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)
Go to — Fixing Things for the Future
Pedagogy, teaching and learning strategies, tools, and classroom materials. Demonstrates the broad scope of teaching opportunities repair offers.
Source — Agency by Design Oakland; Maker Ed, Berkeley, California, USA
Age — K - 12th grade (5 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free download, (hardcopy available at cost)
Go to — The Toolkit
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
Go to — A Stitch In Time
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 learning kits for the home and classroom, enriching science, tech, engineering and sustainability education through repair.
Source — Team Repair, UK
Age — 10 - 14 years old
Cost — Varies by product
Go to — Team Repair
UK only at present (September 2025), international expansion planned.
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
Go to — Berkeley Unified School District Repair Unit
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
Repair-centered lessons and activities, and supplementary resources.
Source — iFixit, USA and worldwide
Age — K - 12th grade (5 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free
Go to — iFixit K-12 Educator Tool Chest
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
Go to — Science of Adhesives
Teacher lesson plan and student worksheets.
Source — Rethink Waste, California USA
Age — 3rd - 5th grade (9 - 11 year olds)
Cost — Free
Go to — Another “R”: Repair!
Ten lesson plans tied to multiple subject areas. One hour each. Linked to Primary National Curriculum, adaptable to any school context.
Source — Malvern Hills Repair Cafe, UK
Age — Ages 10 - 11; adaptable to 7 - 14 year olds
Cost — Free
Go to — Education Packet
Go to — Outline of Links to English, Science, Geography and History
Lesson plans, learning intentions, materials required, etc. Linkages to UK national curriculum standards, adaptable to any school context.
Source — Repair What You Wear, UK
Age — Ages 6 - 18
Cost — Free
Go to — Fashion and the Environment
Lesson plans and quizzes for teaching students how to repair and upgrade salvaged computers.
Source — Alfond Youth and Community Center, Maine, USA
Age — 3rd - 7th grade (9 - 14 years old)
Cost — Free
Go to — Computer Club Curricula
Lesson plans addressing repair within the context of environmental sustainability.
Source — Facing The Future, Western Washington University, USA
Age — High school (14 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free
Go to — Download pdf
Comprehensive handbook for establishing a school-based community repair event, outline for linking repair concepts with academic subject areas, didactic guides, videos and games. (Spanish)
Source — Club de Reparadores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Age — All ages
Cost — Free
Go to — Guide (Spanish pdf)
Go to — Didactic guides, videos, games and additional materials (Spanish)
Catalogue of materials and other resources related to bringing repair into the educational settings. (German)
Source — Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen, with links to resources from various other sources, Germany
Age — All ages
Cost — Free
Go to — Repair and Education (German)
An introduction to the circular economy fleshed out with an extensive library of essays, articles, videos and research.
Source — Ellen MacArthur Foundation, UK
Age — All ages, though most materials are appropriate for middle school and beyond
Cost — Free
Go to — ”What Is A Circular Economy?”
Go to — Teaching Resources Website
Classroom resources and online classes — Interactive, live video, teaching kits
Note: Repair Detectives is taking a sabbatical until early 2026.
Source — Repair Detectives, New Zealand
Age — 3rd - 10th Level (8 - 15 years old)
Cost — Variable
Go to — Repair Detectives
