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Summary of
Contents
Marketplace for Kids - Click to Print Section
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What does the future hold for today's students?
- The Real World Facing Our Youth
- Educating Emerging Entrepreneurs
- Vision
- Mission
- Values
- Goals
- Who Coordinates the Program?
- Did You Know?
- Additional Information / Contact
- Students: The Inventive Mind and Creative Solutions
- Beyond “Problem-Solving” – Creative Solution Techniques and Activities
Section 1: Innovative Thinking - Click to Print Section
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- Innovative Thinking
- Introduction:
- Teacher Page Activity #1 – Innovative Thinking: Design vs. Function, Wants vs. Needs
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Extension Activities
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Student Page – Design vs. Function, Wants vs. Needs
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Teacher Page Activity #2 – Recreational Area Activity: Innovations for Services
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Student Page – Recreational Area Activity – Innovations for Services
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Invention & Creativity Quotes
Section 2: Help Your Students Plan Their Entrepreneurial Project Today - Click to Print Section
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How to Spot An Entrepreneur
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Researching North Dakota Entrepreneurs
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Creating an “Entrepreneur Hall of Fame” Bulletin Board
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Young Entrepreneurs
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Eight Reasons to do a Business Plan
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Outline of a Start-up Business Plan
- How to Use Your Business Plan
- The Role of Planning
- Planning Terms
- Tips for Successful Planning
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119 Ways for Kids to Make Money
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Updated Findings -- Youth and Entrepreneurship
Section 3: Inventions, Innovations
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Inventions, Innovations, & Crazy Contraptions ~ Yes, You Can Invent!
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Fluid Thinking: Five Steps for Building More Active and Innovative Thinkers
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Yes, You Can Invent!
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Inventors and Inventions
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Glossary
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Before You Begin…Helpful Hints
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8 Steps to Inventing
- Inventors Log or Journal
- Use Your Imagination!
- Look for Problems that Need Solving
- Be a Problem Solver
- Plan Your Invention
- Research Inventions and Inventors
- Draw Your Invention
- Make a Model of Your Invention
- Name Your Invention
- Make a Display Board
- Congratulations!
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Crazy Contraptions
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What Every Young Inventor Should Know about Patents / Intellectual Property
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My Inventor’s Log or Journal Activity Sheet
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Use Your Imagination Activity Sheet
Section 4: Adventures in Agriculture
& Using
Our
Renewable
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Adventures in Agriculture & Using Our Renewable Resources
- Activity #1 – Growing Money
- Activity #2 – From Corn to Plastic
- Activity #3 – Product: Taste Test and Other Comparisons
- Activity #4 – Price: Competing with a Big Discounter
- Activity #5 – Promotion: Communicating With The Target Market
- Activity #6 – Compare: What Egg-Zactly Do You Have?
- Activity #7 – Corn Mazes, Pumpkin Patches, Berry Picking and More Agri-Tourism in North Dakota
- More Ideas to Make Money!
Section 5: Connect Your Kids to Your Community Through Volunteerism - Click to Print Section
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Connect Your Kids to Your Community Through Volunteerism
- The Six Pillars of Character
- The Purpose and Benefits of Volunteering
- Enhance Your Personal Growth
- How Will You be a Volunteer?
- Keeping a Journal
- Example: Volunteer Hours Tracking Sheet
- Example: Volunteer Service Reflection Sheet
- Activity #1 – Volunteering: Sustainable Forestry
- Activity #2 – Cleaning Up Around Town / Developing Unused Territory
Section 6: Smart Advertising, Designing a Web Page, Technology Activities - Click to Print Section
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Section 7: Organize a Cooperative - Click to Print Section
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- Organize a Cooperative
- Cooperative Background
- Suggested Rules of Order for the First Co-op Meeting
- Order of Following Meetings
- Order of Liquidation Meeting (To End the Co-op)
- Own a Multi-Million Dollar Company
Section 8: Energy Education - Click to Print Section
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Energy Education
- Electricity: Activity #1 – Light by Friction
- Electricity: Activity #2 – Lemon Power
- Electricity: Activity #3 – Make Your Own Lightning!
