Excitement builds- Entrepreneur project begins

We have just started the Entrepreneur projects. Last year was our first year with this project and the students learned so much. This project is for the grade 4,5,6 students. They must think of an idea to make and sell. This is problem solving at its best. What would someone want to buy? How much would I sell it for? How many do I make?
Step one is just coming up with an idea. The problems that the students have encountered so far revolve around what they want to make and the facts- will someone buy it? If everyone makes the product already will they buy your product or just go home and make it for themselves. It is hard for students to give up on an idea but they are learning that rethinking ideas is part of the creative process. Using a design thinking model to fit the project students must define what it is that they are going to make. (What is the need, is there a need). After that students will then need to have conversatiions with parents. Parents are critical to this project- not only do they give the loan, they share the knowledge that they have in business. This is what we are working on today.

Ideas that students have come up so far are wonderful- From the school perspective this project fits into all the curriculum areas. Because of the money/loans we are not wanting any students to partner up, this will just cause hard feeling.