Build-A-Business Exhibition
Elementary Studio
In the Build-A-Business Sprint, the Eagles explored how to form a company, exploring the following concepts:
- Company formation (developing mission statements, assigning roles, assessing strengths and emulating entrepreneurial heroes)
- Image creation (logo and slogan creation, image psychology, and behavioral economics)
- Markets and customers (customer surveys and market studies)
- Costs and risks (unit economics, Four Rules of Cash)
This Sprint was supposed to culminate in the Children’s Business Fair, but circumstances prompted the decision to postpone the CBF to August and have an Exhibition for this Sprint. That meant that the Eagles were faced with the challenge of holding a virtual mini-CBF in very short notice to showcase their learnings about how to run a business.
The scramble was on to create new products amongst the teams and turn them into viable businesses to sell to real-world customers. The day of the Exhibition finally arrived. The Eagles, as usual, were nervous and excited. With some final checks and minor loose ends tied, they were ready to receive their first customers.
A link was provided where customers could sign in to inquire about their products, and the Eagles handled the queries very well. They made sure their response time was as speedy as possible, and catered to as many customer requests as possible. The customers were also very encouraging and praised them for their efforts.
Overall, the Build-A-Business segment of the Exhibition went smoothly and the Eagles were happy with their sales, though they wished they could have sold more products:
“I like that we got many orders.”
“I wish that we could have sold more.”
“Some feedback was saying that my prices was too high, while some said that my prices should be higher.”
Writer’s Workshop: Memoirs
Short story snippets from their lives make for riveting reading in the Eagles’ Memoirs. Prompted by 4 story starters, they shared about a time when nothing happened, a time when they ate something weird, a time in their favourite place, and a special day you remember.
Rocket Science/A Game Exhibition
Middle School / Launchpad Studio
Mini Quest: Rocket Chemistry
Working towards a Rocket Chemistry Mini-Badge, the MSLP Eagles went deep into experimentation this Sprint to figure out how to propel rockets to actually fly. Researching into chemistry and physics theory, they experimented with acid and explosives. Asking the questions :
- What is the optimum ratio of baking soda and vinegar?
- Does the bottle size/type matter?
- Which trigger mechanism gives the best lift?
Unfortunately, school went virtual, and they couldn’t continue their experimentations
Quest: A Game
. As usual, Acton Eagles easily step left and they came up with a mini-Quest to challenge their critical thinking … through card games! They brought their A Game to games like poker and blackjack and analysed skills they could gain from playing them. Logic, psychology, strategy … these are all skills one needs to survive in the world and can be sharpened through card games.
Some of the Eagle’s reflections on what they learned by playing games.
AR: We all could not believe that playing games could get us points! Also, surprisingly, we also learned that games can give a lot more life lessons than you can think, like …
Strategy
Reading other opponents emotions
and luckiness and chance.
AP: This A Game badge was all about learning how to form strategies and estimate what your opponent was about to do. Overall, this badge was fun, but I think that it would have been better if we played against each other (rather than bots).
Independent Work
Some MSLP Eagles decided to do their own independent work.
AP and ZUL went through several drafts of the apprenticeship email to find the right tone. This is the first, generic draft.
