3. Problem Solving for the Real World

Wobbly Table by Gideon is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

Have you ever fixed a wobbly table in your house with a book, a piece of cardboard, or even a pile of newspapers or napkins? Or, maybe someone’s favorite toy car lost a wheel, and so you made a new one out of a bottle cap.

One thing that both these situations have in common is they use problem solving to address a practical issue. Both of these issues could have benefited from the use of 3D printing to provide a customized and long-term solution.

Learning Objective: In this section, you will learn how to integrate 3D modeling or printing into the classroom to address real-life challenges.