- Wind Energy: Activity #4 – Building a Wind Gauge
- Wind Energy: Activity #5 – Make an Anemometer!
- Hydro Power / Water Energy: Activity #6 – H2O Electrolysis – Splitting Water!
- Hydro Power / Water Energy: Activity #7 – Make a Turbine!
- Exploratory Science Activity #8 – Toy Tops
Section 9: Career Exploration - Click to Print Section
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- The Sixteen Career Clusters
- Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources / Architecture & Construction
- Arts, A/V Technology & Communications / Education & Training
- Finance / Health Science
- Hospitality & Tourism / Human Services
- Information Technology / Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
- Business Management & Administration / Manufacturing
- Marketing, Sales & Service / Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM)
- Transportation, Distribution & Logistics / Government & Public Administration
Section 10: Classroom Lesson Plans Implemented by Marketplace for Kids Teachers - Click to Print Section
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- #1 - Banking - Keeping a Checkbook
- #2 - Germination of Seeds
- #3 - You Can Be an Inventor
- #4 - E-Commerce
- #5 - Hydroponic Gardens
- #6 - Volunteerism "Bee" Involved
- #7 - Managing Money and Helping Out the Needy
- #8 - "Farmers Markets": Understanding Farm Income
- #9 - Creating an Invention
- #10 - Think Like an Inventor
- #11 - Volunteering
- #12 - Commercial Cleansers versus Homemade Cleansers
- #13 - Trash to Treasure
- #14 - Inventions
- #15 - Being Creative with Inventions
- #16 - Student Marketing Technology Project - Commercials
- #17 - Calculating Cookie Costs
- #18 - Designing a Business Website
- #19 - Creating a Compound Machine
- #20 - Studying Inventions
- #21 - Inventions
- #22 - Rube Goldberg Contraptions
- #23 - Introduction to Marketplace for Kids
- #24 - What is an Entrepreneur?
- #25 - Designing Marbelized Pencils
- #26 - Bake Sale Fundraiser
- #27 - Invention, Innovation, and Business Ideas
Section 11: Glossary of Terms / Economic Concepts - Click to Print Section
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- Glossary of Terms / Economic Concepts
Section 12: SCANS, Standards and Benchmarks - Click to Print Section
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- North Dakota Standards and Benchmarks
- National Standards and Benchmarks
- National Content Standards for Entrepreneurship Education
- Entrepreneurial Skills
- Ready Skills
- Business Functions
- SCANS
- Activity #1: Creating a Commercial to Advertise a New or Improved Project
- Activity #2: Creating Community Art and Music Displays or Activities
- Activity #3: Creating a Book and Audio CD
Section 13: Sample Teacher/Parent Communication Tools - Click to Print Section
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- Announcement Example #1
- Announcement Example #2
- Marketplace for Kids Schedule Example
- Parent Letter Example #1
- Parent Letter Example #2
- Request for Chaperone Example
- Parent Letter with Schedule Example
- Thank You Chaperone Letter Example
Section 14: Resources and Useful Websites - Click to Print Section
Section 15: Contact Information - Click to Print Section
Section 16: How to Prepare and Show Your Project / Build a Display Board - Click to Print Section
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- Display Boards
- Visual Display Ideas and Suggestions
Section 17: Marketplace for Kids Network - Click to Print Section
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- Marketplace Collaborations
Section 18: Quotes and Program Endorsements - Click to Print Section
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- Quotes and Program Endorsements
- Region 1 Education Day
- Region 2 – Minot Education Day
- Region 2 – Bottineau Education Day
- Region 3 Education Day
- Region 4 Education Day
- Region 5 Education Day
- Region 6 Education Day
- Region 7 Education Day
- Region 8 Education Day
Section 19: Templates - Useful Pages for Student Enhancement - Click to Print Section
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- See the Learning Guide Table of Contents for available templates.
Section 20: You are Invited to Participate! - Click to Print Section
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- Student Participation General Information
- Parents, Chaperones & Teachers Guidelines of Participation
- Student Guidelines of Participation
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