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Learnbylayers include Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert curriculum's that are bundled into lesson packs. Suitable for ages 10 - 18+ these lesson packs include the powerpoint/word files that can be fully edited by the teacher along with video tutorials for CAD modelling. These lesson packs are a one time payment - no recurring subscriptions. (When placing an order for Buy the files lesson packs ensure it is placed directly from your schools' finance office, or if you are a teacher purchasing yourself, ensure you use your school issued email address on the order). Parents and homeschoolers, please visit our homeschool plans.

  • Beginners lesson pack 3D printing
    Beginners curriculum

    This beginners lesson pack contains everything you need to start teaching 3D Printing to your classes. No planning is needed as all resources are ready to teach ‘straight out…

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  • Intermediate curriculum

    This pack is a follow on from the beginners curriculum and contains everything you need to build on students basic 3D Printing knowledge. No planning is needed as all…

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  • Advanced curriculum

    The Advanced curriculum follows on from the Intermediate 3D printing lessons. It can be taught as a stand alone series of lessons or it can be mixed and matched…

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    Expert curriculum

    This curriculum contains everything you need to start teaching Resin 3D Printing to your classes. No planning is needed as all resources are ready to teach ‘straight out of…

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Beginners lesson packs

We have two beginners curriculums, the standard 'Beginners curriculum' and the newly released 'Coding for kids' curriculum. Both use TinkerCAD in the lessons, with the Coding for Kids curriculum using TinkerCAD code blocks based on scratch programming. Both are free to use and easy to access through a web browser. A great way to start out with 3D printing in the classroom.

Fusion 360 Bundles

All these lesson bundles include the Beginners TinkerCAD curriculum combined with the Intermediate, Advanced and Expert curriculum's (AutoDesk Fusion 360 version). Fusion 360 is free for education and will need to be downloaded to your schools computers.

Onshape Bundles

All these lesson bundles include the Beginners TinkerCAD curriculum combined with the Intermediate and Advanced curriculum's (Onshape modelling software version). Onshape is free for education and accessed through a web browser such as Chrome/Internet explorer. No download of software is needed.

Flashforge Curriculum

If you have a FlashForge 3D printer, then we have a dedicated version of learnbylayers that reflects the FlashForge brand using FlashPrint slicing software. This curriculum is non-editable and files are in PDF format.

Learnbylayers has been created by teachers for teachers.