This resource includes instructions for assembling classroom toolkits, and instructional materials for teaching about repair.
This step-by-step resource walks educators through creating three hands-on learning stations:
sewing a button,
exploring common tools, and
building a parallel circuit.
Whether used as a pre-activity to prepare students for an on-campus repair event, or as a stand alone classroom experience, this toolkit introduces repair as an accessible, practical skill set while helping students understand how everyday items work and how they can be maintained. It invites students to shift from passive consumption to active problem solving, laying the groundwork for deeper engagement in repair, sustainability, and community action!
Go to — Wayfinder Society - Algalita Marine Research and Education
Age — 5th - 12th grade (11 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free download
Related Resources:
How to Host a Fixit Clinic at School
Introduction to Repair
STEM / Maker Class Repair Unit
Teaching Lamp Repair Kit
Fix Forward and the Fixit Cart
Team Repair
Source — Algalita Marine Research and Education, Long Beach, California USA
Algalita is an internationally known environmental nonprofit that started the movement to end plastic pollution nearly 30 years ago. They were the first to discover, and bring attention to, the swirling soup of plastic pollution in the Pacific – now known by many as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Since then, they’ve worked to revolutionize the plastic pollution conversation by building a web of connections between researchers, activists, industry leaders, educators, and young people across the globe.
The Culture of Repair Project helped secure funding for this project.
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