a Venn-Diagram, as well as symbols representing the basic needs of plants and animals. Students will arrange the rings and symbols to correctly compare and contrast them. *One session may be utilized for doodling and the other for comparing and contrasting with Venn-Diagram. | 45-60 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1.B NGSS: CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 12 | STEM | Plants & Animals (Basic Needs) B | 45-60 min | |||
| 13 | STEM | Doodle-Sole-Charms (Sense of Touch & Sight) |  | In this lesson, students will work with a partner to investigate two of their five senses, touch and sight, and then identify various patterns using these senses. Students will doodle “sole-charms” for their sneakers using the soles of their shoes to create the texture. Students can then attach to the charms to the laces of their sneakers. | 45-60 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.6 NGSS: |
| 14 | Math | Doodle-Touch-Dots (Addition) | | In this activity, students will work in pairs to practice adding numbers from 0-9 using touch dots. Students will add touch dots to numbers, and then doodle their own touch dot numbers to create unique addition problems to solve. | 30-45 min | Common Core: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.C.5 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1 CS Teachers: ISTE: |
Grades 3-5
| Lesson # | Subject | Lesson Name | Image | Description | Timing | Standard(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STEM | 2D vs 3D Bubble Wands |  | Learners will plan and create a two dimensional bubble wand using 3Doodler pens. They will test their wand to see the shape, size and number of the bubbles that come out. They will then create a three dimensional shaped bubble wand and see if that changes the bubble sizes, shapes, and quantities. | 60 min | CS Teachers: 1A-A-5-3 1A-A-3-5 ISTE: |
| 2 | STEM | Doodle-Engineering-Challenge (Scientific Method) A |  | In this lesson, pairs of students will use the 3Doodler in an attempt to build the tallest structure in the class. In addition to the 3Doodler, students will be given either toothpicks or straws as construction materials. The 3Doodler will be used to adhere the building materials together. Students will use higher-level thinking skills to make predictions in order to form a hypothesis, record materials, observations, results, and analyze structures to determine the key to building the tallest tower. | 45-60 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1.B NGSS: CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 3 | STEM | Doodle-Engineering-Challenge (Scientific Method) B | 45-60 min | |||
| 4 | Math | Tessellations (Geometry) |  | In this activity, students will work in pairs to cover a 3D shape in a tessellation. Students will use visualization, spatial reasoning and geometric modeling to solve a problem through design. Students must recognize geometric shapes and relationships, analyze them and apply them to this novel task. | 45 min | Common Core: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.G.A.2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1.C NGSS: CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 5 | Science | Earth’s Structure and Beyond! |  | In this activity, students will work with a partner to compare a cross-section of planet Earth with cross-sections of other planets. Students will compare and contrast the structures and layers of various planets. Students will record their observations and doodle 3D models displaying cross-sections of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. | 45 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.9 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.4 NGSS: CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 6 | STEM | Reptile Renovators A |  | Students will work together in small groups to match up various physical descriptors from 4 different reptiles to design a new species of reptile and predict its viability within a selected ecosystem. | 45-60 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.9 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.4 NGSS: CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 7 | STEM | Reptile Renovators B | 45-60 min | |||
| 8 | STEM | Reptile Renovators C | 45-60 min | |||
| 9 | Math | 3Doodler City (Area and Perimeter) A |  | In this activity, students will work in small groups to brainstorm and design a city comprised of shapes. Each 2D shape will be assembled to create the city’s houses, buildings, towers and bridges. During the design phase of the project, students will draft shapes on graph paper to use as stencils for the 3Doodling phase of this project. This real-world, hands-on project combines math, problem solving, collaboration and technology. | 45-60 min | Common Core: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.B.3 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.MD.A.3 NGSS: CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 10 | Math | 3Doodler City (Area and Perimeter) B | 45-60 min | |||
| 11 | Math | https://learn.the3doodler.com/lessons/3doodler-city-area-and-perimeter/ | 45-60 min | |||
| 12 | Math | DoodleMultiples |  | This activity blends math and art. Students will work in small groups to practice working with multiples of 2 and 5. Students will organize multiples in a table and use them to create a design based on a repeated set of instructions: UP, RIGHT, DOWN, LEFT. The resulting design will engage your students while affording them practice in either skip counting or multiples, depending on the grade curriculum. | 45 min | Common Core: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.OA.C.5 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.OA.B.4 CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 13 | STEM | Pentomino Puzzler (Geometry) A |  | In this activity, students will work in pairs to create a set of 3Doodled pentominoes and then assemble them to solve the 6×10 rectangle. Pentominoes are tetris-like shapes that your students will enjoy designing and working with, as they’re problem solving. The focus of this lesson is on the “Standards for Mathematical Practice,” which compose the critical components of thinking and reasoning. | 45 min | Common Core: CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP1 CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4 CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP5 CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP6 CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP7 NGSS: CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 14 | STEM | Pentomino Puzzler (Geometry) B | 45 min |
Grades 6-8
| Lesson # | Subject | Lesson Name | Image | Description | Timing | Standard(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Math | Doodler Dice Rollers |  | In this activity, students work in pairs to doodle dodecahedrons (12-sided) and icosahedrons (20-sided) to use in a math game that practices order of operations. Students will then create their own Doodle Dice Roller games to practice math skills. | 45-60 min | Common Core: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.OA.A.1 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.OA.A.2 CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 2 | Math | 3Doodler City (Area and Perimeter) A |  | In this activity, students will work in small groups to brainstorm and design a city comprised of shapes. Each 2D shape will be assembled to create the city’s houses, buildings, towers and bridges. During the design phase of the project, students will draft shapes on graph paper to use as stencils for the 3Doodling phase of this project. This real-world, hands-on project combines math, problem solving, collaboration and technology. | 45-60 min | Common Core: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.G.B.3 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.MD.A.3 NGSS: CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 3 | Math | 3Doodler City (Area and Perimeter) B | 45-60 min | |||
| 4 | Math | 3Doodler City (Area and Perimeter) C | 45-60 min | |||
| 5 | STEM | Bridging the Gap A |  | In this activity, students will work in pairs to design a bridge that can withstand the heaviest amount of weight when spanning a gap of 20 cm using a 3Doodler and no other materials. | 45 min | Common Core CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1 NGSS ISTE |
| 6 | Math | Bridging the Gap B | 45-60 min | |||
| 7 | STEM | Reptile Renovators A | | Students will work together in small groups to match up various physical descriptors from 4 different reptiles to design a new species of reptile and predict its viability within a selected ecosystem. | 45-60 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.9 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.4 NGSS: CS Teachers: ISTE: |
| 8 | STEM | Reptile Renovators B | 45-60 min | |||
| 9 | STEM | Reptile Renovators C | 45-60 min | |||
| 10 | STEM | Doodle-Engineering-Challenge (Scientific Method) A | | In this lesson, pairs of students will use the 3Doodler in an attempt to build the tallest structure in the class. In addition to the 3Doodler, students will be given either toothpicks or straws as construction materials. The 3Doodler will be used to adhere the building materials together. Students will use higher-level thinking skills to make predictions in order to form a hypothesis, record materials, observations, results, and analyze structures to determine the key to building the tallest tower. | 60 min | Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1.B NGSS: CS Teachers: ISTE: |
3Doodler Creations
Start+ Pen (Grades K-8)
Create+ Pen (Grades 9-12)
