Future Ready: Learning and Earning

167 Activities

Set a strong foundation for future independence and thoughtful decision-making by exploring money, business, and practical life skills. Here, learners dive into budgeting, entrepreneurship, and everyday financial choices.

Activities

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students take on the role of sales reps as they select, research, and create a sales pitch for a product. They share their pitches with the large group and learn how successful they are at selling their products. Students then discuss and analyze the effectiveness of various sales pitches and evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of the products.

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Evaluate a Business Idea (Grades 9-12)

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Evaluate a Business Idea (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students evaluate business ideas. Working in groups, they develop business ideas and use SWOT Analysis to assess the viability of each idea.

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When I Grow Up

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Belonging and Community

When I Grow Up

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

The answer to the age-old question “What do you want to do when you grow up?” is one that can change many times in a youth’s life. Today children will be thinking about their strengths, skills, and interests to help them decide what they might want to be when they grow up.

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Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

Students design and build their medical inventions.

This activity is Part 3 of 6 in the Amazing Bodies! series, with activities designed to build upon each another:

Amazing Bodies! 1: Prototype Brainstorm

Amazing Bodies! 2: Prototype Selection

Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

Amazing Bodies! 4: Prototype Test & Modify

Amazing Bodies! 5: Prototype Naming

Amazing Bodies! 6: Prototype Presentations

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Social Responsibility and Popular Brands

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, We The People

Social Responsibility and Popular Brands

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Companies are in business to make a profit, and they must continue to be profitable to stay viable. Nevertheless, many companies at least claim to act responsibly for the greater good of society. In this activity, students will evaluate claims of social responsibility from 3 companies. Are these claims accurate and reasonable, or are they attempts to distract consumers or the government from other agendas?

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NBA Math Hoops Lesson 4: Choosing a Shooter

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

NBA Math Hoops Lesson 4: Choosing a Shooter

Learn Fresh

3 - 8

1 Hour

In this interactive NBA Math Hoops activity, students act as coaches, utilizing the "Shot Planner" as their canvas for their basketball plays. Students will create "plays" by performing the correct mathematical operation, ultimately allowing them to unlock shots on the NBA Math Hoops game board.

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I Want to Be a Producer

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

I Want to Be a Producer

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students explore the role of producers in the economy. They begin by identifying examples of producers and the goods and services that they provide. They then connect the role of producer to the role of entrepreneur by discussing how entrepreneurs develop ideas to produce specific goods and services. The group brainstorms and votes on a good or service to mock produce. They then split into teams to identify and discuss specific economic factors influencing their product.

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Business Skills: Job Interview

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Business Skills: Job Interview

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

In this activity, students will explore the role of interviewing in business. They will begin by identifying the purpose of an interview and brainstorming a list of properties or characteristics of interviews in the business world. Next, working in teams, student will develop a job description and interview questions. They then pair up to take turns role-playing an interviewer and an applicant.

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Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students learn about the different types of intellectual property and work in small groups to brainstorm examples of each.

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Promote Your Business

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Promote Your Business

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students brainstorm and share ideas for promoting or marketing a small business.

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Mind Mapping Business Success

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Mind Mapping Business Success

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Business success often involves the ability to think about ideas and concepts in creative ways. Students will merge concepts with creativity as they use the notetaking technique of mind mapping to show how some well-known internet-based companies continue to experience success.

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Networking

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Belonging and Community

Networking

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students collaborate to identify complementary interests and ideas, and in the process develop networking skills.

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Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Evaluate a Business Idea (Grades 9-12)

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Evaluate a Business Idea (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students evaluate business ideas. Working in groups, they develop business ideas and use SWOT Analysis to assess the viability of each idea.

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When I Grow Up

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Belonging and Community

When I Grow Up

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

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Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

Students design and build their medical inventions.

This activity is Part 3 of 6 in the Amazing Bodies! series, with activities designed to build upon each another:

Amazing Bodies! 1: Prototype Brainstorm

Amazing Bodies! 2: Prototype Selection

Amazing Bodies! 3: Prototype Build

Amazing Bodies! 4: Prototype Test & Modify

Amazing Bodies! 5: Prototype Naming

Amazing Bodies! 6: Prototype Presentations

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Social Responsibility and Popular Brands

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, We The People

Social Responsibility and Popular Brands

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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NBA Math Hoops Lesson 4: Choosing a Shooter

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

NBA Math Hoops Lesson 4: Choosing a Shooter

Learn Fresh

3 - 8

1 Hour

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I Want to Be a Producer

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

I Want to Be a Producer

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Business Skills: Job Interview

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Business Skills: Job Interview

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students learn about the different types of intellectual property and work in small groups to brainstorm examples of each.

