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!
June 22, 2020
Free Entrepreneurship Education Resources
Ignite entrepreneurial thinking with VentureLab’s free entrepreneurship education resources! Discover hands-on activities, downloads and printables, and ESTEAM-based challenges that empower students of all ages to develop essential skills, think critically, and collaborate effectively.
Elevate your teaching and help shape the next generation of diverse innovators with these free entrepreneurship education resources. Dive into our collection of inspiring, engaging, and free educational tools!
Getting Creative with the VentureLab Workbook
Entrepreneurs use their imaginations and try to think in new ways. We call this creativity!
June 19, 2020
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!
June 15, 2020
Opportunity Seeking Observation Walk Activity
In this activity, students will use their five senses and focus on what’s going on around them, then make inferences to find opportunities and offer creative solutions.
June 8, 2020
Exercising Empathy with the VentureLab Workbook
Entrepreneurs think about people’s feelings and needs and keep those in mind when solving problems. We call this empathy.
June 4, 2020
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!
May 29, 2020
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!
May 19, 2020
Free Activity: Pitch Game (Remote Learning Friendly!)
Help students think like entrepreneurs with this fun, free, and practical pitching activity updated with remote learning in mind!
May 14, 2020
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!
April 28, 2020
Growth Mindset with the VentureLab Workbook
This week’s activities help show us how our brains can grow with practice and persistence!
April 20, 2020
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.
April 16, 2020
Learn About Yourself with the VentureLab Workbook
This week’s activities inspire us to think about what motivates us and our strengths.
April 13, 2020
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