Our STEM-based activities show students that there’s more to our packaging than meets the eye
Last year, we shipped hundreds of millions of Lenovo devices across the globe. And while every box they arrive in can be reused, we believe that these boxes have another purpose before landing in the recycling skip.
Our ‘Turning Waste into Educational Wonder’ project asks students to create various projects from our cardboard boxes. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and cut-out designs on the boxes, the process is simple, accessible and enjoyable for all whilst being sure to support equity in education.
The activities teach fundamentals around topics like electricity, resistance forces and robotics to cultivate an interest and learnings about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. You'll find a QR code to download the Lenovo Digital Activity Booklet and get started as standard across all of our education device packaging, or you can download your copy below.
From wasteful to wonderful
With multiple activities to choose from, teachers can pick the options that suit their lesson plans best. Suitable for all ages, the activities range from creating simple electronic circuit boards to building more in-depth coding projects. And they can be customised to include modifications to reflect teaching styles.
Download our booklet (available in English, French, Spanish, and Italian) for step-by-step instructions for each activity, as well as in-depth discussions on what STEM projects can help with.
Tutorials
Watch these short video tutorials to find out how everything works.
Start small, without even the need for a cardboard box. Just use two different types of modelling clay to create a simple circuit that turns on a set of lights.
Using a button cell battery and wires, this circuit helps develop the Squishy Circuit activity with a fun design.
Create a series of lights on cardboard cut-out streetlamps to demonstrate the use of tension, intensity and resistance, as well as the limits of electrical currents in a series.
Evolving from the Public Lighting activity, create a parallel circuit to build and launch a cardboard sports car and find its limits.
Demonstrate the use of force, and how the anatomy of a hand works, with just cardboard and string.
STEM Alliance & Lenovo Competition
Now you’ve seen what’s possible, take a look at the winning project and take inspiration of how to raise sustainability awareness whilst fostering your students’ creativity and innovative thinking within your classroom activities.
We had over 160 submissions from across 23 countries and over 4,000 students take part showing how easy it is to get involved and find exciting new ways to leverage existing materials and turn them into something amazing.
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Together for a better future
More value to advance learning
Efforts like this can’t be done alone. Which is why we’ve teamed up with Microsoft to pool together our knowledge, expertise and resources.
By working with a partner that’s already removed 2.5 million tonnes of carbon from the environment, we can empower students to address the problem of packaging waste. While at the same time, develop a passion for STEM and maybe even a future career.
Powering digital education
Study habits and teachable moments have changed a lot over the past few years. So by incorporating Windows 11 into the latest Lenovo devices, we’re taking a closer look at how our devices can better support learning with a more intuitive, more productive interface.
Our solutions empower better learning to keep up with both students’ and teachers’ demands, whether it’s in the classroom or at home. From AR and VR headsets to esports programmes, we have something for everyone.
Sustainable solutions with Lenovo
Schools play a vital role in developing knowledge, skills and, most importantly, attitudes, when it comes to creating a sustainable future. Our Sustainable Actions brochure shows how Lenovo and Microsoft support educators – with energy-efficient devices, software that supports anywhere working, and less in-person travel.
We’re committed to becoming net zero by 2050 and are working with the Science Based Targets initiative to put goals in place to support this vision. For example, by 2025 we pledge that 90% of our plastic packaging will be made from recycled materials.
Our environmental pledges:
By 2050,
we will reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
By 2025,
we will have enabled the recycling and reuse of 800 million pounds of end-of-life products.
90% of our plastic
packaging will be recycled by 2025.
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Join us in creating a more sustainable future
Speak to one of our specialists today to learn how you can transform Lenovo packaging into new STEM discoveries.