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

36 Activities

Overview

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.

Planet Mooz Diner

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts

Grades K - 2

Planet Mooz Diner

K - 2

1 Hour

Students create a name and menu for a diner on a strange, newly discovered planet called Mooz. Watch out, though! Moozians eat very different things than we do on planet Earth, so students will need to use their creativity to put together a stellar menu. After creating the menu, students will create play food and try each other's "food" out as customers at their diners. This engaging activity allows students to explore their creativity in a meaningful way, as they get a chance to create new menu items, invent a diner name, and showcase their work to their peers while role-playing.

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Planet Mooz Diner

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts

Grades K - 2

What is an Entrepreneur?

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

What is an Entrepreneur?

K - 2

25 Minutes

Entrepreneurship isn't just about starting companies; it's a skill set and way of thinking. In this activity, students will watch a video from Kid President on what it takes to be an inventor to get them thinking about and discussing what an entrepreneur is. Then, students will make a poster representing themselves as entrepreneurs to start cultivating the mindset and thinking that they, too, are entrepreneurs.

This activity was designed as Part 1 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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What is an Entrepreneur?

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Idea Journals and the Entrepreneur Song

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Idea Journals and the Entrepreneur Song

K - 2

15 Minutes

Deepen students' understanding of themselves as entrepreneurs by creating Idea Journals, where they can freely express themselves and jot down thoughts, questions, and drawings as they collect ideas for changing the world. After exploring their Idea Journals, students will listen to and practice singing the Entrepreneur song, which reviews and emphasizes key points about the entrepreneurial mindset.

This activity was designed as Part 2 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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Idea Journals and the Entrepreneur Song

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Entrepreneurs, Help Heather!

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Entrepreneurs, Help Heather!

K - 2

30 Minutes

This activity allows students to work in teams to solve a problem with new ideas, the first step to really experiencing what it's like to be an entrepreneur. While building teamwork skills, students will have the opportunity to solve Heather's problem of not being able to see the board very well. By helping a character students can relate to, they will be able to see that entrepreneurs help people with innovative designs and ideas.

This activity was designed as Part 3 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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Entrepreneurs, Help Heather!

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Product Analysis & Snapshot of Famous Entrepreneur, Indra Nooyi

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Product Analysis & Snapshot of Famous Entrepreneur, Indra Nooyi

K - 2

25 Minutes

How are everyday products designed to solve problems and appeal to customers? In this activity, students will survey people about products they buy at the grocery store and think entreprenurially about packaging, logos, and other aspects of product design. Students will also learn about a real, famous entrepreneur, Indra Nooyi, helping make the connection that real-life entrepreneurs have ideas and take steps to carry out those ideas, being thoughtful about every aspect of the product they create.

This activity was designed as Part 4 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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Product Analysis & Snapshot of Famous Entrepreneur, Indra Nooyi

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Draw Three

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Draw Three

K - 2

25 Minutes

Students become entrepreneurs as they draw three objects from a hat and transform them into a new product.

This activity was designed as Part 5 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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Draw Three

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

3 - 5

35 Minutes

Students work in teams to complete a challenge to build the tallest free-standing structure out of paper that can support a marshmallow. Along the way, teams will be asked to reflect on what they've been doing and how they're feeling as they experience what it means to have an entrepreneurial mindset. It will also help students start building some key entrepreneurial skills including creativity, teamwork, and prototyping.

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Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Entrepreneur Song

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 3 - 5

Entrepreneur Song

3 - 5

15 Minutes

Students listen to a song that is all about the entrepreneurial mindset and the process entrepreneurs go through to create. After hearing the song, students get a lyric sheet and sing along with the song. This can be used in all lessons as a review for what an entrepreneur is and does.

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Entrepreneur Song

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 3 - 5

The Marshmallow Challenge

STEM, Arts

Grades 6 - 12

The Marshmallow Challenge

6 - 12

45 Minutes

Students work in teams to complete a challenge to build the tallest free-standing structure out of dry spaghetti noodles that also supports the weight of a regular-sized marshmallow. Along the way, teams will be asked to reflect on what they've been doing and how they're feeling as they experience what it means to have an entrepreneurial mindset. It will also help students start building some key entrepreneurial skills including creativity, team work, and prototyping.

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The Marshmallow Challenge

STEM, Arts

Grades 6 - 12

Dream Team

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 12

Dream Team

6 - 12

45 Minutes

Students create their ultimate entrepreneurial "dream team" poster. Students first create an image of themselves as an entrepreneur (as creatively as they like), highlighting their entrepreneurial strengths, and then they will add team members to their poster (real or fictional), highlighting the mindsets and skills they will bring to the team to make up the ultimate entrepreneurial dream team - ready to take on any challenge!

