Board to Business: Designing & Crafting Your Custom Longboard business
by Jasmine Coleman
This STEM project allowed students to embark on an exciting journey of entrepreneurship with "Ride to Success." In this immersive STEM lesson plan, students will not only learn the ins and outs of longboard manufacturing, but students also master the art of marketing to launch their very own longboard venture. From designing and crafting high-performance longboards to developing effective marketing strategies in the form of a website, students gain valuable skills to ride towards a successful business future.
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17zFWawyUfSj4MYH_49W7QftUZ-lXTVkM/edit?u…Subject Area
Technology 1. Empowered Learner 2. Digital Citizen 4. Innovative Designer 6. Creative Communicator Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S5: Apply Technology to Engineering Mathematics Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA) Number and Operations—Fractions (NF) Measurement and Data (MD) Ratio and Proportion (RP) Number & Quantity (N) Algebra (A) English Language Arts (ELA) Writing
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