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dbJ 3D Printed Solutions is a small Perth-based 3D printing company, offering a range of services to schools and individuals alike. Our primary aim is to produce low cost, practical educational resources to enhance student learning either at school or in the home. dbJ 3D’s designers have over 30 years of Science teaching experience which brings with it a thorough understanding of the Australian Science curriculum. 

The various individual learning styles are well documented, however with the ever-increasing use of technology in the classroom comes an associated loss of students’ practical skills. How often do you ask students to build things rather than just having them observe an outcome? Many students prefer to learn by doing and building, rather than reading and watching. Our kits provide practical opportunities for these students to better engage with the topic at hand. To help guide students, all of our models come with editable worksheets and video tutorials.


We also offer a custom design service for hard-to-find replacement parts or if you want to bring your own ideas to life.


Remote or Home-schooling? dbJ 3D's models were originally designed on the premise of making Science activities more accessible for remote and home-schooled students. Each kit fits within a 18cm x13cm mesh bag (which fits into a small postage satchel) and makes use of readily available household consumables and batteries. 


Have your own ideas? Our designers can help bring your own ideas to life. Simply reach out and ask about our custom design service. We can 3D print for you or create the STL files needed for you to 3D print your own.


Science technician? We are constantly developing items designed to make preparing practical activities easier. Check them out in our models list.


Broken something? Send us a picture of the item you need replaced. We often have success printing hard-to-find replacement parts.

SCHOOLS

All of our kits can be purchased as class sets (typically 15 items). However, we can provide class sets to meet your requirements. Contact us to discuss.

Postage from $18.95

AT HOME OR REMOTE

All of our individual kits fit inside a 18cm x 13cm mesh bag. These easily fit into a small satchel for posting. Postage from $10.95

CUSTOM DESIGN SERVICE

Our designers can take your ideas and turn them into 3D printed models or STL files that you might 3D print yourself. 

We often have success recreating broken or hard to find parts.

OUR MODELS

4-CHAMBERED HEART $15

Our 4-chambered model heart allows students to explore both a 2-chambered heart and a 4-chambered heart to help understand the concept of a double circulatory system. Our hearts are dynamic with functioning valves and chambers.

3 VERTEBRATE HEARTS (upgrade) $12

Our 3 vertebrate hearts upgrade is used in conjunction with our 4-chambered heart kit to produce three hearts. A 2-chambered fish heart, a 3-chambered amphibian heart, and a 4-chambered bird/mammal heart. 

GEL ELECTROPHORESIS $25

Our gel electrophoresis kit uses food colouring, baking soda and agar-agar as a gelling agent, together with 9V batteries (not supplied) to mimic DNA separation. Student can process evidence from a 'crime scene' to determine the perpetrator.

DC ELECTRIC MOTOR from $25

Our DC electric motor kit allows students to explore the principles of a DC motor. Strong neodymium magnets either permanently fixed in the motor body or removable. Students can experiment by changing the number of windings, number of coils and voltage applied to the rotor. Our motor will run on a desktop power supply (2V-4V) or 3V supplied by batteries (batteries not included).

ABO BLOOD TYPING PLATE from$5

Our ABO blood typing plate can be used with a popular blood typing activity. Allowing students to explore the process of blood typing with antisera. (bloods and antisera not currently available)

TOUCH TESTER from $2

Our touch tester allows the sensitivity of various parts of the body to be tested. This data can be used to infer nerve distribution around the body.

NEW !!!
DENSITY TOWER $12.50

Our Density tower kit comes with all you need to create a density tower minus some household liquids. Also included are 7 coloured 1cm3 blocks of varying density. These allow students to explore the relationship between density and floating in both solids and liquids.

NEW NEW!!!!
CHROMATOGRAPHY FRAME $7.50

Our purpose built Chromatography frame does away with using beakers and pop sticks, etc to provide a stable platform to perform paper chromatography.  

SCIENCE LAB EQUIPMENT

For the lab technician we offer;

  • 12 well spotting plate $5. Can be used for precipitation reactions. Grey colour allows white precipitates to be more visible than traditional white ceramic spotting tiles. (NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ACID REACTIONS)
  • Slide and cover slip holder $8. These come as a pair and make it easier to store and distribute slides and cover slips for practicals.

SCIENCE CLASSROOM IN A BOX!  ON SALE!!

As an introductory offer we are currently selling our 'Science Classroom in a box' valued at over $100 for $80 (plus postage$10.95). This box contains one of each of our current models. 

This offer is limited to one per school or household.

POSTAGE


  • Individual kits from $10.95
  • Class sets from $18.95

VIDEOS 

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