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Dream Team

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 12

A Close Look at Mission Statements

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

A Close Look at Mission Statements

9 - 12

45 Minutes

A mission statement is a sentence or short paragraph that identifies the goals and purpose of a company, charity, religious group, or other institution or organization. In this activity, students analyze real-life examples of mission statements and then suggest a mission statement for their school or another organization of interest.

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A Close Look at Mission Statements

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Brands Remembered and Forgotten

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 6 - 8

Brands Remembered and Forgotten

6 - 8

45 Minutes

The history of American business includes long lists of brands that were widely popular but only for brief periods of time. In this activity, students view the logos or images that represent a wide variety of brands, some long-defunct, others current and familiar. They will recognize that for any business, public recognition and popularity can be fleeting, and decades-long success is rare.

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Brands Remembered and Forgotten

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 6 - 8

Build a Business Logo

Career and Future Readiness, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Build a Business Logo

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Lemonade stands, lawn service, and dog walking. These are all business ideas that most of us had at one point. Students collaborate to develop their own age-appropriate small business, designing an attractive and memorable logo for their business.

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Build a Business Logo

Career and Future Readiness, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Appeal to the Consumer

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Appeal to the Consumer

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students explore the role of consumers in the economy. They begin by discussing what consumers are and how entrepreneurs develop ideas for goods and services to meet consumer needs and wants. In teams, they brainstorm innovations to existing goods and services to appeal to specific consumers. They do so by querying their fellow consumers about the existing goods and services. They then use what they learn to write a proposal for their innovative good or service.

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Appeal to the Consumer

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Many Businesses, Many Models

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Many Businesses, Many Models

6 - 8

45 Minutes

In this activity, students explore different business models and apply them to real-life examples. They begin by drawing a simple model of their own to understand the similarities and differences in business structures. They then break into teams to learn about a business started by a young entrepreneur. Using a worksheet describing the different types of business models, they match the appropriate model to the business they studied. Finally, they create a visual to explain the business model they studied and use it to share what they learned with the rest of the group.

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Many Businesses, Many Models

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 3-5)

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Successful sales representatives know all of the advantages and disadvantages of their products and how their product compares with the competition. In this activity, students act as sales representatives for brands of sneakers. They deliver sales pitches that portray their products as attractively as possible to potential customers.

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Be a Sales Representative (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 6-8)

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Grades 6 - 8

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 6-8)

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Successful sales representatives know all of the advantages and disadvantages of their products and how their product compares with the competition. In this activity, students act as sales representatives for mobile telephones. They deliver sales pitches that portray their products as attractively as possible to potential customers.

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Be a Sales Representative (Grades 6-8)

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Grades 6 - 8

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

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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Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

What Are the Costs of Starting a Business?

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

What Are the Costs of Starting a Business?

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Starting a business has proven to be a successful career option for many people, but many new businesses fail because they are poorly funded. In this activity, students experience the research, planning, and decision-making involved in launching and funding a new business.

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What Are the Costs of Starting a Business?

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Business Skills: Job Interview

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Business Skills: Job Interview

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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Business Skills: Job Interview

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Drawing a New Invention (Grades 6-8)

STEM, Arts

Grades 6 - 8

Drawing a New Invention (Grades 6-8)

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students brainstorm an invention that can be used in everyday life. They make a detailed drawing of their invention, including labels and descriptions, and then share their invention idea with the group.

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Drawing a New Invention (Grades 6-8)

STEM, Arts

Grades 6 - 8

A New Logo (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Literacy

Grades 6 - 8

A New Logo (Grades 6-8)

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Youth act as graphic artists and designers, as well as business executives, to design a logo for a new business. After generating their logo, they'll present it to the group for feedback.

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A New Logo (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Literacy

Grades 6 - 8

Entrepreneurship: Meeting a Need

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 3 - 5

Entrepreneurship: Meeting a Need

3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, students explore the role of needs and wants in the economy. They begin by identifying examples of needs and wants and then learn that entrepreneurs come up with business ideas to meet a need or a want. They work in groups to list personal needs and wants. In teams, they select 1 of the needs or wants they identified and brainstorm an idea for a good or service to meet it. Together, they create a pitch to “sell” their idea. To complete the activity, they pitch their business ideas to the group.

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Entrepreneurship: Meeting a Need

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 3 - 5

The Price Is Close! (Grades 9-12)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

The Price Is Close! (Grades 9-12)

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students play pricing games presented in a game-show style. This activity builds analytical and math skills, as well as collaboration skills.

