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This website is dedicated to the development and exchange of 3D-printable models, with a particular focus on models used for teaching and education. There is ample evidence that learning is enhanced through active experiences, especially when relating to spatial and physical concepts that are difficult to visualize and understand abstractly. Traditionally, dedicated educators would handcraft physical models to help demonstrate educational concepts, but such models are becoming increasingly rare due to the resources, skill and effort involved in making them, and the advent of cheaper and more flexible virtual models and computer simulations. Physical models can also aid visually impaired persons and help alleviate learning disparities associated with spatial reasoning. With the popularization of 3D-printing technologies, however, fabrication of physical models is becoming increasingly simple and readily accessible, thus enabling resurgence of this important educational medium. We hope that this website will catalyze the development, the exchange, and the motivation for creating physical models and the associated curricular materials. (Learn more...)

This collection currently contains 77 models.

1 Teaching Models
2 Other Models
- 2.1 Games
- 2.2 Figures
3 Tools
4 Printers
5 Publications

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Teaching Models

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Kinematics Models

A collection of working, printable kinematic mechanisms modeled from the Reuleaux collection at Cornell University.

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Mathematical Models

Mathematical models for a variety of topics, including basic calculus, chaos, and topology.


Lorenz Attractor	Rossler Attractor	Interlaced Tetrahedrons	LaGrange Multiplier	Revolutions About Axes	Sampler of 3d math prints

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Molecular Biology Models

Protein models from PDB files, basic building blocks of macromolecules (amino acids, nucleotides, lipids, sugars, etc.), a T4 phage, and other biologically important molecules and structures.