Entrepreneurship · Lesson Plan
Prototypes and Service Demonstrations
Part of the MoneyInstructor-nomics classroom-economy series, this hands-on lesson has students design a product or service to sell at the classroom Bazaar. They shop the classroom store for materials, build a prototype or develop a service demonstration, and plan to produce about 20 units. It connects directly to the business-expenses and focus-group lessons that follow.
For Teachers
Lesson at a glance
- Topic
- Classroom Economy
- Grade Level
- Grades 3–8
- Resource Type
- Lesson + Worksheet
- Estimated Time
- 45–60 minutes
- Format
- Lesson + activity
- Materials
- Printable lesson, activity sheet, pencils
What Students Learn
Learning objectives
- Design a product or service to sell
- Build a prototype or service demonstration
- Plan to produce about 20 units
- Source materials from the classroom store
- Connect prototyping to later cost and pricing decisions
Materials
What you’ll need
- Printed lesson and activity (one per student)
- Classroom store of craft/supply items
- Pencils
Key Terms
Vocabulary
- Prototype
- A first working model of a product.
- Service demonstration
- A trial run showing how a service works.
- Production
- Making multiple copies of a product.
- Classroom store
- A stocked supply of materials students ‘buy’ from.
- Bazaar
- The classroom marketplace where students sell.
- Design
- Planning how a product or service will look and work.
For Teachers
Lesson plan
Estimated time: one 45–60 minute class period (hands-on).
Lesson sequence
- Stock the store (before class). Set up the classroom store with gathered supplies.
- Design (15 min). Students decide on a product or service to offer at the Bazaar.
- Prototype (20 min). Students build a prototype or rehearse a service demo.
- Plan production (10 min). Plan how to produce about 20 units.
Assessment
Assess the prototype or demo and the production plan for feasibility within the classroom store’s supplies.
Discussion
Discussion questions
- What product or service will you sell at the Bazaar?
- What is a prototype, and why build one first?
- How will you produce about 20 units?
- What materials do you need from the classroom store?
- How might your design change after feedback?
Printable Lesson & Activity
Prototypes and Service Demonstrations — Lesson & Activity
A printable classroom-economy lesson and activity: students design and build a product prototype or service demo to sell at the classroom Bazaar.
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