LoLa in South America

Lola is traveling to South Africa to work in a school. Many of the children don't have shoes - Can you design something to protect their feet that would work for multiple kids?

Overview & Background: For many people in our world, feet/ walking is the main means for transportation. Can you imagine having to walk to school without shoes because you couldn’t afford them? The shoes may be made fully printed, partially printed or of found objects.

○ Objectives: Through this lesson, students will learn which designs are able to stay on feet, provide the most comfort, are able to be sized, etc. THey will analyze their designs for comfort, fit, use, and will have to decide if comfort or function is more important.

○ Audiences: This lesson could be used in 2nd grade and up. I would recommend 3rd grade, as it would be a great lesson to tie to studying about other parts of the world. Allowing students to build parts of the device on the printer and parts using found objects, allows this to be accessible to students of multiple skill levels.