Free Teacher Resources for Back to School
BUILD's Design Challenge
Bring the Design Challenge to Your Students in Grades 6-12!
Made by teachers for teachers. Empowering Educators With Human-Centered Design.
- Engage your students by teaching them empathy, prototyping and testing, to solve real life problems
- Enhance your own professional skills with the two-hour Design Thinking training offered by BUILD and receive a LinkedIn certificate
- Enable your students to achieve future career potential by encouraging entrepreneurial skills
In our upcoming challenge, students across the country will solve this challenge question: “How might we develop entrepreneurial solutions to everyday challenges for people in our schools and communities?”
Teacher Resources
As an educator, there is always something to do. Between grading lessons and keeping up with changing regulations, there just isn’t enough time in the day. Edutopia.com is a tremendous resource for educators. Here are a few great articles to get you started.
One teacher guides her students to think deeply first in conversation with her, then with a peer and a larger group.
Waiting for a teacher’s support can be hard for some students, but with the right strategies, they can learn to use this time productively.
A look at one way middle and high school teachers can equip their students with the skills to become independent thinkers.
Lessons steeped in social and emotional learning can help students learn to accept the idea that their views could be wrong.
Spread the Word!
We know you love BUILD. Make sure your community knows how wonderful we are too. Please share our teacher, mentor and student flyers, so that we can spread the word about BUILD.
Classroom Posters
Check out these fun ideas that can be used to show your class and the school what BUILD is made of.
Back to School Fun!
Challenge your friends! Share, tag, and get to know your colleagues with these getting-to-know-you ideas.
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