If you’re looking for teaching tools for engineering, Instructables is a website to look at. Instructables started in the MIT Media Lab to help instructors teach engineering with practical activities. Instructables has hundreds of creations ordered by grade levels and subject areas such as design, robotics, engineering, and so on.

Website: https://www.instructables.com/

What Users Love About the App

“In my opinion this website is very visually appealing with many images to help demonstrate the step by step tutorial.I found this website very useful and would recommend it to anyone.Thank you.”

“This website contains contests on different crafting. I especially loved the homemade bracelets. Great for Families. There is so much to do on this one website.”

“The site is so amazing for DIY made, I like this site very much, you can share and learn more jewelry making, and can get more fashion elements from the world, super like this site, I can get more fresh ideas for my beaded making”

“Intriguing site that will walk you through a plethora of projects that will keep your brain moving. Learn how to build robots, cool things out of paper, and a slew of other things here.”

“Great site for finding project ideas and easy plans. After snooping around for a while for free, I upgraded to a paid account and do enjoy the benefits!”

What Users Dislike About the App

“After working with Instructables.com for 5 years I’ve determined that the vast majority of projects posted and featured on the site a complete junk with respect to the technology category. The site has mostly been overrun with authors that are promoting PCB manufacturers, or authors that are publishing articles of junk science (aka free crystal energy). The editors can’t distinguish the difference between good science and bad.”

“Diving deeper I find that the builder will sell you plans for 25 pounds sterling (about $50 Canadian). I feel ripped off. Instructables seems to be a site for people to show off their builds and sell plans rather than a site where you pay for access to a variety of plans, which is how they market it.”

“The editor is painful to use. You get the idea Instructable’s staff doesn’t use their own system. It regularly loses formatting. You have go back and reformat it. They add keywords (spam) that have nothing to do with your instructable”