Teacher Trek

Lesson 1: Fantastic Voyage

Theme: Exploring Entrepreneurship

Topics:  

• Getting Ready
• Entering the Free Enterprise System
• Who Wants to be a Zillionaire?
• What Happens Next?

Activities:  

#2: Visit Famous Entrepreneurs

Lesson 2: Plotting Your Course

Topics:  

• Finding Money-Making Ideas
• Types of Businesses
• Make Mine a Combo!
• Entrepreneurs are "Opportunity Seekers"

#4: Collect Business Ideas

#6: Give It a Name

Lesson 3: Race to Planet Mirania

Topics:

• Wanted: Target Customers
• Find the Niche
• The Five P’s of Marketing
• Setting the Right Price
• Keeping it Straight

Activities:

#8: Identifying Customer Needs

Lesson 4: Galactic Espionage

Topics:

• Sweatin’ the Competition
• Market Research
• Pricing Your Goods
• Pricing Your Services
• Getting Ready to Sell

Activities:
#10: Compare Sweet Treats
#11: Spies Like Us
#12: Advertising Flyers
#13: Never Let ‘Em Get You Down

Lesson 5: Space Flyers

Topics:

• Sending Out the Word
• Top Advertising Tools
• Guidelines of the Game
• More Creative Ways to Advertise
• How to Get Free Advertising

Lesson 6: Finding Supplies

Topics:

• Buy Low, Sell High
• Searching for Suppliers and Wholesalers
• Bungee Jumping
• Saving Money on Start-up
• Where to Look for Start-up Money

Activities:
#18: Search for Suppliers
#19: Quality Counts
#20: Estimating Start-up Costs

Lesson 7: Attack Strategy

Topics:

• The Route to Success
• Customizing Your Business Plan
• Purposes of a Business Plan
• Setting Goals for Your Business
• Managing Your Time

Lesson 8: Broke in Space

Topics:

• Money Plans
• Keeping the Record Straight
• Record-Keeping Basics
• Reaching the Break-Even Point
• The Profit Zone
• Impressing Investors

Lesson 9: Intergalactic Law

Topics:

• Staying Legal
• How Do I Know What’s Required?
• Registering a Business Name
• Who’s the Boss?
• Looking for Venture Capital
• Five C’s of Credit

Lesson10: First Contact

Theme: Making the Sale

Topics:

• First Impressions
• Best Foot Forward
• Confident about Sales
• The Art of Negotiation
• When Customers Say No

Activities:
#33: Personalized Business Forms
#34: Rate Your Sales Ability
#35: Dress for Success