(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best teaching materials

If it’s in its own room, there is an adapter on Thingiverse for a 4” tube to go to a fan and such to vent out a window.

https://youtu.be/Rhyf_JttQEY watch this to learn how to properly hollow prints. You don’t have to for jewelry unless it’s really thick but otherwise it’s worth doing to save on that expensive resin.

I personally only use Anycubic resin. I tried one of the cheaper trains on Amazon (monoprice) and couldn’t get anything to print on it. Ended up slowly mixing that resin into some Anycubic resin to not have a waste of a bottle.

If you have Facebook, there are great groups out there for troubleshooting and discussion

https://youtu.be/roAqm5c3rfU this is the flint reed method of leveling the bed. I heard of it before I got my printer and used this method out of the box. Works perfectly

FEP Film for UV 3D Printers - 5mil (0.127mm) Thick - 6 Pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CTT6JNR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_NQG5Bb1A0EJ4A

You’ll eventually need to change out the film. These work great and cost way less than the official $10 single sheet. YouTube how to change out. Pretty simple after you do it once.

When using the Photon slicer, I always use medium or heavy supports. Had several failures trying to use just light supports

That’s all I can think of for now.

I'm studying International Economics at North Carolina A&T State University! It wasn't my choice to go there at first, but I'm happy to go back for my sophomore year.

I'll be pretty busy going into the next semester, a new planner would help me tremendously!!!

You don't know how hard it was to not post the giant box of cookies that I also have on my WL! LOL :p

If she's into pen(cil) and paper, she might enjoy a prortable drafting table (such as https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001E1RFW0/ref=asc_df_B001E1RFW05085944)
... plus a triangle. My parents did this for me when I took a drafting elective in high school & I enjoyed it.

Sketchup & other software is super useful, but a helluva learning curve. As others have said, introduce her to the greats & help her find a style she digs. I was obsessed once I learned about Frank Lloyd Wright.

Surce: Not an architect, but strongly considered it & believe I could've enjoyed the career.

I have a set of posters with Lincoln on them that list and describe the difference between primary and secondary sources. Its helpful during essay time.

I also have 5 posters like this:
Creative Teaching Press Gifts of Ancient Greece Chart (5562) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QF3SQC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_qCgMzb65G102G

They look cool and the kids like reading them.

Other than that, lots of maps. Continent specific and a global one. They like to know what region you're studying.

Also, student work! They love having their stuff displayed.

What you're talking about is technical drawing. It's a vanishing art . . . or rather, it's a dwindling technique, because it isn't really art at all. It's all migrated to the digital environment, now.

It isn't actually easy to do in Photoshop, or not correctly. It is easy to do in AutoCad, Sketchup, and a host of other CAD platforms. Manually, it's mathematical. You use scale, meaning that, for instance, you draw a .25" line on your paper for every 1' of real measurement. You can find some common scales here.

You can't do precise work freehand. To implement scale correctly, you'll need the tools of the trade; a drafting table, straight-edges, scales (a special sort of ruler) compasses, etc, Wikipedia has a nice article on these tools. And here's a more pragmatic Amazon link to get you started, as well as a collection of YouTube tutorials.

I work full time in Sketchup, by the way, and apply my drafting training (from shop class way back in 80's era junior high) all the time. Unlike other CAD programs, the tools are designed to be intuitive to folks who understand this kind of technical drawing. It's also free, so if you feel like moving off paper and into the digital realm once you've got the hang of it, knock yourself out.

I have 8 IEPs, tri's, amendments, or 30 days. Plus I have to attend another one at another school. I have to attend a two day training and a 1/2 day training. I also have the end of the trimester and progress reports. All before the end of March. Yeah. Its hard.

I run different academic groups (4 of them) and the students rotate. In each group, there is a file folder for each student. In the folder is the individual work. I have 2-4 weeks worth of work in each folder. I have vertical hanging files on my wall with each student's name on it. Every Thursday we grab a work sample, date it, and throw it in the file.

