Charter Option

November/December

Grade 7 - 9 Entrepreneurial Project

SYNOPSIS

Students were given the task to create a product, that was related to the Charter in some way, develop it by creating a business plan and then sell it at a public Winter Market. The objective was to provide students with skills in financial literacy, business planning and goal setting.

Step 1 - Come up with an idea and identify how it is related to the Charter.

Step 2 - Complete business plan (set goals, what materials are needed, what will the cost of each individual item be, when will I make my product, how much time will be needed, business name, storefront set up, etc. )

Step 3 - Create the product.

Step 4 - Plan and create how you will display them.

Step 5 - Sell product at Winter Fair.

CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS

Language Arts

~ writing

~ oral communication

Math

~ financial literacy

~ basic operations

Social Studies

~ economic understanding

~ civil engagement

Career and Technology Studies

~ preparing for the workforce

Health

~ leadership

~ goal setting

CHARTER CONNECTION

Goal #1 - Some students created products promoting agriculture, understanding the importance of it to everyone.

Goal #2 - Students had to use problem solving skills to complete this product. At times they needed to adapt and change the plan, show resiliency when things didn't go well and use critical thinking when it came to choosing their product and deciding the price of it.

Goal #3 - Students had an overall goal and outcome that they wanted to achieve and they had to plan accordingly.

Goal #4 - Students demonstrated strong leadership skills in time management, work habits and in the way they interacted with their customers on the day of the market.

September/December

Research Project

SYNOPSIS

Students completed a research project in partnership with Olds College. In September, junior high students came up with some agriculture related questions that they might like to use for a research project. We then went on a field trip to Olds College where they met with a researcher to discuss their ideas and settle on the one they wanted to do. Over the next few months, they worked in small groups to create a driving question, decide if they were going to do an experiment or collect data in another way and determine how they were going to share their findings. Working together they collected their data, compiled it into a slideshow and then presented it to an audience in December.

CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS

Language

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