It makes it so much better when you get over that obstacle yourself.” Notice that she didn’t say she learned how to create a 3D design or how to use a 3D printer. ![]() It really gets you thinking and there’s a lot more freedom to it. But for me, I was given a problem and I had to come up with various solutions and then work my way down when they didn’t work. In school, usually there’s a way to get from point A to point B or at least a straight answer for a problem. With my kind of project, I was able to nurture a totally different kind of thinking that we don’t usually go over in school. Sort of like problem solving skills but different. According to Samantha, “I learned more about getting around a problem creatively. She taught herself Tinkercad, and by the end of the year she had a working prototype that she presented at science and engineering fairs. She spent countless hours printing, fixing, reprinting, and fixing again. Samantha learned how to take an idea on paper to a digital 3D rendering and a printed product. Samantha Caddauan, class of 2017, spent an entire year sketching, designing, printing, and redesigning what she hoped would be a low-cost, highly functional prosthetic device. Samantha Caddauan explains her design to another student in the Yorktown High School Library.
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