I have a spreadsheet with all my students and the services they receive, their IEP and tri dates. I have my calendar behind my desk with all my meetings on it. I also write down the due date of all my IEP dates a month previous on the top of the calendar.

For contacting gen ed teachers, I have a series of forms that I send out (feedback for class, questionnaires for IEP meetings, etc).

I try and uncover my desk every week. I have lots of organizers to keep it clear. This has saved my life. So has this. I also have a small one for important papers.

And frankly, not everything gets done. I've had things on my urgent to do list for a month. New things that are more pressing keep getting added.

I bought this on Amazon in a haze after a particularly rough night of 6+ wake-ups for things like “where’s my water cup?” And “I can’t find my bunny - oh, it’s in my hand”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BVDG5SV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_FkgvCbVDHYSFW

A couple of notes - the stars aren’t very magnetic, so I probably would go with a reusable sticker system vs. this one. Second - I created a two tiered system for our kids. First line is “Sleep Independently” and it earns a nearly-pee-your-pants level reward (4 stars for the first time, then 5, etc). The rest of the chart earns another reward.

Might not tick all of your boxes, but I’ve used one of these in the past. A bit utilitarian and old school, but certainly better than flowers and WAY better than fucking apples and chalkboards.

For 4 or 5 years, I printed a roster from Excel to use for attendance and another for grades. I found that in a messy art room ,I was much more comfortable doing it all on paper, and then transferring it to the electronic gradebook on my school-issued laptop when I was clean. The Excel roster had drawbacks, and I eventually switched to this pre-made one that resolved most of the issues I was having.

In the standard set, it's dark blue. Although most people who gift tokens go for a nice Bronze token or a tri-plate coin like this.

*Links are for example only. You can probably find better options by shopping around ebay, etsy and specialty stores on the web.

The amazon keyword search term you want is geometric solid blocks.

The challenge will be equal weight. If you really need that, you could drive nails or screws into wood or foam blocks to match them all the the heaviest, or partially fill the hollow plastic ones with pebbles, or, if you don't want it to slosh around, with [edit: better idea: with non-drying modeling clay, like the crayola stuff] concrete. The trick with concrete is that the weight of portland cement based concrete will change as it dries, so maybe you want epoxy based concrete (mix epoxy and sand--or just use epoxy).

Is it OK if the weight is off center?

Edit: this one has removable stoppers, made for filling

Hey there! I'm thinking a geometry set that includes a protractor and miscellaneous drafting tools. Those were indispensable my 7th grade year.

OR, if he's not at that level, maybe a notebook with a quick-reference sheet. There are math-themed, English-themed, and Geography-themed notebooks which have simple equations, syntax rules, or world maps. Those were always awesome! :)

You might also consider a drafting square. I use them in the shop. My large one is great for setting my miter gauge and checking my sled, and checking cabinet glue ups. They are usually pretty cheap and very accurate. https://www.amazon.com/Alvin-AS1012-Transparent-Triangle-Set/dp/B00EF1RU0S/ref=sr_1_15?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoMe78PSj4gIVwbjACh1LogbjEAAYASAAEgJ1RPD_BwE&hvadid=241935832463&hvdev=t&hvlocphy=9016884&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=10471655247492021800&hvtargid=kwd-1798148374&hydadcr=24660_10400767&keywords=drafting+square&qid=1558142438&s=gateway&sr=8-15

Glad it's still getting used!


The number at the bottom is made up (because it's unreadable in screenshots) and I didn't quite get the curve on the cursive text right (I'm 99% sure I got the font right).
I also bought some of these for that gold seal sticker thing:
https://www.amazon.com/250-Award-Stickers-Certificate-Certificates/dp/B072C25FGS


I can also maybe provide the original psd files if someone wants to take another crack at it.

