lesson: Lego COGS Activity
The Lego Cost of Goods Sold Activity provides students the opportunity to calculate the cost of goods sold for a prototype they designed. The activity also allows students to …
lesson: Innovation Activity
The Innovation activity gives the student an opportunity to take an existing product and improve it. When doing this activity it is important to remind students that…
lesson: Invention Activity
There are many ways you can foster creativity in your students and the Invention Activity is one of them. In the Invention Activity there is no right or wrong, no im…
lesson: Dirt and Worms
The Dirt and Worms activity allows your students to continue to practice calculating COGS. This activity will set the foundation needed for your students to develop …
lesson: Ice Cream Sundae
The Ice Cream Sundae activity allows your students to continue to practice calculating COGS and Price and Profit. This activity will build upon that foundation by ad…
video: Activity
See Paper Airplane Factory in action, and get tips to implement in your classroom. …
video: Activity
See Disruptus in action, and get tips to implement in your classroom. …
lesson: Back of the Napkin
Hands on activities are crucial for learning in the Youth Entrepreneurs classroom. Most students learn values and concepts through experience better than through lecture. Back…
lesson: Three Simple but Not Easy Questions
The following activity will challenge your students. Many of them will fail to answer correctly. Correct answers are not the goal of this activity. For the purpose o…
lesson: A Decade of Entrepreneurs
The Decade of Entrepreneurship activity affords your students the opportunity to research an entire decade worth of entrepreneurs and share that knowledge with
thei…
lesson: 100 Entrepreneurs
The 100 Entrepreneurs who Changed the World activity allows students the opportunity to independently research an entrepreneur from history who made an impact on the…
lesson: Going Bananas
This lesson will help your students understand how markets work by engaging them in an activity where the price of a product is determined by buyers and sellers voluntarily tr…
video: Intro
In the Paper Airplanes exercise, students get to practice pushing past barriers as a team — and remaining principled while they do it. Learn more about the activity and why …
lesson: Paper Airplane Factory
This activity engages students in the process of rapid prototyping, while facing challenges like scarcity and risk. Explore how to bring the Paper Airplane Factory to life in …
lesson: Marshmallow Towers
Marshmallow Towers is an activity that allows your students to gain a basic understanding of different business structures. Students, working in groups, are randomly…
lesson: S.W.O.T. Analysis
In this two-part activity, students will complete a S.W.O.T. Analysis for a business. A S.W.O.T. Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) is a common busine…
lesson: Tennis Ball Factory
This experiment uses student participation to teach the concept of diminishing marginal returns. Students are told they will be the employees in a widget factory. Th…
lesson: Garbology
Garbology is an activity that will give students an understanding of observational market research. It’s designed to test students’ assumptions and give them a f…
video: Intro
Explore Disruptus, a hands-on activity that engages your students in entrepreneurial learning. …
video: Set-up
Watch how to set-up and prepare Paper Airplane Facory for your students. …
