Learning Resources

A photograph of a young dark-skinned child with braids, ties a piece of string onto a vertical wire attached to the wall. The wall has multiple pieces of red, blue, yellow, purple, and white coloured string tied to it.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Welcome to Cooper Hewitt’s Learning Hub! Discover how design can change the world with these engaging activities, comprehensive lesson plans, expert career advice, and more. Explore tailored resources for every audience, and visit often for new, inspiring content.

K-12 Classroom Resources

A photograph of a group of children talking and sitting and talking in a table group of four in a classroom. On the desk in front of them are basic construction materials such as paper, cardboard, and straws. In the background are other table groups.
K-12 lessons and activities to empower your students through design literacy.

Teen Resources

A photograph of a teenager with light brown skin, black curly long hair, and wearing a black leather jacket holds a spool of gold wire. A dark-skinned teenager on the left who has dreadlocks and wears a bandana pulls the wire.
Explore design activities to try with friends and career advice from designers.

Family Resources

A photograph of a young dark-skinned child with long braided hair drawing. Across from her sits a dark-skinned man with short hair, a bear, and large dark rimmed glasses.
Dive into a world of creativity with fun activities for ages 5-12 to try at home.

Professional Development Resources

A close up photograph of a light skinned man wearing a blue shirt reaching across the table to a colorful board game that reads, “Design Across Town”.
Videos and toolkits that help educators integrate design in their classrooms.

Accessibility Resources

A close-up photograph of an older, bald, light-skinned man holding a textile sample. The hands of a person to his left also holds the sides of the textile sample for him. The textile sample has yellow and white stands.
Verbal description audio tours and professional resources to help develop more accessible content.

Design Topics

A graphic of two colorful hands on a grey-black background. The hands lie flat and fingers are spread out. The palm of the hands are colored white with little black polka dots, and the fingers are different colors of the rainbow.
Topics that draw on the museum’s diverse activities, including exhibitions, publications, programs, and collections.

Special Thanks

Design learning at Cooper Hewitt is made possible by Adobe, The Pinkerton Foundation, The Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation, The Hirsch Family Foundation, PwC Charitable Foundation, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution’s Youth Access Grants for Youth Innovation in Rural America, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.