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Chinese New Year – 3D Pen Project

This resource has been developed and kindly shared with CREATE Education by 3D Pen Artist Barbara Taylor-Harris. In this project which...

Andy Warhol PopArt 3D Printing Lesson Plan

This lesson plan was kindly contributed by James Glaister at Tarleton Community Primary School. On receipt of a CREATE Education...

How Sustainable is PLA?

PLA (Polylactic acid / polylactide) is a type of bioplastic, which is plastic made from plant / biological material instead of oil....

Career Aspirations

3D printing and additive manufacturing technology has opened up a wealth of new career options for students interested in working with this relatively new manufacturing technology.

Jack Cockle Develops Sustainable 3D Printed Casts

Jack Cockle, CREATE Education Ambassador and Sustainable Product Design student at Falmouth University set out to look at the potential...

Learn 3D Printing with Free Home Learning Resources in the event of COVID-19 School Closures

With the real prospect of imminent and possibly extended school closures in the UK and school and with closures already...

CREATE Education speak at APDIG/CHEAD Parliamentary reception at the Houses of Parliament

CREATE Education were privileged to be part of the parliamentary reception held by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Design and...

Michelle Chatterley

Since my baptism of fire introduction to 3D Printing in 2013 I have been increasingly passionate about providing access to…

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Paul Croft

Hi I’m Paul, a Director of UltimakerGB the UK & Ire operations for Ultimaker and the Founder of the CREATE…

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Sonya Horton

Hi, I’m Sonya and I produce the educational content for the CREATE Education. As a former Design Technology teacher, I…

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Dr. Mark. J. Feltham, Principle Lecturer in Animal Ecology, Liverpool John Moores University

I am a Principal Lecturer in Animal Ecology at Liverpool John Moores University, where I’ve taught for 28 years and am involved with a diverse range of projects and initiatives promoting Maker Education and hands-on STEAM learning at Universities, schools and in research. CREATE Education have been supporting our outreach...

Caroline Keep, TES New Teacher of the Year 2018, Director of SPARK Penketh, Penketh High School

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Amanda Bennett, Green Park School and The Atkinson Museum

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Year 6 Students, Brookmead Primary School

On Tuesday 13th June some people from Ultimaker and CREATE Education in Manchester came to teach us about 3D printers. As well as making our own things we saw some other creations: a castle; a shark; a boat; and even an artificial hand. All of us really enjoyed having...

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In a word… awesome! Since we took ownership of or Ultimaker 2 (3 years ago), the 3D printer at Sacred Heart has grabbed the interest of lots of students, we display it in a central part of school and we regularly have a group of students huddled around it discussing what it...

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