TOY COMPANY DAY 9: Taking Market Surveys
Standard(s) Agenda
WS 1.5 Give credit for both quoted JSK: Students read: Belardi/Olstroy Looks at the Holiday Toy Market
and paraphrased information in a
Compare and contrast the Market Summaries read today and yesterday.
bibliography by using a consistent and
sanctioned format and methodology (Answers 1 D, 2 A) How does the information differ? What are the different
for citations. WS 1.2 Support all purposes?
statements and claims with
anecdotes, descriptions, facts and Objective: We will strengthen our understanding of effective research questions by
statistics, and specific examples;
completing market surveys.
WS 1.4 Identify topics; ask and Project Groups – Students finalize their market survey questions. Each student will
evaluate questions; and develop ideas then take a minimum of three of the surveys created by the other product groups.
leading to inquiry, investigation, and When done, each member has a job to complete.
research.
The Public Relations Managers from all groups should meet to design the Trade
Show Invitation. See attached for sample.
Graphic Designers – Complete the rough sketch/diagram for the group to work
from when creating its prototype. Add color, detail.
Project Managers – Tally the data from the market survey for the group to work
with tomorrow. If time, create a graph.
Senior Editor – Type and print the group’s Mission Statement and/or Product
Description.
Closure – Think about what you hope to learn from your market survey. Pretend you
are a newspaper reporter. Write a headline reporting this information about your toy.
Riverside Unified School Distict 7th Grade Summer School, 2009 (J Fuhrman)
ABRIDGED VERSION, Based on the Interact Simulation, Toy Company