Run a Juice Stand Project Based Learning Entrepreneurship PBL
Design and Run a Juice Stand Project-Based Learning Activity for Grades 5-8
Inspire Your Learners with this entrepreneurial activity that seamlessly integrates math, design, critical thinking, English Language Arts (ELA), informative writing, strategic planning, research skills, technological proficiency, artistic expression, and creative thinking.
Objective:
The primary goal is to immerse learners in the entrepreneurial world, providing them with a clear understanding of what it takes to operate a juice stand. This experience encourages learners to develop essential skills in planning, teamwork, decision-making, and resource management. Through the project, learners will gain insight into entrepreneurship, learning how to create a successful business model from crafting a brand identity to managing finances.
Learning Outcomes:
Learners will:
- Develop essential skills in planning, teamwork, decision-making, and resource management.
- Gain knowledge in math, design, ELA, and strategic planning.
- Enhance their critical thinking and creative problem-solving abilities.
Motivating Question:
"How can we create and run our own juice stand successfully?"
Project Activity Pages:
- Brainstorming Your Juice Stand
- My Juice Stand Theme
- Design Your Menu
- List of Ingredients
- Name, Logo, Branding
- Recipe Development
- Market Research
- Marketing Strategies
- Juice-Gram
- Customer Service Plan: How Many Workers?
- Supplies Needed
- Calculating Costs
- Determining Profit
- Start-Up Investment
- Making Money
- What If…Challenges
- Reflection
- Final Projects
Learner Decision-Making:
Learners will have the autonomy to make decisions that mirror real-life entrepreneurial scenarios. They will decide on various aspects such as the juice stand’s name, logo, menu offerings, pricing strategies, and roles within the business. These choices will empower them to think critically and creatively while developing essential business skills.
Learner Inquiry:
A crucial element of this project is the investigative aspect. Learners will research various facets of running a juice stand, including marketing strategies and customer attraction techniques, to make informed decisions for their juice stand.
Feedback and Revisions:
Learners will actively participate in the feedback and revision process. They will reflect on their experiences, offering insights into what aspects of the project went well, what challenges they encountered, what fascinated them the most, and what additional knowledge they seek. This feedback loop encourages continuous improvement and provides opportunities for self-guided research and extension activities.
Published Product:
At the culmination of the project, learners will choose how to present their entrepreneurial journey. Options include creating an awareness campaign for their juice stand and compiling a book of unique juice and smoothie recipes. These choices foster creativity and allow learners to showcase their newfound knowledge and skills.
How to Use:
The project includes 18 activities that can be completed in 30-40 minutes/day over 2-3 weeks. Learners can organize activities into a binder or staple them together for a comprehensive project package. Scaffolding information, including vocabulary, facts, reading lists, and weblinks, is available at any stage.
Colored pencils, markers, and crayons are encouraged to enhance the visual appeal of project materials. Resources such as the internet, textbooks, maps, and peer collaboration will help learners successfully complete their projects.
Extension Activities:
- Menu Innovation Challenge
- Marketing Campaign Development
- Customer Feedback/Survey
- Sourcing Locally
Terms of Use
Please note: Purchase of this product is for Personal and Classroom Use ONLY
Not for Commercial Use. Purchase of this product entitles you the right to reproduce the pages in limited quantities for single classroom use only. Copying any part of the product and placing it on the internet in any form (including a personal or classroom website) is strictly forbidden and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Copyright: Quest Schooling LLC.
After purchase you will receive a link to download the PDF file. All pages are included in the file and can be printed in black and white for immediate use.
Any or all of the pages in the PDF file can be printed and used for students across a wide range of ages/skills, or collaboratively with kids of different ages.
For example, younger kids may focus more on the design and drink recipes for the stand while older kids may also include the business plan and profit margin aspects of the project.
Depending on your student’s needs, there are several pages of scaffolding information, including vocabulary, facts, reading list, weblinks. Scaffolding can be done at any stage throughout the project as needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
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All projects are digital download pdf files. They can be printed in gray scale or black and white and are ready for your student to use.
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No, the projects are flexible and can be adapted to your student's grade and skill level. Each project includes a list of student activities. you can review them and decide which pages work for your student.
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In project based learning, each student completes both the project activities and a final project. I always offer a choice of final projects to provide differentiation and give students of different skills enough options.
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Most projects include a rubric to help you assess your students work and give your student an opportunity to assess their own work. However, each student's project will be unique to them and be a reflection of their knowledge and skill set. There is no one 'right answer' to a project. The success of a project is largely in the process of doing the project.