3 Free Activities to Practice Problem Solving
Entrepreneurs spend a lot of time thinking about and coming up with creative solutions to problems. We call this problem solving!
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Get Creative with the VentureLab Curiosity Workbook
Entrepreneurs use their creativity to ask questions and seek new ways of learning and doing. We call this curiosity!
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Use Empathy to Walk in Someone Else’s Shoes, Then Take Action!
Learn how one young student took action using empathy and how you can get better at identifying and solving problems in your community!
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Getting Creative with the VentureLab Workbook
Entrepreneurs use their imaginations and try to think in new ways. We call this creativity!
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Opportunity Seeking with the VentureLab Workbook
Entrepreneurs observe, identify, and act to solve problems. They get a lot of ideas for new businesses by thinking about how they could change things and how they could make life better for people. We call this opportunity seeking!
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Opportunity Seeking Observation Walk Activity
In this Observation Walk activity, students use their five senses and focus on what’s going on around them, then make inferences to find opportunities and offer creative solutions.
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Creativity and Innovation with Reverse Brainstorming
Think outside the box to find creative solutions to challenges with reverse brainstorming! This isn’t your normal brainstorming technique: instead of solving a problem, you make it worse!
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VentureLab Spark Program to provide mentorship and seed funding to help youth entrepreneurs scale up their businesses
VentureLab is proud to announce that its new Spark program is underway, designed for youth entrepreneurs, ages 8-18, who want to start their own business and are looking for resources to help them get started.
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Get Optimistic with the VentureLab Workbook
Entrepreneurs are hopeful about their ideas and making changes that help others. We call this optimism. This week’s activities help show us how optimism helps us succeed!
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VentureLab Champion Maggie Miller brings entrepreneurship remote
Using VentureLab curriculum, Maggie Miller teaches her 10-year-old nephew virtually! She’s adjusted lessons to work with online learning in a new way.
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Observation, Empathy & Problem Solving Activity
In this activity, students will practice actively observing and empathizing while viewing an image. They will then come up with a problem, as well as a product or service that might help solve that problem. Then it will be their turn to try it on their own!
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Learn Observation vs. Inference with this Entrepreneurship Activity
Is the glass half empty or half full? Thinking about the answers to this question teaches us about how entrepreneurs use observation and inference.
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Take a Peek at the Observation Challenge
The observation challenge asks us to complete a simple observation task but reveals a much bigger surprise about our ability to actively take in the world around us!
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Get Creative with the Wacky Inventions Game
Explore the world of inventions with our engaging ‘Wacky Inventions Game’ worksheet. This printable activity is designed to spark creativity and enhance problem-solving skills among students. Download and ignite the spirit of innovation in your classroom today!
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Imagination Activity to Inspire Creativity and Play
This activity is a fun and silly improvisation game designed to create a safe learning space and inspire creative thinking. Participants will take an ordinary object and change it into ANYTHING they can think of!
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Free Entrepreneurial Mindsets and Skills Poster
This activity will get students straight into generating solutions for a user or client’s problems by creating a prototype.
