The Studio

The biggest order is not always the one worth taking.

The Studio puts your fifth graders in charge of a print and design shop with limited materials, work slots, and budget. They read client orders, figure out which jobs are actually worth the resources, and manage a week of work. On Day 3 a huge festival order tempts every team to overcommit. It is grade-5 math with real trade-offs.

See what your students get, and why it lands.

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A worksheet cannot do what a real decision does.

Your fifth graders are not working through someone else's word problems. They are running a design shop, deciding which client orders are worth the materials and the time. On Day 3 a giant festival order arrives that sounds like a windfall, and the team has to figure out whether they can actually fill it without running out of materials or slots. The teams who do the per-resource math before they say yes stay in business. That is efficiency and trade-offs, lived.

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They are graded on their thinking, not on the earnings.

Here is what surprises teachers. The team that earned the most is not graded higher than the team that earned the least. There is no winning number. Students are graded on the quality of their reasoning, written in their own reflection. A team that made a smart call that did not pay off scores higher than a team that got lucky and cannot explain why. That is how a fifth grader learns that the thinking matters more than the total.

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Let the workbook handle the math.

No fifth grader should miss the lesson because the resource math got away from them. The Studio comes with a workbook that tracks materials, slots, earnings, and budget for the team. They enter their orders, and the totals and what is left all calculate on their own. Their attention stays on the real question, which jobs are worth it, instead of on the arithmetic.

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Five days, already scripted. You just run the room.

You do not need a business background to teach this. The guide scripts every day, tells you what students will likely say, and gives you exactly how to respond. The client orders, the festival twist, and the Day 5 portfolio are all written for you. You bring the facilitation. The mission brings everything else.

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The lesson plan is already written.

Every simulation comes with a fully editable, admin-ready lesson plan. Standards alignment, daily pacing, learning objectives, differentiation, and an assessment plan are already done, so you can hand it to an administrator or adapt it to your district template in minutes.

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Everything you need to run it.