Templeton Middle School (TMS) Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) students receive upgraded and expanded equipment in their classroom thanks to a grant from the Milwaukee Society of Plastics Engineers Education Foundation. The grant money allowed for the purchase of equipment that directly affects student work and supports classroom innovation opportunities.
A new Bambu Lab X1C 3D printer has been purchased with $1307.47 in grant money awarded this school year. “We do a lot of 3D printing at TMS,” says Templeton Middle School Applied Engineering and Technology Teacher Shannon Flaherty. “This new printer works faster, with better precision and is able to print with a wider range of materials for students to use.”
Seventh grade students at TMS create keychains as one of their AET projects. They design and custom 3D print a portion of the keychain and then injection mold the other half. Grant money from the Milwaukee Society of Plastics Engineers Education Foundation was used to purchase the pneumatic injection molding machine during the 2023-24 school year.
“We are grateful for the continued support of the plastics curriculum at TMS and the investment in our students,” adds Flaherty.
All seventh grade students at TMS participate in an AET course for one quarter of the school year. The following year, approximately one-third of all eighth graders chose to enroll in a year-long AET course. This upgraded equipment will directly impact hundreds of students.