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3D Printing & Design Summer Camp in New Orleans, LA

The New Orleans–Metairie, LA metro area has about 970,849 residents, ranking 59th in the country. The case for 3d printing & design summer camp here is not that the area lacks camps — it is that most of them end without the child being able to explain what they made.

Ages 9-14 · For families · Louisiana · South

3D Printing & Design Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in New Orleans, LA
3D Printing & Design Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in New Orleans, LA

What the week actually is

3D printing teaches patience in a way nothing else does: the model is wrong, the print takes four hours, and the fix has to be found before the next run. Children learn to check their work before spending time, which is a life skill disguised as a hobby.

Day by day

  1. Design in CAD, badly, on purpose
  2. First print, first failure
  3. Tolerance and why it matters
  4. Redesign and reprint
  5. Showcase: the part that fits

New Orleans, LA — what applies locally

  • The New Orleans–Metairie, LA metro area has about 970,849 residents, ranking 59th in the country.
  • Metro area: New Orleans–Metairie, LA
  • State: Louisiana · Region: South

Questions we get from New Orleans, LA

Do they design their own models?
Yes, from the first day, in beginner CAD.
What if a print fails?
It will, and diagnosing why is half the week.
Do they keep what they print?
Yes.

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