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Exploring additive manufacturing with visitors from Mexico!
We have teamed up with engineers from Tecnológico de Monterrey University in Mexico to develop creative ways to learn about additive manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing and how technologies such as this can facilitate innovation across borders.
Our first workshop was at Kelham Island Museum where we welcomed local home educated families, followed by two workshops for Y5 children at Arbourthorne Community Primary School.
Carlos, David, Erick and Felix are engineers and lecturers from Mexico and they began the workshops by sharing a bit about Mexican culture and the Temple of Kukulcan. They talked about what Mexico looks like today and the exciting technical advances being made in the country, particularly in manufacturing.
Children built models of the Kukulcan Pyramid using laser-cut cardboard to gain an understanding of the process of 3D printing and building layer by layer.
They then used an augmented reality app developed by Felix to learn more about the Mayan pyramid.
Children then got creative and built their own 3D models from play-doh before slicing them into layers - a process that happens to enable a 3D model to be sent to a 3D printer.
"I really enjoyed building the pyramid from layers of cardboard and seeing the 3D printer" Y5 child at Arbourthorne Primary School.
"It was really nice to have visitors from a different country and to hear about the culture first hand. The activities were brilliant and nice to have a range to help learn about manufacturing. " Parent, Kelham Island Museum
