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Summary of
Contents
Marketplace for Kids
Major
Workplace Changes Await Youth
Growing Young Entrepreneurs
Vision, Mission, Strategic Objectives, Values
Who Coordinates the Event?
Did You Know...
Section 1: Innovative Thinking
Activity #1: Fancy Footwork
Activity #2: Model Motels
Activity #3: By Kids for Kids
Section 2: Entrepreneurship
How To Spot An Entrepreneur
Activity #1: Researching North
Dakota Entrepreneurs
Activity #2: Creating a "Local
Entrepreneur Hall of Fame" Bulletin Board
Student Operated Businesses
Outline of Start-up Business Plan
119 Ways for Kids to Make Money
Startling New Facts About Youth
Entrepreneuring
Section 3: Inventions, Innovations
& Crazy Contraptions - Yes, You Can Invent!
Yes, You Can Invent!
Glossary
8 Steps To Inventing
Inventor's
Log
Crazy Contraptions
What Every Young Inventor Should
Know About Patents/Intellectual Property
Invention & Creativity Quotes
Section 4: Adventures in Agriculture
& Using
Our
Renewable
Resources
Growing Money
From Corn to Plastic
Product - Taste Test and Other
Comparisons
Place - Buying Food on the Internet
Price - Competing With a Big
Discounter
Promotion - Communicating With the
Target Market
Food Flop
More Ideas to Make Money!
Section 5: Organize A Cooperative
Own a Multi-Million Dollar Company
Section 6: Utilizing the Internet in
Entrepreneurship
Project #1: Web Page Designing
Project #2: Bull Run
Project #3: E-Commerce
Project #4: Inventions and Patents
Section 7: Connect Your Kids to Your
Community Through Volunteerism
PART
1:
Ten Tips on Volunteering Wisely...
Fact Sheet - Service Learning
Helping Hands Camp
The Six Pillars of Character
Dos & Don'ts
of Character
The Purpose and Benefits of
Volunteerism
Enhance Your Personal Growth
Example: Volunteer Journal
Example: Volunteer Service
Reflection Sheet
Student Volunteer Placement
Agreement
PART 2:
Sample: Volunteer Service
Achievements
Sample: Volunteer Hours Tracking
Sheet
PART 3:
Sample: Student Volunteer Service
Application
Helping Hands Summer Camp Request
and Consent Forms
Volunteer Service Participation
Agreement
Section 8: Energy Education
Supply and Demand Issues Surrounding
Petroleum Based By-Products
Activity #1: Light By Friction
Activity #2: Lemon Power
Activity #3: Make Your Own
Lightning!
Activity #4: Building a Wind Gauge
Activity #5: Make an Anemometer!
Activity #6: H2O
Electrolysis - Splitting Water!
Activity #7: Make a Turbine
Section 9: Sample Lesson Plans from Marketplace for
Kids Teachers
PART 1:
Lesson Plan 1: Banking-Keeping a
Checkbook
Lesson Plan 2: Food on Friday
Lesson Plan 3: Germination of Seeds
Lesson Plan 4: Popcorn Sale
Lesson Plan 5: You Can Be An
Inventor
Lesson Plan 6: What is an
Entrepreneur?
Lesson Plan 7: Invent A Plant
Lesson Plan 8: Locating Businesses
on the Internet
Lesson Plan 9: E-Commerce
Lesson Plan 10: Hydroponic Gardens
Lesson Plan 11: Using Your
Imagination to Write a Story
Lesson Plan 12: Discussing Ag
Resources
Lesson Plan 13: Volunteerism - "BEE"
Involved
Lesson Plan 14: Art Project - Flour
Tortilla Teepees
Lesson Plan 15: Art Project - Sugar
Cookie States
Lesson Plan 16: Managing Money and
Helping Out The Needy
Lesson Plan 17: Homemade Ice Cream
Lesson Plan 18: Farmers
Markets -
Understanding Farm Income
Lesson Plan 19: Making a Bird Feeder
Lesson Plan 20: How Many Different
Ways Can We Use...
Lesson Plan 21: Inventions - What's
On Your Mind?
PART 2:
Lesson Plan 22: Creating an Invention
Lesson Plan 23: Think Like an Inventor
Lesson Plan 24: Volunteering
Lesson Plan 25: Commercial Cleansers versus Homemade
Cleansers
Section 10: Glossary of
Terms/Economic Concepts
Section 11: Career Exploration,
SCANS, Benchmarks and Standards
Section 12: Curriculum Packages,
Instructional Systems,
Learning Materials, Web Sites and
other Resources
Section 13: Contact Information
Section 14: How to Prepare and Show
Your Project/Build a Display Board
Section 15: Marketplace for Kids
Network
Section 16: Quotes and Program
Endorsements
Section 17: You Are Invited To
Participate!
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