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The Price Is Close! (Grades 9-12)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 3-5)

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students consider how inventions are improved over time. They select an everyday product and work as a team to improve or update it by outlining its new features, sketching a prototype, and comparing it to the original invention. This activity builds design and collaboration skills as well as creative thinking skills.

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Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

The Wright Brothers and the Airplane

STEM, Arts

Grades K - 2

The Wright Brothers and the Airplane

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children learn about the Wright brothers' background and use problem-solving skills to design and create paper airplanes to fly long distances.

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The Wright Brothers and the Airplane

STEM, Arts

Grades K - 2

What’s That For?

STEM, Arts

Grades K - 2

What’s That For?

K - 2

45 Minutes

In this activity, children observe and ask questions about unfamiliar objects that nevertheless serve a useful purpose in their lives. This activity helps provoke children’s curiosity in the world around them and shows them that the world can surprise them in many ways.

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What’s That For?

STEM, Arts

Grades K - 2

Can You Patent It?

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Can You Patent It?

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Youth learn about patentable ideas. Youth discuss and assess whether hypothetical ideas are patentable and think of their own invention that could be patented.

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Can You Patent It?

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Invention Idea Jigsaw

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Invention Idea Jigsaw

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students claim 1 adjective card and 1 noun card from the card decks provided. Then they form groups of 2 or 3 and see whether the words they have selected spark an idea for a new invention. Volunteers present their ideas to the whole group, a process similar to the television show Shark Tank.

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Invention Idea Jigsaw

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

The Price Is Close! (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 3 - 5

The Price Is Close! (Grades 3-5)

3 - 5

45 Minutes

In the game show The Price Is Right, contestants guess the price of various items with the goal of not overestimating the price. Today's activity has students playing a game called The Price Is Close. Each team leads a round of the game.

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The Price Is Close! (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 3 - 5

Mind Mapping Business Success

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Mind Mapping Business Success

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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Mind Mapping Business Success

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Bicycle 2.0

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Bicycle 2.0

3 - 5

45 Minutes

All of us are familiar with bicycles, and many of us enjoy riding them. What if we could make that experience even better? In today’s activity, students create new designs for bicycles to make them more convenient or useful for transportation.

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Bicycle 2.0

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Communicating at Work

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Communicating at Work

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Large companies are organized so that staff can communicate with one another and make decisions effectively. In this activity, students model the staff of a large company and learn how to communicate within an established structure.

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Communicating at Work

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

The Price Is Close! (Grades 6-8)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

The Price Is Close! (Grades 6-8)

6 - 8

45 Minutes

In this activity, students attempt to figure out the price of popular age-appropriate products in a game similar to the game show The Price Is Right.

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The Price Is Close! (Grades 6-8)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 6-8)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 6-8)

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Student teams work together to improve an existing product and then present their ideas to the group. This activity builds analytical thinking and cooperative learning skills while developing speaking and listening skills.

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Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 6-8)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Design Your Own Money (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Design Your Own Money (Grades 3-5)

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students create new designs for the front and back of the $10 bill. This activity builds design and creative-thinking skills.

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Design Your Own Money (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

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

Grades K - 12

29 Hours 20 Minutes

Overview

Planet Mooz Diner

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts

Grades K - 2

Planet Mooz Diner

K - 2

1 Hour

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Planet Mooz Diner

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts

Grades K - 2

What is an Entrepreneur?

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

What is an Entrepreneur?

K - 2

25 Minutes

This activity was designed as Part 1 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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What is an Entrepreneur?

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Idea Journals and the Entrepreneur Song

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Idea Journals and the Entrepreneur Song

K - 2

15 Minutes

This activity was designed as Part 2 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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Idea Journals and the Entrepreneur Song

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Entrepreneurs, Help Heather!

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Entrepreneurs, Help Heather!

K - 2

30 Minutes

This activity was designed as Part 3 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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Entrepreneurs, Help Heather!

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Product Analysis & Snapshot of Famous Entrepreneur, Indra Nooyi

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Product Analysis & Snapshot of Famous Entrepreneur, Indra Nooyi

K - 2

25 Minutes

This activity was designed as Part 4 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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Product Analysis & Snapshot of Famous Entrepreneur, Indra Nooyi

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Draw Three

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Draw Three

K - 2

25 Minutes

Students become entrepreneurs as they draw three objects from a hat and transform them into a new product.

