Tiger Shark Investment (TSI) Tanked! Challenge - Lesson Plan - Business Proposal - Marketing the Brand

Sep 28, 2026

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Tiger Shark Investment (TSI) Tanked! Challenge is a secondary entrepreneurship curriculum packet that frames students as entrepreneurs seeking real monetary investment inspired by Shark Tank. Students apply business, marketing, finance, and branding methods to create goods or services for targeted customers. The program develops budgeting, product development, risk management, cost analysis, and business-plan writing, including learning from failure through a growth mindset. It aligns activities with Florida standards across technical education, math, social studies with financial literacy, and visual arts and digital design.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages27

Reading Time1 h 8 min

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Goals and Objectives

Goals

Objectives

Florida Standards

College Technical Education

Math

Social Studies with Financial Literacy

Visual Arts and Digital Design

Overview

Materials

Physical

Technology

Lesson Plan

Business Proposal

Marketing the Brand

Peer Evaluation: The Sales Pitch

Tiger Shark Investor (TSI) Profile

Tiger Shark Investment (TSI) Tanked! Challenge

Resources

Additional Resources

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[Website:](Website: www.educationfund.org)[ ](Website: www.educationfund.org)[www.educationfund.org](Website: www.educationfund.org) | TABLE OF CONTENTS Goals and Objectives Page 3 Florida Standards Page 4 Overview Page 6 Materials Page 7 Lesson Plan Page 8 Business Proposal Page 20 Marketing the Brand Page 21 Peer Evaluation: The Sales Pitch Page 22 Tiger Shark Investor (TSI) Profile Page 23 Tiger Shark Investment (TSI) Tanked! Challenge Page 24 Resources Page 25 Additional Resources Page 26 References Page 27 GOALS and OBJECTIVES GOALS Tiger Shark Investment (TSI) Tanked! Challenge allows students to serve as entrepreneurs seeking monetary investment inspired by the ABC television show Shark Tank. Teachers and students are engaged in how to apply business, marketing, finance and branding methods to produce goods or services beneficial to targeted customers. Goals include: 1. Gain mastery in budgeting, product development and risk management 2. Comprehend vocabulary associated with being an entrepreneur 3. Accomplish marketing and branding strategies 4. Develop and present business plan 5. Perform cost analysis function to learn profit/loss margins 6. Apply risks from failure to recover and start anew experiencing a growth mindset OBJECTIVES Students will: 1. Understand terms associated with being an entrepreneur 2. Identify what role entrepreneurs play in K-12 schools 3. Apply skills required to be an entrepreneur 4. Learn from failure to recover and experience a growth mindset 5. Write a business plan 6. Analyze problem-solution to sell goods or services at a price feasible to supply and demand FLORIDA STANDARDS College Technical Education CTE-FIN.68.BUSFIN.02.03 Explain the role of the profit motive in investment decisions. CTE-HS.68.GENRL.08.03 Set financial goals, including saving and investing. CTE-MFG.68.MANPPD.06.07 Calculate production cost analysis. Math MAFS.3.MD.2.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set within several categories. SP.PK12.US.1.4b Apply skills and strategies in mathematical concepts and processes and/or computational fluency, such as financial literacy skills, algebraic problem solving, estimation skills, measurement and geometry skills, and comprehension of graphs, tables, and charts. Social Studies with Financial Literacy SS.K.A.1.1 Develop an understanding of how to use and create a timeline. SS.1.E.1.2 Define opportunity costs as giving up one thing for another. SS.2.E.1.1 Recognize that people make choices because of limited resources. SS.2.E.1.2 Recognize that people supply goods and services based on consumer demands. SS.4.FL.1.7 Entrepreneurs are people who start new businesses. Entrepreneurs do not know if their new businesses will be successful and earn a profit. Identify ways in which starting a business is risky for entrepreneurs. SS.7.E.2.4 Identify entrepreneurs from various gender, social, and ethnic backgrounds who started a business seeking to make a profit SS.8.FL.5.5 Explain that the rate of return earned from investments will vary according to the amount of risk and, in general, a trade-off exists between the security of an investment and its expected rate of return. SS.912.FL.2.1 Compare consumer decisions as they are influenced by the price of a good or service, the price of alternatives, and the consumer’s income as well as his or her preferences. SS.912.FL.2.5

FAQs

What is the Tiger Shark Investment (TSI) Tanked! Challenge designed to teach students?

It teaches students to function as entrepreneurs applying business, marketing, finance, and branding methods to build and pitch goods or services for investment.

How do the activities address budgeting, profit, and risk?

Students gain mastery in budgeting, conduct production cost analysis to learn profit/loss margins, and apply risks from failure to recover while practicing a growth mindset.

Which Florida standards does the curriculum align with?

The packet references standards in College Technical Education (profit motive and financial goals), Math (graphing and data representation), Social Studies with Financial Literacy (entrepreneurs, opportunity costs, and risk/return), and Visual Arts and Digital Design (entrepreneurial service and community objectives).

Sep 28, 2026

Uploaded by jay