Introducing The STEM Academy
I was fortuante to meet with educators this week at the ACTE conference in Nashville. What a great time to be in technology and engineering education with the importance of making math and science relevant for all students. That is why
... ContinuedSolidWorks Tutorials new category
The SolidWorks EDU team produces a series of tutorials to learn SolidWorks in a variety of formats. The "SolidWorks Tutorials" category will be the place for this collection, making it easier for educators to find documents and videos. There are
... ContinuedA CREATIVE INTRODUCTION TO SOLIDWORKS USING A RAPID PROTOTYPING MACHINE
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... ContinuedSolidWorks Sustainability in Engineering Design Education – Teaching Green
Last week I was fortunate to present on SolidWorks Sustainability at the American Society of Engineering Education – Engineering Design Graphics Division Mid Year Conference at Penn State Erie. SolidWorks SustainabilityXpress is a new, free, application that allows you to determine
... ContinuedAREA-51 Released From CIA SECRET SILENCE
This Article I just wrote will be of interest to many I'm sure, because it talks about current events, science and all the other disciplines that were needed to help bring about WORLD PEACE back in the COLD WAR Days. So when a
... ContinuedSolidWorks Education to Support International Conference on Graphics and Geometry
DS SolidWorks Corp. is honored to support ICGG2010 in Kyoto, Japan August 5 – 8, 2010. ICGG Pre-Registration service is now available at https://www.icgg2010.org/. Marie Planchard Document: Download ICGGflyer_ver_2009-06
... ContinuedNew SolidWorks Models for Tetrix Kit of Parts 2009
SolidWorks Models for the 2009 Tetrix Kit of Parts have been posted on www.3DContentCentral.com. The links to the parts are below. You can download them and unzip or drag them right into your SolidWorks assembly. Other 2D and 3D file
... ContinuedSolidWorks Tutorials for FSAE, Formula Student and other Vehicle Competitions
SolidWorks has a a playlist on YouTube for students that design vehicles for college vehicle competitions https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=38088C14E31FAF31 Today we introduced a new video design contest to those college teams that use SolidWorks. 10 lucky teams have a chance to win $500.
... ContinuedSolidWorks Intern Artem wins International Student Competition with API
I am pleased to report that Artem, my intern who developed the VEX robot instructions in the Robotics category of this SolidWorks STEM teacher blog https://blogs.solidworks.com/teacher/2008/09/solidworks-asse.html and robot components on www.3DContentCentral.com received 1st prize in the 12th International Student Olympiad in Khelmnitsky, Ukraine. Artem's presentation, "CAD
... ContinuedA Science Project for Today’s Classroom
Many times things can be made in the classroom that can be used to demonstrate principals of Physics or Mechanics. Here is a project I just finished that might be of some use to teachers in their classes. It was
... ContinuedClass Projects with Cheap Materials.
This year I might also be in the classroom along with a licensed teacher in a test project that will bring in volunteers with their own areas of expertise, to teach in certain schools. This is not being tried out to replace any of
... ContinuedSolidWorks Sponsorship for FSAE and Formula Student Teams
SolidWorks continues to support FSAE and Formula Student Teams worldwide for the 2009-2010 competition year. Also includes solar car, baja, SAE (R) Zero, Formula Hybrid, and other collegiate student events. See the FSAE component category on www.3DContentCentral.com For more information about sponsorship, click
... ContinuedWill Surveying be Important on the Moon or Mars?
"Where there is a will there is a way" "Where there is a need there is invention" SolidWorks helped me to devise a device that would help me to calculate the sun's arc across the sky in my backyard.
... ContinuedThe Melding of the Entertainment Industry with Engineering
Hi everybody. Here in our school district we do everything we can do to unite what our young furture engineers are learning in their classrooms, to how it is being used out in the real world. It stimulates a much higher
... ContinuedRace Car Design Project, F1inSchools(TM)
Here are the complete F1inSchools SolidWorks 2009 step by step instructions in .pdf and 2009 model files for the complete project. Available in English, French and German. Download the model files and the Project file. Marie Model Files: Download 2009_Race Car Design Project English:Download
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