8th Grade SS
What you need…
 Product / Service
 Prototype / 3D Model
 Survey Results
 Marketing Plan
 Valuation of company
Groups should work on…
 Groups will select one of the following options:
 Invent a product to sell
 Prototype / 3D Model
 Create a service business
 Raise money for a good cause such as:
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Helping earthquake victims in Haiti
Adopt a sea turtle
Cancer research
Things to include in presentation
 Team will investigate the patent process in an effort to
secure a patent for their invention.
 Sharks use the “Shark Tank Project Pitch” score sheet
to assess the presentations.
 Valuation of your company.- % of company for sale
 Marketing Plan
Marketing
 Create an advertisement- Print, Audio, Video, Web
 Research Survey
 Incorporate Survey
What is my grade based on???
 Presentation Rubric
 Marketing Plan
 The “Shark Tank Project Pitch” score sheet
Shark Tank Champions=5+points
Category
Presentation Rubric - Shark Tank Pitch
4 points
Quality of Wording (script)
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Visuals
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3 points
Information is
detailed and accurate
Wording is engaging
and has a natural flow
All questions are
addressed
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Visuals emphasize
what is being said
High quality graphic
design
No mechanical errors
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Eye Contact
Voice
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Visuals correlate
with what is being
said
Quality graphic
design
Few mechanical
errors
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Faces the audience
for most of the
presentation.
Keeps eye contact
with the audience
for most of the
presentation
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Easy to understand no mumbling
Use public voice
throughout
presentation
Use inflection and
change their tone.
(show enthusiasm
when appropriate)
Most group members speak
clearly
Most group members use their
public voice.
Most group members use
inflection and change their
tone.
Stands up straight
Uses hand motions
Takes the
presentation
seriously.
Stands up straight for most of
the presentation
Some hand motions
Takes presentation seriously
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Body Language
Information is
accurate
Wording has a
natural flow
All questions are
addressed
Faces the audience
during the whole
presentation.
Keeps eye contact with
audience during the
whole presentation
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2 points
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1 point
Information is
mostly accurate
Wording has a basic
flow
Most questions are
addressed
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Visuals are related to
what is being said
Basic graphic design
Some mechanical
errors
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Faces the visual aid
for most of the
presentation.
Makes eye contact
for some of the
presentation
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Most group
members mumble
and are hard to
understand.
Most group
members do not use
their public voice.
Most group
members are
monotone.
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Slouchy for most of
the presentation.
Few hand motions
Does not take the
presentation
seriously.
Does not stand up straight at
all
No movement of hands
Laughs or makes faces during
the presentation.
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Information is not
detailed nor accurate
Wording does not
make sense
Few questions are
addressed
Visuals not related to
what is being said
Low quality graphic
design
Many mechanical
errors
Reads directly off the
index cards the
whole presentation.
Faces the TV during
the whole
presentation.
No group members
can be heard or
understood by the
audience.
All group members
are monotone (voice
is dull and does not
change throughout
presentation)
Due Dates
 May 12: 1st Academic- 10:20-12:50
 May 12: 2nd Academic- 12.50-3:00
 May 13: 3rd Academic- 10:20-12:50
 May 13: 4th Academic- 12.50-3:00