Chapter Training 2: Curriculum

Welcome to the Technovation Curriculum Module!

In this module you’ll learn about our interactive online curriculum that equips students with technology, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills through project-based learning. Translations of the curriculum are available in 17 languages!

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

12

Units

17

Languages

60+

Hours

Interactive online curriculum to equip students with technology, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills.

Students build their projects with the help of interactive online content and activities.

Our core curriculum and SDG lessons support flexible learning journeys that can be tailored to each context.

The student curriculum includes built-in Mentor tips. The Mentor curriculum has lesson planning agendas and customizable activity sheets.

Technovation Curriculum incorporates the United Nations General Assembly’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

CURRICULUM SCOPE

Our online curriculum is designed to equip students with durable skills through project-based learning.

What Students Do & Learn

Investigate Problems in the Community

Brainstorm Solutions that Leverage Technology

Design and Build a Digital Solution to the Problem They Chose.

Develop an Entrepreneurial Plan

Create a Video to Present Their Ideas

⏰ Flexible Timeline

The curriculum can be adapted to fit within various timelines. We recommend that students are given 40-60 hours of time to use the curriculum and build their projects.

Lessons Include

The Technovation curriculum includes engaging videos that simplify complex ideas into easy-to-understand lessons. These videos feature expert instructors, and Technovation Alumni!

Check out these videos from the Senior Curriculum created by Technovation Alumni to help students with Ideation:

Students stay actively engaged through a lot of activities, including quizzes, coding exercises and research, all of which enhance their learning.

Check out this quiz from the Junior Curriculum about recognizing artificial intelligence in everyday technology:

Students strengthen their learning and build practical skills through hands-on activities in each lesson. While not required, these worksheets help guide project development and can be printed or completed in Google Docs—just make a copy to customize them for your teams!

Check out this activity from the Senior Curriculum about Outlining a Pitch Video:

Sustainable Development Goals

Technovation uses the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals to help students explore real-world problems and design impactful solutions for their communities.

Our curriculum includes 10 SDG-specific lesson tracks and curated technical videos from alumnae to challenge students to critically engage global issues that impact their community.

Students can dive deeper through these additional pathways and technical tutorials aligned with specific SDGs.

🔗 Explore Technovation’s SDGs Pathways 

HOW TO USE THE CURRICULUM

Using the Curriculum in Meetings and Classes

Structuring Your Sessions

You can structure sessions in one of two ways, depending on your team’s timeline and goals:

  1. Full-length curriculum – ideal for teams with more time who want to go deeper into each topic.
  2. Core Curriculum – a condensed version of the curriculum containing the basic information needed to submit a project if you are short on time.

During meetings, focus on the most relevant lessons and project-building activities. Students can complete some parts of the curriculum outside of sessions. Encourage them to work on their project between meetings as well.

Running sessions with multiple teams

Divide session time between:

  • Whole group activities (skill workshops, presentations)
  • Team breakout time (project work, planning)

Alternate between whole-group instruction and teamwork time. Start together, split into teams, then regroup to share progress.

Available Resources

  • Session slides to guide facilitators through meetings
  • Pre-built Agendas – structured weekly plans with meeting activities and student tasks
  • Curriculum Timeline Guide — A sample 20-session plan that outlines each lesson with suggested timing and links to key activities. It’s designed to be flexible and can be customized to fit however you choose to run your program. (click the image below to view and make a copy)

MENTOR CURRICULUM

We offer a comprehensive curriculum companion for Mentors to help them prepare for team meetings.

The Mentor curriculum includes:

The video below offers a quick look at the Mentor Curriculum and the core topics, objectives and activities it covers.