The 2025 MakerBot Grant Guide
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#### Your Gateway to Classroom Funding!
Explore our curated list of over 40 grants, awards, and scholarships and find funding opportunities that support enhancements to classroom learning and professional development.
[Download your free copy!](https://learn.makerbot.com/2025-Grant-Guide.html?utm_source=website&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=25-AMER-EDU-2025GrantGuide&utm_content=carousel)
The New MakerBot Sketch Sprint
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#### 3D Printing at the Speed of Innovation
With fast print speeds, easy-to-use features, and extensive training support, the MakerBot Sketch Sprint empowers users to seamlessly integrate 3D printing into their workflows.
[Learn more](https://www.makerbot.com/3d-printers/sketch-sprint/)
Two ways to win with your budget
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#### Pick your March Madness 3D printing deal starting at $1,999!
Whether you’re introducing 3D printing for the first time or expanding what’s possible for your students, now is a great time to get started. Which deal works best for you? Fill out the form and let’s find the right fit for your classroom.
[Explore Education Deals!](https://learn.makerbot.com/MarchMadnessQuoteRequest.html?utm_source=website&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=25-AMER-EDU-MarchMadnessQuoteRequest&utm_content=carousel)
The 2025 MakerBot Grant Guide
-----------------------------
#### Your Gateway to Classroom Funding!
Explore our curated list of over 40 grants, awards, and scholarships and find funding opportunities that support enhancements to classroom learning and professional development.
[Download your free copy!](https://learn.makerbot.com/2025-Grant-Guide.html?utm_source=website&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=25-AMER-EDU-2025GrantGuide&utm_content=carousel)
The New MakerBot Sketch Sprint
------------------------------
#### 3D Printing at the Speed of Innovation
With fast print speeds, easy-to-use features, and extensive training support, the MakerBot Sketch Sprint empowers users to seamlessly integrate 3D printing into their workflows.
[Learn more](https://www.makerbot.com/3d-printers/sketch-sprint/)
Two ways to win with your budget
--------------------------------
#### Pick your March Madness 3D printing deal starting at $1,999!
Whether you’re introducing 3D printing for the first time or expanding what’s possible for your students, now is a great time to get started. Which deal works best for you? Fill out the form and let’s find the right fit for your classroom.
[Explore Education Deals!](https://learn.makerbot.com/MarchMadnessQuoteRequest.html?utm_source=website&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=25-AMER-EDU-MarchMadnessQuoteRequest&utm_content=carousel)
The 2025 MakerBot Grant Guide
-----------------------------
#### Your Gateway to Classroom Funding!
Explore our curated list of over 40 grants, awards, and scholarships and find funding opportunities that support enhancements to classroom learning and professional development.
[Download your free copy!](https://learn.makerbot.com/2025-Grant-Guide.html?utm_source=website&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=25-AMER-EDU-2025GrantGuide&utm_content=carousel)
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The MakerBot education ecosystem
We provide everything you need to scale classroom 3D printing to your needs. Reliable and easy-to-use 3D printers. The largest 3D printing community for educators. Free lesson plans and curriculum. And MakerBot Certification.
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### Easy and reliable 3D printers
Whatever the size and needs of your classroom, school, or district – there is a MakerBot 3D printing solution. Our 3D printers are powerful, safe, and easy for students of all ages. They are also simple for educators to manage.
[Browse MakerBot 3D printers](/3d-printers)
### World’s largest community for educators
Our community means you never have to feel alone in bringing 3D printing to your classroom. It is full of educational 3D printing ideas to help you wow and inspire your students across any subject.
[Explore Thingiverse](https://www.thingiverse.com/education)
### Lesson plans and curriculum
Free downloadable lesson plans and proven curriculum are yours to bring 3D printing to life in your classroom. Plus, we share all the tips and tricks that other educators have found work wonders for their students.
[Download the guidebook](https://explore.ultimaker.com/EducatorsGuidebook21.html)
### MakerBot Certification™
Whether you're a student or a teacher, there's a MakerBot Certification for you. These premier training modules will take you from a novice with 3D printing technology to an expert in no time. With a certificate to prove it.
[Learn more](https://www.makerbot.com/certification/)
### Cloud-based software
Software lies at the heart of the 3D printing workflow. That's why we have made ours incredibly fun and easy to use. Prepare parts for 3D printing, manage printers, and more – all from whichever device you have in your classroom.
[Use CloudPrint today](https://www.makerbot.com/cloudprint/)
Trusted by more than 10,000 schools around the world
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What are MakerBot customers saying?
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Discover how 3D printing with MakerBot is transforming classrooms around the world.
“MakerBot gives us the perfect platform for students to learn the concepts of 3D printing.”
###### Prof. Faridodin (Fredi) Lajvardi
President and CEO of Si Se Puede
[Watch the case study](#customer_popup0)
“The importance of 3D printing in the classroom is that not only can we design something, we can do successive prototypes to come up with an end product.”
###### Prof. Rahul Chopra
Technological Education Teacher
“Our students are really thinking about how 3D printing can play a role within their everyday lives and how they can use this technology in the real world.”
###### Prof. Mary Bowden
Richmond Hill Middle School
[Read the case study](#customer_popup2)
Get started with 600+ lesson plans
Never run out of 3D printing ideas. Our tried-and-tested lesson plans are perfect for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). But you will also find fun and engaging projects for even more subjects.
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### Archimedes Screw Bonanza
3D printers
Sketch Large
Material
PLA
Grade level
Grade 9 - 12
Difficulty
Medium
In this lesson, students are tasked with moving different materials up an incline using an Archimedes screw. This project is intended for high school engineering or physics students, though can be scaled back to use in lower grades as well.
[Read the full lesson plan](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1769714)
### Nameplate Generator with OpenSCAD
3D printers
Sketch series
Material
PLA
Grade level
Grade 4-6
Difficulty
Easy
In this project, students will learn and apply basic programming skills with the OpenSCAD language to style and customize a nametag. By modifying existing OpenSCAD code for a wavy nametag, students will explore parameters, dimensions, “for” loops, translations, and boolean operations.
[Read the full lesson plan](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:876282)
### Circuit Maze Project
3D printers
Sketch series
Material
PLA
Grade level
Grade 9 - 12
Difficulty
Hard
In this activity, students will take on the role of an electrical engineer and explore the concept of open & closed circuits. They will use simple materials to design and build a Circuit Maze.
[Read the full lesson plan](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1694719)
### Bridge Building with 3D Design
3D printers
Sketch series
Material
PLA
Grade level
6th
Difficulty
Medium
Students will design and build a scale model of a bridge using balsa wood, 3D printed connectors, and glue. Students will research various bridge designs and begin brainstorming their own design.
[Read the full lesson plan](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:887229)
MakerBot + UltiMaker
MakerBot has been the trusted leader in helping educators pioneer 3D printing in the classroom for over 10 years. Now, as a sub-brand of UltiMaker, MakerBot is taking its trusted 3D printing in education expertise worldwide. Already in over 10,000 schools, MakerBot offers comprehensive 3D printing solutions that support educators every step of the way. Worldwide.
[Learn more](https://www.makerbot.com/about-us/)
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