STEMfinity Bambu Lab Curriculum for 3D Printing
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Grades: 6+
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Number of Students: up to 30
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Number of Lessons: 10
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Hours of Content: 10+
Highlights:
Bring high-impact, industry-relevant learning into your makerspace or classroom with STEMfinity’s comprehensive 3D Printing Curriculum designed specifically for Bambu Lab printers. This turnkey program equips students with the technical knowledge, creative confidence, and engineering mindset needed to thrive in modern STEM pathways.
Aligned to core standards in engineering, design, and digital fabrication, this curriculum guides learners from foundational skills to advanced multi-color printing and post-processing. Students use accessible software such as Bambu Studio, TinkerCad, MakerLab, and HueForge.
Curriculum or Lesson Topics:
- Fortress Foundations: A Beginner's Guide to Bambu Studio
- Material Matters
- From CAD to Printing
- Measure Twice, Print Once: Understanding Tolerance in Printing
- Go to Market: Infill Patterns, Cost and Strength
- Multi-Color Magnets: Designing, Printing & Asembling
- More Thank Just Printing: Post Processing 3D Prints
- HueForge
- Battle Tops Project
- Make it Yours: Designing in MakerLab
What's Included:
- Physical Teacher Curriculum Guide
- Materials Package:
- Calipers
- Stopwatch
- Acrylic Paint Set
- Spray Primer
- Masks
- Brushes
- Emery Boards
- Flush Cutters
- Safety Glasses
- Sand Paper
- Needle Files
- 20Kg Filaments
Technology Requirements/Specifications:
A Bambu printer will work best with this curriculum. Bambu Studio is based on PrusaSlicer by Prusa Research.
- Windows 10 or higher
- Mac OS X v10.15 or higher
- Linux Ubuntu 20.02 or higher/Fedora 36 or higher
- Intel® Core 2 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor; 2 GHz or faster processor
- OpenGL 2.0-capable system
- Recommend 8GB RAM, at least 4GB
- 2.0 GB or more of available hard-disk space
