Environment

Fixing Things for the Future

Fixing Things for the Future

Comprehensive handbook for establishing a student-run repair program in schools.
(English, Spanish, German and French)

Source — Rudolf Steiner School, Munich, Germany
Age — 5th - 12th grade (11 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free download (English hardcopy available at cost)

Make It Work!

Make It Work!

Teaching packs linking repair with sustainability. Comprehensive instruction — light hands-on.

Source — Djapo, Leuven, Belgium; and Sharepair, the European Union
Age — 10 - 12 years old - Volume 1
Age — 14 - 18 years old - Volume 2
Cost — Free

Riot Refurb 2.0

Riot Refurb 2.0

Comprehensive guide for setting up a robust 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

Berkeley Unified School District STEM / Maker Class Repair Unit

Berkeley Unified School District STEM / Maker Class Repair Unit

Curriculum, lesson plans and slides for teaching a one-week repair unit in a middle school STEM/Maker class.

Source — Berkeley Unified School District MakerSpaces & Climate Literacy Initiative
Age — 6th - 8th grade (12 - 14 years old)
Cost — Free

Community Repair Events and Schools

Community Repair Events and Schools

School-hosted community repair events, supported energetically by local repair advocates, advances the objectives of both more than either could do on its own. Outline of rational, structure, how-to’s.

Sources — The Culture of Repair Project
Age — All ages
Cost — Free

Repair Advocates in the Classroom

Repair Advocates in the Classroom

Repair advocates supporting teachers’ in-class instruction advances the objectives of both educators and advocates. Outline of rational, structure, how-to’s.

Source — The Culture of Repair Project
Age — All ages
Cost — Free

Learn About Electric Circuits!

Learn About Electric Circuits!

A Canva slidedeck to support teaching the 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

Armá Tu Club en la Escuela!

Armá Tu Club en la Escuela!

Comprehensive handbook for establishing a school-based community repair event, outline for linking repair concepts with academic subject areas. (Spanish)

Source — Club de Reparadores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Age — All ages
Cost — Free

Club de Reparadores X Escuelas

Club de Reparadores X Escuelas

Videos, games, didactic guides. (Spanish and English)

Source — Club de Reparadores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Age — All ages
Cost — Free

Re-Thinking Repair in Maker Education Programs

Re-Thinking Repair in Maker  Education Programs

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

Why Repair Matters

Why Repair Matters

Library of essays, articles and videos from a wide range of publications about why repair is important.

Source — iFixit, USA and worldwide
Age — High school and up (14 years old and up)
Cost — Free

Introduction to Repair - Algalita's Wayfinder Society

Introduction to Repair - Algalita's Wayfinder Society

This lesson introduces repair as a strategy for addressing the environmental crisis that supports both people and the planet.

Source — Algalita’s Wayfinder Society
Age — 5th - 12th grade (11 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free

“I Can Imagine a World Where…”

“I Can Imagine a World Where…”

Video — Big picture on technology, design, repair, social justice and the environment, and agency to change.

Source — iFixit, USA and worldwide
Age — Upper elementary school and up (8 years old and up)
Cost — Free

A Stitch In Time

A Stitch In Time

A storybook for children, focused on the values of repair and reuse. A brilliant example of how repair can be integrated into core curriculum.

Source — Repair Café Collective India and Repair Café Bangalore Foundation, India
Age — Level 4/5 - India (9 - 12 years old), appropriate for older and younger
Cost — Free

Stitching Stuffies

Stitching Stuffies

Lesson plan and workshop guide for connecting hands-on repair and environmental awareness by guiding young children through repairing their own stuffed toys.

Source — WNC Repair Cafe, North Carolina, USA
Age — 1st - 4th grade (ages 6 - 10)
Cost — Free

Restart at School

Restart at School

Materials to organize and teach an after-school enrichment program, culminating in a school-sponsored community repair event.

Source — The Restart Project, London, UK
Age — 7th - 12th grade (13 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free

The Restart Project Educational Videos

The Restart Project Educational Videos

Three short animations address e-waste, the pressure to replace gadgets, and the materials inside them.

Source — The Restart Project, London, UK
Age — All ages
Cost — Free

Regenerational Fashion Repair Series

Regenerational Fashion Repair Series

These workshop materials include educational slides, lesson plans, supply lists, budget forms, templates and videos.

Source — High School of Fashion Industries (HSFI) and Repair Shop, New York, USA
Age — 9th - 12th grade (14 - 18 years old), adaptable for 6th - 8th grades (12 - 14 years old)
Cost — Free

Repair Like a Scientist

Repair Like a Scientist

A lesson introducing learners to the molecular science behind adhesion, with reflection exercises, bringing repair and sustainability into the science classroom.

Source — Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
Age — Designed for K - 8 ( 5 - 14 years old); adaptable to high school (14 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free

Slow Fashion: Mend Don't Spend Teen Workshop

Slow Fashion: Mend Don't Spend Teen Workshop

Teen-focused mending and clothing mods workshop for libraries and similar organizations. Includes lesson plans, suggested tools and materials.

Source — Rediscover Center, Los Angeles, California USA
Age — 9th - 12th grade (14 - 18th years old), adaptable for 6th - 8th grades (12 - 14 years old)
Cost — Free