Shark
Tank
Week 1
Discuss innovations/inventions
•Take a look at some examples – inventor mentors/innovation ideas. Students will corresponding
response sheet.
Students write down 2-3 classmates they may want to work with, and anyone they feel they would
not work well with, so teacher can make partnerships.
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Week 2
An introduction to Advertising Draft and digital version
• Complete Product Proposal student handout page.
• Create a specific, labeled drawing or diagram of product.
• Students can choose to create a prototype.
• Teacher continues to assess using Collaboration Rubric and makes notes on the Final Project Rubric.
Teacher reviews these rubrics with students.
• Students self-reflect by using the self-reflection page.
• At the conclusion these first stages, teacher can choose to provide students with their graded
collaboration rubric and gives suggestions for improvement for the rest of the project.
Week 3
• Show some Shark Tank pitch examples: Kids Pitch Brilliant Products to the 'Shark Tank' Tycoons!
• Go over requirements and pitch checklists. Students will use the checklist to self-reflect and give peer feedback as they practice. They will be graded by the teacher using the same checklist.
• Students will write their pitches using the graphic organizer.
• Students will practice with their partner and also with other groups to get peer feedback.
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