Shark Tank

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5th Grade Science
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Week One January 26-29

• Introduction to the project
• Teams are formed by Mrs. K. and Mrs. Heeren
• Groups of 3
• Homerooms are mixed so students work with
  children in other homerooms.

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Groups should work on

• Blogging their ideas for the Shark Tank project.
• Groups will select one of the following options
• Invent a product to sell
• Create a service business
• Raise money for a good cause such as
• Helping earthquake victims in Haiti
• Adopt a sea turtle
• Cancer research

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Face to Face Team Tank Time

• Thursday, January 28th 145-225
• Friday, January 29th 145-225

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Due Date

• Friday, January 29th
• Groups need to decide on their idea for a
  product, service business or charity fundraising.

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Week Two February 1-5th

• Groups work on their own to develop their Phase 1
  presentations. Teams can either make a Power
  Point or share their website with the sharks.
• Students communicate with their Google site wiki.
• 7th grade sharks/mentors review the wiki sites
  and provide advice to each group. 7th Grade
  Mentor/Shark Form

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Face to Face Team Tank Time

• Thursday, February 4th 1450-220

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Due Date Phase 1 Presentations

• Teams use the Phase 1 Project Pitch Checklist to
  develop their presentations.
• Sharks use the Shark Tank Project Pitch score
  sheet to assess the presentations.
• Phase 1 sharks
• Mr. Thorson
• Mr. Baumgartner
• Presentations begin Monday, February 8th and
  could take more than one day.
• Groups will either be approved to move ahead to
  Phase 2 or be instructed to go back to the
  drawing board.
• Phase 1 is NOT graded

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Weeks 3-5 are Team Work Time

• As soon as a team is approved by the sharks to
  move ahead to Phase 2 students work on their
  presentations and communicate with their Google
  sites wiki.
• No face to face team tank time is planned.
  Students are expected to communicate online.
• 7th grade sharks are available for advice.
• Expectations for group work
• One student creates an advertisement
• One student creates a conceptual or physical
  model
• One student prepares the background knowledge and
  purpose for the Phase 2 presentation.

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Due Date Phase 2 Presentations

• Groups use the Phase 2 Checklist to prepare their
  presentation
• Sharks use the Phase 2 Score Sheet to score each
  team.
• Phase 2 presentations begin Monday, March 1st and
  could take more than one day.
• Sharks for Phase 2 presentations
• Mr. Thorson
• Mr. Baumgartner
• Phase 2 presentations are SCORED and the grades
  will count for science.
• Each team receives a score
• Top teams advance to Phase 3 Shark Tank. Sharks
  will select those teams.

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Phase 3

• Top teams from Phase 2 advance to the Shark Tank
• Presentations will be Monday, March 8th
• Sharks for Phase 3
• 6th grade students
• Sharks rank the top teams from Phase 2 and select
  the top 5 teams.
• Top 5 teams advance to The Big Kahuna.
• Top 5 teams earn a booth in the commons to sell
  or raise money during the 4th-8th grade lunch
  hours.
• Dates for the booths are yet to be determined.

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The Big Kahuna

• Top five teams advance to this stage.
• A kahuna is a Hawaiian priest, sorcerer,
  magician, wizard, minister, or expert in any
  profession
• The Big Kahuna selects the best team to be the
  Shark Tank Champions.

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Shark Tank Champions

• Top team will investigate the patent process in
  an effort to secure a patent for their invention.
• Top team will have a feature article on the Press
  Room website.
• Top team will have a ribbon or trophy to display
  in their booth to indicate their team is the
  Shark Tank Champion team.

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Calendar Due Dates

• January 29th Teams decide on their idea.
• February 8th Phase 1 Presentations
• March 1st Phase 2 Presentations
• March 8th Phase 3 Presentations
• March 12th Shark Tank Champion team is announced.