The Educator Tool Chest offers a variety of repair-centered lessons and activities for different age groups. It includes structured projects that encourage hands-on learning and critical engagement with repair topics, making it easy for educators to integrate repair education into their curriculum.
Repair and repair-related projects structured for educators: objectives, deliverables, core concepts, standards correlations, materials, procedures, discussion topics and other resources.
Access — iFixit K-12 Educator Tool Chest
Age — K - 12th grade (5 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free
Source — iFixit, USA and worldwide
"We really want to support the great work that teachers are doing, so we compiled some resources to bring the iFixit spirit into your classroom. We have some great activities that focus on e-waste, sustainability, engineering/design, technical writing, technical identity, and more."
iFixit also presents an extensive catalogue of resources with information on a range of relevant topics — circular economy, design, e-waste, greenwashing and media literacy, mining, materials, and natural resources, right to repair and more. See Supplementary Materials.
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