Berkeley Unified School District involves students in repairing and refurbishing obsolete Chromebooks for redistribution to under-resourced students and families in the community.
Kimberley’s workshops demonstrate how repair brings critical thinking, real-world problem-solving, and basic physics concepts into the classroom, while also making space for urgent conversations like caring for the environment.
Zoe explains the thinking behind their Repair Kits: Transform how children engage with science and technology through fixing real objects. Home kits include a strategically broken gadget, tools, parts and repair guides. Classroom kits also include worksheets, lesson plans and more.
The iFixit Education Team writes that teaching our youth about repair is a critical channel for advancing repair. iFixit offers considerable support for K-12 educators and runs a robust Technical Writing Program for university students.
