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Design for Repair and Upgrade

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Design for Repair and Upgrade

A highly accessible video outlining the why’s and how’s of designing electronics for repair.

Source — Autodesk, USA
Age — Middle school and up (13 years old and up)
Cost — Free

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Materials Matter

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Materials Matter

Resource for students to explore where and how the materials in our phones are sourced.

Source — The Restart Project, London, UK
Age — Upper elementary school and up (8 years old and up)
Cost — Free

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Repair Manifesto

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Repair Manifesto

Poster: “We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident…”

Source — iFixit, USA and worldwide
Age — All ages
Cost — Free (almost)

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Alfond Computer Club

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Alfond Computer Club

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

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Team Repair

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Team Repair

Hands-on learning kits for the home and classroom, enriching science, tech, engineering and sustainability education through repair.

Source — Team Repair, UK
Age — 10 years old and up, varies by product
Cost — Varies by product

UK: subscription, purchase and classroom kits
USA and EU: for-purchase kits only

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Facing the Future

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Facing the Future

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

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unbroken.solutions

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unbroken.solutions

A wealth of accessible materials about the impact of over-consumption, repair-based solutions, the repair movement, and opportunities for action.

Source — unbroken.solutions, UK
Age — Middle school and up (13 years old and up)
Cost — Free

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“How Might We … Build a Culture of Repair?”

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“How Might We … Build a Culture of Repair?”

Lesson plans built around students exploring: “How might we build a Culture of Repair?”

Source — Design Minds - State Library of Queensland, Pimpama State Secondary College; and Relative Creative, a design firm in Australia
Age — Australian Teaching Levels 7 - 12 (13 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free

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Fieldston School

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Fieldston School

Video describing an on-campus, student-run repair program.

Source — Ethical Culture Fieldston School, New York, USA
Age — Middle school and up (13 years old and up)
Cost — Free

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The Restart Code

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The Restart Code

Video discussing our relationship with electronics, with a call to commitment to change it.

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

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Six R’s

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Six R’s

Design and Technology poster about the 6 R’s — Reduce, Reuse, Refuse, Recycle, Rethink, Repair.

Source — Tes, UK
Age — All ages
Cost — £1 (in 2025)

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iFixit Edu

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iFixit Edu

Technical writing program

Source — iFixit, California USA and worldwide
Age — Advanced high school and university levels (16 years old and up)
Cost — Free

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Chromebook Reboot Summer Internship Guidebook

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Chromebook Reboot Summer Internship Guidebook

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

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Fix-it Shops ~ An Endangered Species

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Fix-it Shops ~ An Endangered Species

Video profiling a general repair shop. Illustrates well the value, challenges and opportunities of local, independent repair businesses.

Source — Concentric Media, USA
Age — Middle school and up (13 years old and up)
Cost — Free

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iFixit K-12 Educator Tool Chest

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Repair-centered lessons and activities, and supplementary resources.

Source — iFixit, USA and worldwide
Age — K - 12th grade (5 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free

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iFixit K-12 Educator Resources

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iFixit K-12 Educator Resources

Anthology of resources for teaching about repair — topics addressed: environmental, political, economic, technical. Citations for further research; practical how-to’s.

Source — iFixit, USA and worldwide
Age — K - 12th grade (5 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free

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Explore Repair

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Explore Repair

Anthology of well-selected resources addressing core repair issues — environmental, political, economic; citations for further research; practical how-to’s.

Source — iFixit, USA and worldwide
Age — Middle school and up (12 years old and up)
Cost — Free

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Organiser Un Repair Café Dans Mon École! (Organize a Repair Café In My School!)

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Organiser Un Repair Café Dans Mon École! (Organize a Repair Café In My School!)

Detailed instructions and supporting materials for establishing a Repair Café in a school context. (French)

Source — Repair Together, Wallonia and Brussels, Belgium
Age — High school and up (15 years old and up)
Cost — Free

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RepairKids Manual

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RepairKids Manual

Guide for organizing and running community repair events in educational contexts. (German)

Source — Kristina Deselaers, Germany
Age — All ages
Cost — Free

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Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen — Repair Initiative Network

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Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen — Repair Initiative Network

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