Instructables Educational Instructable

The format of Instructables makes it an excellent resource for project-based education. For all grade levels, subject areas and skill levels, Instructables are available to address a variety of standards.

Elementary students can develop skills for following written instructions by ‘OrigamiEnforcer’ or another paper airplane ‘ible or a ‘StuMitch’ ‘Project to do with Kids’ ‘ible. Higher level students can also collaborate to write a class Instructable to develop their writing and editing skills.

Middle grades and high school students can also improve their skills using an Instructable project, whether following directions for Reading or producing their own Instructable as a class project.

For Science students, ‘WYE_Lance’ provides excellent directions.  Aerodynamics and acoustics as well as other science topics are easily addressed with many available Instructables.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Make-4-easy-Bamboo-Flutes-for-free/ for instance.

Measurement skills are used for many Instructables.  Higher level math skills in real world settings are also available such as this Instructable for creating a ‘Compound’ parabolic solar collector                                                                                         ( https://www.instructables.com/id/Compound-parabolic-dish-making-a-template-with-te/ )

Language Arts standards may be addressed through reading and evaluating various Instructables for spelling and grammar as well as ease of reading and accuracy of detail.

Social Science standards may be addressed by having students vote on contest finalists throughout the school year and graphing their similarity/difference to actual results.  This is an excellent Sociology research project.

There are myriad ways to use Instructables in your classroom. Take advantage of them TODAY! *ok, NOT today since it’s summer but…be ready for next year!*