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Promote Your Business

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Promote Your Business

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students brainstorm and share ideas for promoting or marketing a small business.

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Mind Mapping Business Success

STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Mind Mapping Business Success

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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Networking

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Belonging and Community

Networking

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students collaborate to identify complementary interests and ideas, and in the process develop networking skills.

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Operation: Mindset

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

6 Activities

Operation: Mindset

Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

6 - 12

8 Hours 20 Minutes

Students discover what it means to think and act like an entrepreneur in this series of fun and engaging lessons. First, students learn about the mindset traits and behaviors of successful entrepreneurs before taking a survey that reveals the characteristics of their own entrepreneurial mindset. Students then participate in a series of four challenges – each designed to activate two of the eight domains of the entrepreneurial mindset. The module wraps up with students creating an action plan to further grow their own entrepreneurial potential.

Recommended Module Sequence

NFTE recommends that Lessons 1, 2, and 6 are facilitated in the order listed below. However, Lessons 3, 4, and 5 can be facilitated in any order. Lessons 3, 4, 5, and 6 can also be done independently for teachers looking for exercises that engage students in those non-cognitive skills.

Lesson 1: Pitch Yourself

Lesson 2: EMI Pre-Survey Analysis

Lesson 3: Tower of Power

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domain Focus: Creativity & Innovation and Initiative & Self-Reliance

Lesson 4: Chill or Grill

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domain Focus: Flexibility & Adaptability and Comfort with Risk

Lesson 5: Picture This

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domain Focus: Communication & Collaboration and Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Lesson 6: Startup Survival

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domains: Opportunity Recognition & Future Orientation

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Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 3-5)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

3 Activities

Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 3-5)

VentureLab

3 - 5

1 Hour 30 Minutes

This foundational series of activities introduces upper elementary students to the concept of entrepreneurship. Expanding beyond the idea that entrepreneurs are just people who set up and run a company, the team at VentureLab wants students to also develop an entrepreneurial way of thinking and acting on ideas.

Through this collection of activities, students develop an understanding of the basic entrepreneurial skills and mindset, as well as what it means and feels like to be an entrepreneur.

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Pitch Challenge Tools

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Leadership and Teamwork

4 Activities

Pitch Challenge Tools

Young Entrepreneur Institute

3 - 12

This series of pitch practice activities builds and reinforces presentation skills and provides a vehicle for establishing a safe space. The activities stand alone or can be used as a series, offering progressively more opportunity for critical thinking and skill development. These activities can also be used to help students prepare for a contest or presentation. Visit www.yepitch.org to learn about virtual contest opportunities and access a full pitch contest curriculum and toolkit.

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Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (Future Ready)

Digital Voices, Stories and Perspectives, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

9 Activities

Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (Future Ready)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 12

6 Hours 55 Minutes

Gear up for 21st century learning with Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II and Mizzen!

Designed to create awareness and discussion about how technology and innovation impact the workplace and workforce, this playlist with activities for grades K-12 explores skills and competencies required to success in 21st century careers.

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The World of Business & Entrepreneurship

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Leadership and Teamwork

9 Activities

The World of Business & Entrepreneurship

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

6 Hours 45 Minutes

Learning about business and economics are essential topics for young adults. Students engage in various activities that puts them in the shoes of entrepreneurs, learning about the realm of business.

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Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 6-12)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

2 Activities

Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 6-12)

VentureLab

6 - 12

1 Hour 30 Minutes

This foundational series of activities introduces middle and high school students to the concept of entrepreneurship. Expanding beyond the idea that entrepreneurs are just people who set up and run a company, the team at VentureLab wants students to also develop an entrepreneurial way of thinking and acting on ideas.

Through this collection of activities, students develop an understanding of the basic entrepreneurial skills and mindset, as well as what it means and feels like to be an entrepreneur.

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Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 1-2)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

5 Activities

Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 1-2)

VentureLab

K - 2

2 Hours

This foundational series of activities introduces elementary students to the concept of entrepreneurship. Expanding beyond the idea that entrepreneurs are just people who set up and run a company, the team at VentureLab wants students to also develop an entrepreneurial way of thinking and acting on ideas.

Through this collection of activities, students develop an understanding of the basic entrepreneurial skills and mindset, as well as what it means and feels like to be an entrepreneur.

Activity 1 ("What is an Entrepreneur?") introduces students to what entrepreneurs are, with students creating a poster of themselves using key words centered on the entrepreneurial mindset.

Activity 2 ("Idea Journals and the Entrepreneur Song") introduces the Idea Journal, a notebook where students can record all of their great ideas in one place. Students also learn a song and the entrepreneurial mindset.

In Activity 3 ("Entrepreneurs, Help Heather!") students design a perch to help an imaginary very tiny friend who wants to be able to see around the room. This problem-solving will help students to experience what it's like to be an entrepreneur.

