De Zelfmaker
Bas Wijnen is a certified middle and high school teacher who has knowledge and experience in education. Many of the projects on this web site in the hardware and software sections are related to education. On this page are some projects that are not just related to it, but that are specifically about it.
De Zelfmaker has a passion for education and wants to contribute to it whenever possible.
If you think we can help you in any way in relation to education, please contact us.
Bas has completed his PhD in the US about using cheap 3-D printers for scientific research. He looked both at using the printers for making scientific equipment, and using the printers in an experimental setup. In the latter case it's usually not about pure printers, but about multifunctional robots that can also print.
The dissertation can be read here.
In order to let students get comfortable with the layout of the Dutch national central exams, it is useful to have earlier tests that use the same format, at least in high school. That's what this class file is meant for. When designing the test, the questions and answers must be entered. Two pdf files are generated from that: a test for the students, and a version with the answers, to be used for grading. To save paper, the second version does not include the pages where students should work out their answers.
Sometimes there are videos on the internet from people who usually make good content, but then they make a big error. In such a case we sometimes make a reaction video, to correct the error. A good example of that is a video from Matt Parker, where he measures the radius of the Earth. He makes some serious errors in regards to significant digits.
As a teacher, and also because it's fun, we make videos to explain certain concepts. Those are usually in Dutch. A good example of such a video is this one about the ground fault protection and the fuse in every house.