lesson: Vacant Lot Opportunity Mindset

Today and every day, across America from coast to coast, from rural communities, to the suburbs, to inner-cities, America’s students will walk, pedal and ride past a landsca…

lesson: Money Bowl

Money Bowl provides an applicable example of greed while exploring the effects of communication and trust within a group.

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lesson: Zoom

Zoom illustrates the costs and barriers to exchanging needed knowledge and information in a fun, interactive way.

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lesson: Bridge Building for Team Building

As we come together, we each have many talents, skills, and ideas which we can share with each other. This activity will give you a chance to share these talents with one anot…

lesson: Eye Spy

Entrepreneurs learn through observation. They observe the marketplace, trends, business models, the behavior of businesses and consumers, how value is being created, Principle…

video: Activity

YE equips students to overcome barriers and adversity with an opportunity mindset. In this exercise, students get to practice pushing past barriers as a team — and remaining…

lesson: Pitch It

The purpose of Pitch It is to help students experiment with different product or service concepts and then try to convince customers to choose their idea based on th…

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: Speak Out, Speak Back

Speak Out Cards afford students the opportunity to practice standing in front of others and speaking extemporaneously. There is little risk but high return for the s…

lesson: The Footwear Design Project

The Footwear Project is a fast-paced project leading students through the design thinking process. This project supports the same mindset, thinking and outcomes as T…

lesson: PIT With Namecards

Pit is a fast-paced card game designed to simulate open outcry bidding for commodities. If you are familiar with this classic game, be aware that we don’t necessar…

lesson: Three-Legged Stool

In this lesson students will learn about the three-legged stool. The three-legged stool is an analogy for three things all businesses need to sustain long-term success. All bu…

lesson: Ticket Out

There are many strategies for checking for student understanding of class material. One quick, easy and effective strategy is the “ticket out the door”. Students need to r…

lesson: Game Challenge

Let’s combine learning and playing with the Game Challenge. Students often learn best when interacting with content in a game style format. The Game Challenge is a PBL-desig…

lesson: Subscription Box Design Project

The Subscription Box Design Project is a fast-paced project leading students through the design thinking process. This project supports the same mindset, thinking and ou…