This activity was designed as Part 5 of 5 in a series created by VentureLab. Check out the "Intro to Entrepreneurship" lesson to see more.

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Draw Three

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades K - 2

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

3 - 5

35 Minutes

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Design Challenge: Paper Tower Marshmallow Challenge

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Entrepreneur Song

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 3 - 5

Entrepreneur Song

3 - 5

15 Minutes

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Entrepreneur Song

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 3 - 5

The Marshmallow Challenge

STEM, Arts

Grades 6 - 12

The Marshmallow Challenge

6 - 12

45 Minutes

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The Marshmallow Challenge

STEM, Arts

Grades 6 - 12

Dream Team

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 12

Dream Team

6 - 12

45 Minutes

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Dream Team

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 12

A Close Look at Mission Statements

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

A Close Look at Mission Statements

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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A Close Look at Mission Statements

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Brands Remembered and Forgotten

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 6 - 8

Brands Remembered and Forgotten

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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Brands Remembered and Forgotten

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 6 - 8

Build a Business Logo

Career and Future Readiness, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Build a Business Logo

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Build a Business Logo

Career and Future Readiness, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Appeal to the Consumer

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Appeal to the Consumer

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Appeal to the Consumer

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Many Businesses, Many Models

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Many Businesses, Many Models

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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Many Businesses, Many Models

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 3-5)

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Be a Sales Representative (Grades 3-5)

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 6-8)

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Grades 6 - 8

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 6-8)

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Successful sales representatives know all of the advantages and disadvantages of their products and how their product compares with the competition. In this activity, students act as sales representatives for mobile telephones. They deliver sales pitches that portray their products as attractively as possible to potential customers.

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Be a Sales Representative (Grades 6-8)

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Grades 6 - 8

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Be a Sales Representative (Grades 9-12)

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

What Are the Costs of Starting a Business?

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

What Are the Costs of Starting a Business?

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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What Are the Costs of Starting a Business?

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Business Skills: Job Interview

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Business Skills: Job Interview

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Business Skills: Job Interview

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Drawing a New Invention (Grades 6-8)

STEM, Arts

Grades 6 - 8

Drawing a New Invention (Grades 6-8)

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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Drawing a New Invention (Grades 6-8)

STEM, Arts

Grades 6 - 8

A New Logo (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Literacy

Grades 6 - 8

A New Logo (Grades 6-8)

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Youth act as graphic artists and designers, as well as business executives, to design a logo for a new business. After generating their logo, they'll present it to the group for feedback.

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A New Logo (Grades 6-8)

Arts, Literacy

Grades 6 - 8

Entrepreneurship: Meeting a Need

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 3 - 5

Entrepreneurship: Meeting a Need

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Entrepreneurship: Meeting a Need

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 3 - 5

The Price Is Close! (Grades 9-12)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

The Price Is Close! (Grades 9-12)

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students play pricing games presented in a game-show style. This activity builds analytical and math skills, as well as collaboration skills.

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The Price Is Close! (Grades 9-12)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 3-5)

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

The Wright Brothers and the Airplane

STEM, Arts

Grades K - 2

The Wright Brothers and the Airplane

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children learn about the Wright brothers' background and use problem-solving skills to design and create paper airplanes to fly long distances.

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The Wright Brothers and the Airplane

STEM, Arts

Grades K - 2

What’s That For?

STEM, Arts

Grades K - 2

What’s That For?

K - 2

45 Minutes

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What’s That For?

STEM, Arts

Grades K - 2

Can You Patent It?

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Can You Patent It?

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Youth learn about patentable ideas. Youth discuss and assess whether hypothetical ideas are patentable and think of their own invention that could be patented.

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Can You Patent It?

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Invention Idea Jigsaw

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Invention Idea Jigsaw

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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Invention Idea Jigsaw

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

The Price Is Close! (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 3 - 5

The Price Is Close! (Grades 3-5)

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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The Price Is Close! (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 3 - 5

Mind Mapping Business Success

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Mind Mapping Business Success

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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Mind Mapping Business Success

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Bicycle 2.0

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Bicycle 2.0

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Bicycle 2.0

STEM, Arts

Grades 3 - 5

Communicating at Work

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Communicating at Work

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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Communicating at Work

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

The Price Is Close! (Grades 6-8)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

The Price Is Close! (Grades 6-8)

6 - 8

45 Minutes

In this activity, students attempt to figure out the price of popular age-appropriate products in a game similar to the game show The Price Is Right.

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The Price Is Close! (Grades 6-8)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 6-8)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 6 - 8

Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 6-8)

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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Engineering an Upgrade (Grades 6-8)