Activity 4 ("Product Analysis & Snapshot of Famous Entrepreneur, Indra Nooyi") is all about analyzing different products and thinking about the entrepreneur behind the product and what they thought about for it to come to life. This activity will really kick start student interest as they consider the wider world of business and entrepreneurship.

Finally, after looking at what goes into creating a product and learning about what appeals to customers, students will draw three cards from three different categories in Activity 5 ("Draw Three") and be challenged to come up with a new product idea.

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Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (Entrepreneurship)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Leadership and Teamwork

40 Activities

Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (Entrepreneurship)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 12

29 Hours 20 Minutes

November is National Entrepreneurship Month and Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II has created an exciting collection of activities just for Mizzen!

Filled with fun, immersive, and interactive content, this playlist introduces students to entrepreneurship as a mindset.

Students in K-12 age groups will build their skillset through discovery, problem-solving, and collaboration.

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OnTRaC: Using Theater to Explore Careers in the Arts

Arts in Action, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

3 Activities

OnTRaC: Using Theater to Explore Careers in the Arts

ArtsConnection

9 - 12

4 Hours 30 Minutes

OnTRaC: Using Theater to Explore Careers in the Arts is a series of art-led activities that encourage young people to identify careers in the arts and creative fields. Students begin by identifying arts careers represented in their personal networks and within their own communities, as well as arts and creative fields that they're interested in learning more about. Then, they use improvisational theater activities to practice interview skills - for any school or job interview. Find a structure and framework to support young people to host a Visit with an Arts Professional. OnTRaC uses theater techniques as an entry point -- students engage in ice-breaker activities, role-play and other activities to increase skills in support of college and career readiness, including first impressions, networking and interviewing skills.

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Operation: Mindset

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

6 Activities

Operation: Mindset

Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

6 - 12

8 Hours 20 Minutes

Recommended Module Sequence

Lesson 1: Pitch Yourself

Lesson 2: EMI Pre-Survey Analysis

Lesson 3: Tower of Power

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domain Focus: Creativity & Innovation and Initiative & Self-Reliance

Lesson 4: Chill or Grill

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domain Focus: Flexibility & Adaptability and Comfort with Risk

Lesson 5: Picture This

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domain Focus: Communication & Collaboration and Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Lesson 6: Startup Survival

Entrepreneurial Mindset Domains: Opportunity Recognition & Future Orientation

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Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 3-5)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

3 Activities

Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 3-5)

VentureLab

3 - 5

1 Hour 30 Minutes

Through this collection of activities, students develop an understanding of the basic entrepreneurial skills and mindset, as well as what it means and feels like to be an entrepreneur.

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Pitch Challenge Tools

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Leadership and Teamwork

4 Activities

Pitch Challenge Tools

Young Entrepreneur Institute

3 - 12

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Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (Future Ready)

Digital Voices, Stories and Perspectives, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

9 Activities

Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (Future Ready)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 12

6 Hours 55 Minutes

Gear up for 21st century learning with Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II and Mizzen!

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The World of Business & Entrepreneurship

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Leadership and Teamwork

9 Activities

The World of Business & Entrepreneurship

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

6 Hours 45 Minutes

Learning about business and economics are essential topics for young adults. Students engage in various activities that puts them in the shoes of entrepreneurs, learning about the realm of business.

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Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 6-12)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

2 Activities

Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 6-12)

VentureLab

6 - 12

1 Hour 30 Minutes

Through this collection of activities, students develop an understanding of the basic entrepreneurial skills and mindset, as well as what it means and feels like to be an entrepreneur.

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Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 1-2)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore

5 Activities

Intro to Entrepreneurship (Grades 1-2)

VentureLab

K - 2

2 Hours

Through this collection of activities, students develop an understanding of the basic entrepreneurial skills and mindset, as well as what it means and feels like to be an entrepreneur.

Activity 1 ("What is an Entrepreneur?") introduces students to what entrepreneurs are, with students creating a poster of themselves using key words centered on the entrepreneurial mindset.

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Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (Entrepreneurship)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, Leadership and Teamwork

40 Activities

Grow & Go: Learn with Lt. Governor Gilchrist (Entrepreneurship)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 12

29 Hours 20 Minutes

November is National Entrepreneurship Month and Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II has created an exciting collection of activities just for Mizzen!

Filled with fun, immersive, and interactive content, this playlist introduces students to entrepreneurship as a mindset.

Students in K-12 age groups will build their skillset through discovery, problem-solving, and collaboration.

Discover Collection

OnTRaC: Using Theater to Explore Careers in the Arts

Arts in Action, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

3 Activities

OnTRaC: Using Theater to Explore Careers in the Arts

ArtsConnection

9 - 12

4 Hours 30 Minutes

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