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3D Printing & Design Summer Camp in Rapid City, SD

Parents in Rapid City, SD book summer in February and regret it in July. The Rapid City, SD metro area has about 156,934 residents, ranking 280th in the country. What separates a week worth repeating is whether the child was ever genuinely stuck and then unstuck.

Ages 9-14 · For families · South Dakota · Midwest

3D Printing & Design Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Rapid City, SD
3D Printing & Design Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Rapid City, SD

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

Rapid City, SD — what applies locally

  • The Rapid City, SD metro area has about 156,934 residents, ranking 280th in the country.
  • Metro area: Rapid City, SD
  • State: South Dakota · Region: Midwest

Questions we get from Rapid City, SD

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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