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Curated books, courses, tools, and links for the innovators of tomorrow.

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9 Areas
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Stanford d.school — Design Thinking Bootleg
Innovation 📖 Book
Stanford d.school — Design Thinking Bootleg

Stanford d.school · Stanford d.school

Stanford's open-access design thinking guide with tools, methods, and frameworks for innovation.

Code.org — Hour of Code & CS Curriculum
Programming 🎓 Course
Code.org — Hour of Code & CS Curriculum

Code.org · Code.org

Free computer science curriculum for K-12. Includes Minecraft, Star Wars, and Frozen coding activities.

freeCodeCamp — Full-Stack Web Development
Programming 🎓 Course
freeCodeCamp — Full-Stack Web Development

freeCodeCamp · freeCodeCamp

3,000+ hours of free coding curriculum: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, databases, APIs, and more.

Figma — Free Collaborative Design Tool
Design 🛠️ Tool
Figma — Free Collaborative Design Tool

Figma · Figma Education

Industry-standard UI/UX design tool available free for students and educators. Great for prototyping and wireframing.

CK-12 — Free Science & STEM Textbooks
Science 📖 Book
CK-12 — Free Science & STEM Textbooks

CK-12 Foundation · CK-12

Customizable free digital textbooks covering biology, chemistry, physics, and earth science.

PhET Interactive Simulations — Physics & Chemistry
Science 🛠️ Tool
PhET Interactive Simulations — Physics & Chemistry

University of Colorado Boulder · PhET

University of Colorado's free interactive science simulations for physics, chemistry, biology, and math.

Desmos — Interactive Graphing Calculator
Mathematics 🛠️ Tool
Desmos — Interactive Graphing Calculator

Desmos · Desmos

Free browser-based graphing calculator and classroom activities for algebra, geometry, and more.

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Mathematics 🎓 Course
Khan Academy — Mathematics (All Levels)

Khan Academy · Khan Academy

Comprehensive free math courses from arithmetic to calculus, linear algebra, and statistics.

FIRST Robotics Competition — Innovation Challenge
Innovation 🔗 Link
FIRST Robotics Competition — Innovation Challenge

FIRST · FIRST Inspires

FIRST program resources for student innovation challenges, robotics competitions, and STEM leadership.

MIT OpenCourseWare — Introduction to Computer Science
Programming 🎓 Course
MIT OpenCourseWare — Introduction to Computer Science

John Guttag · MIT OpenCourseWare

Free MIT course covering the fundamentals of computer science and programming using Python.

IDEO Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators
Innovation 📖 Book
IDEO Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators

IDEO · Design Thinking for Educators

Free PDF toolkit from IDEO on applying human-centered design in educational settings.

Machine Learning for Kids
Artificial Intelligence 🛠️ Tool
Machine Learning for Kids

Dale Lane (IBM) · Machine Learning for Kids

Hands-on ML activities designed for children. Train models to recognize text, images, and sounds.