I got this hanging folder organizer and it has been a lifesaver! I have a spot hanging on the wall now for different types of things for each day that helps keep me so much more organized. also the students because whenever they’re absent they just know to go to the folder from that day of the week! Mine looks sort of like this.
Scholastic Classroom Resources File Organizer Pocket Chart, Black (SC573276) https://www.amazon.com/dp/054573276X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_aFNWCbRQ5THZ5

Well holy shit here's a 2-pack for $27.35: http://www.amazon.com/Westcott-6-Inch-Plastic-Assorted-Colors/dp/B00BTMV9D0/ref=sr_1_1?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1375400446&sr=1-1&keywords=6+inch+ruler

Go give your Fisher rep a big hug I guess.

Here's my point of reference though. I work for a company that distributes bic lighters. (TL;DR we profit by selling them for 39 cents). Think about how much more complex a bic lighter is than a plastic ruler. There is a metal cap and multiple different types of plastic (body, fuel line, fuel button) and a sparking mechanism with moving parts and different material components. There are two stickers, the logo (multicolored) and the UPC. Most importantly, it comes filled with fuel. Besides the complication of filling the thing on the assembly line (I'm guessing this is at least as complicated as marking a ruler), this makes the product a "hazardous material". Once you are considered hazmat, you have a whole extra set of paperwork and regulations to follow. My company employs drivers to take these from our central warehouse all over the continental United States. Our drivers have to be CDL with hazmat certification. Add the fuel cost for the trucks, and the wages of all the people in the central and regional warehouses that handle and package the things. Now add the cost of handling returned merchandise and you have all of that on a return trip, plus every returned lighter is checked by hand. Now a mini bic lighter retails typically for 79 cents. My company makes a nice profit selling them to convenience stores for 39 cents. Now maybe there is a good explanation to why a ruler would sell for a comparable amount, maybe they sell so few a year that it makes up all that difference in bulk handling, but you can see why I'm skeptical.

This is a physical way of demonstrating one (of many) definition of scalar curvature. Wikipedia has a good formula and explanation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalar_curvature#Direct_geometric_interpretation

Hopefully a more intuitive explanation is the following. Let A(r) denote the area of a circle (the set of all points in the surface at distance r to p) around a point p on the surface. Express A(r) as a Taylor expansion around r = 0. At orders 0 through 3, the series matches the formula one would get in flat space. At fourth order, it stops matching (in flat space the series is just \pi r\^2), and the coefficient of r\^4 is scalar curvature.

What this means is that for surfaces of positive curvature, there is less area than there should be in the plane, so when you flatten it into a plane there's a gap. For surfaces of negative curvature, there is more area than there should be in the plane, so you get a ripple refusing to flatten down. I like to think of a kale leaf.

When I learned this, my prof brought a kale leaf to class. I have a favorite tool for demonstrating this to students: https://www.amazon.com/ETA-hand2mind-85104-Polydron-Triangles/dp/B06XJH14M8

A lot of our teachers use those "calculator caddy" things like these:

https://www.amazon.com/Kimbora-Numbered-Classroom-Organizer-Calculator/dp/B07CJPFS3K/ref=asc_df_B07CJPFS3K/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241973021453&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15426429533554724958&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9017942&hvtargid=pla-473757860284&psc=1

Seems to work well for a lot of them, until you get the kids who bring a "dummy phone" so they can put it up front and keep their real phone with them. Ahh kids.

Architects and engineers commonly use scales like this one.

Plans drawn at 3/4" scale means that 3/4" on the paper equals 1' in real life. So, on the ruler, every 3/4" is marked incrementally, indicating the number of feet the measurement is.

I use an architects ruler like this. It lets me "scale" my drawings and work out dimensions. But I don't go full blown "drafting"... There are youtube videos on how to use them.

I bought these and they have been working just as well as the included fep, correct size and everything.

Geometry box

Get something likethis and make them turn their phones off and put them in this rack when they enter your classroom. I confiscate my kids' phones and give them back every day.

I just came here to be snooty and tell you architects dont use rulers, we use scales ;P

https://www.amazon.com/Staedtler-12-Inches-Architect-Triangular-98718-31BK/dp/B001E67XZ4

I bought these sheets, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CTT6JNR/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. 6 sheets for $30.