2.0 is an updated and expanded version of their 2024 guidebook outlining how to set up an after-school program to teach students how to repair salvaged computers.
Source — Riot Refurb, South Portland High School, Maine, USA
Age — High school (14 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free
Go to — Riot Refurb Program
Guide for assembling a kit for teaching about repair. Teaching slide deck. Basic concepts, easy to use. Especially valuable for classrooms.
Source — Boulder U-Fix-It Clinic
Age — Middle school and up (13 years old and up)
Cost — Free guidelines; parts must be purchased
Go to — Teaching Lamp Repair Kit
Slide Deck: Basics of the environmental argument for repair, Right to Repair, electric circuits, and how to repair a lamp.
Source — Kimberley Schroder, Nimble Repair
Age — Middle school and up (13 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Go to — Electronics Repair Slide Deck
Hands-on activity. Product disassembly and exploration.
Source — Team Repair
Age — 10 - 14 years old
Cost — Free
Go to — Product Teardown STEM Classroom Activity
Lesson plans and activities, as well as building plans and supply lists for the cart
Source — Woodland Hill Montessori School, Robert C. Parker School, Rensselaer Repair Café
Age — 1st - 8th grade (ages 6 - 14)
Cost — Free
Go to — Fix Forward
Guidebook for supervising a summer student internship program repairing school district Chromebooks and other devices.
Source — Oakland Tech Repair, Oakland Unified School District, California USA
Age — To support High school and up (14 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Go to — Chromebook Reboot Summer Internship Guidebook
Take a look at Re-Thinking Repair in Maker Education Programs to see how you might bring repair into your makerspace, and get in touch if you’d like to help develop and share-out this resource.
Source — The Culture of Repair Project
Age — All ages
Cost — Free
Go to — Re-Thinking Repair in Maker Education Programs
