Kentucky Teacher-Of-The-Year Created A Prosthetic Hand For A Student Using School’s 3D Printing Lab

Kentucky Teacher-Of-The-Year Created A Prosthetic Hand For A Student Using School’s 3D Printing Lab

Kentucky Teacher-Of-The-Year Created A Prosthetic Hand For A Student Using School’s 3D Printing Lab STEAM Teacher Scott Johnson and student Jackson Farmer with new prosthetic hand 3D-printed at Red Cross Elementary School – Photo by Fiona Morgan / Kentucky Department of Education Simply using corn-based bioplastic, a couple of screws, fishing line, and small rubber bands, an elementary school teacher turned himself into a hero. But he didn’t have to throw on a cape and mask, he only had to switch on his 3D printer. Scott Johnson, a STEA(rt)M-focused teacher at Red Cross Elementary School in Kentucky, noticed 4 years ago that one of his kindergarten students was missing a hand, and so had come into class wearing a rubber one. It had no function of its own, but the child just wore it for aesthetic purposes. Being a STEAM teacher, Johnson happened to have a small arsenal of 3D printers in his lab/workshop, and thought what a good school project it would be to print a functional rubber hand fo…