Making the pitch
Eighth grade math students sell their ideas to teachers
Displaying the math that explains their company’s finances, eighth graders Kaleb Adkins and Brad Niel seek out start up capital.
Entrepreneurial spirit engulfed eighth grade math teacher Jason Rickli’s room on Monday, April 25 as students stood and offered up their ideas for investment. In this small scale reenactment of the television show “Shark Tank,” which was organized by Rickli and fellow math teacher Lissa Avis, students were faced with a board of teachers looking to invest each of their $100,000 in a project based on its likelihood of success and supported with accurate mathematical equations.
English teacher Elizabeth Cyr was a part of the judging board and intrigued by Gen Z’s personal television concept.
“Now, here’s a product that everyone will want,” Cyr said. “I love this idea. The general principles of marketing are here: product, price, people, place. I think teens would dig this product.”
The winning companies included Pencil Extenders and Gen Z.
Judging the inventions presented before them, teachers Elizabeth Cyr, Jennifer Leuneberg and Kim Killinger determine which company is a wise investment.
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