Sweatshirt Profit Pop-Up

Empathize

Students will launch the sweatshirt fundraiser challenge, learn how decimal costs and profit connect to real merchandise decisions, gather user and expert input, and create an early empathy-based design brief that captures customer preferences, price concerns, and teamwork goals.

Days 1 - 4

🧥 Trip Sweatshirt Challenge

Launch 35m

💵 Decimal Cost and Profit Sort

Knowledge/Skill Building 35m

🗣️ Buyer Interview and Survey Practice

Community Experience 35m

📋 Customer Needs Design Brief

Deliverable 35m

Define

Students will sort empathy evidence from Phase 1, learn how to write a clear problem statement using user needs and project constraints, define a target customer group for the sweatshirt fundraiser, and create a team design brief that names the pricing challenge they will solve next.

Days 5 - 8

📊 Decimal Cost Clues Sort

Knowledge/Skill Building 35m

🧩 User Need Statement Mini-Lesson

Knowledge/Skill Building 30m

🗣️ Pricing Challenge Feedback Round

Project Work 35m

📝 Team Design Brief

Deliverable 35m

Ideate

Students will use user feedback, decimal cost thinking, and structured brainstorming routines to generate several sweatshirt and pricing ideas, compare them against customer needs, and choose a promising concept to develop next.

Days 9 - 12

🧠 Crazy 8s Sweatshirt Ideas

Knowledge/Skill Building 35m

📊 Profit Margin Idea Sort

Knowledge/Skill Building 30m

🎨 Design Studio Choice Board

Project Work 40m

✅ Best-Bet Pricing Concept

Deliverable 35m

Draft

Students will turn their selected sweatshirt ideas into first-round prototypes and pricing drafts by applying decimal operations, user feedback, and team decision-making. They will build cost models, create labeled design mockups, explain their pricing logic, and revise after structured peer critique so they are ready for user testing in the next phase.

Days 13 - 18

🧮 Decimal Cost Builder

Knowledge/Skill Building 35m

🎨 Sweatshirt Prototype Sketches

Project Work 35m

📊 Profit Margin Mini-Lesson

Knowledge/Skill Building 30m

🛠️ Pricing Poster Draft

Deliverable 40m

💬 Two-Peer Feedback Carousel

Project Work 35m

✏️ Revised Cost-and-Design Draft

Assessment 35m

Test

Students will test their sweatshirt drafts and pricing plans with classmates and a local merchandise shop owner, collect evidence about design appeal and profit decisions, and revise their work using structured feedback, survey data, and goal-tracker check-ins.

Days 19 - 22

🗣️ Feedback Stems for Merch Testing

Knowledge/Skill Building 25m

👕 Sweatshirt Prototype Peer Testing

Project Work 35m

🏪 Shop Owner Pricing Review

Community Experience 35m

✏️ Revision Log and Goal Tracker

Deliverable 35m

Critique

Students will use structured critique, decimal evidence, and customer-centered feedback to improve their sweatshirt pricing plans and design choices before the final reflection and showcase phase.

Days 23 - 26

📊 Profit Margin Feedback Mini-Lesson

Knowledge/Skill Building 30m

🗣️ Pricing Poster Peer Critique

Deliverable 35m

🏪 Shop Owner Pricing Review

Community Experience 35m

✏️ Revised Pricing Plan Checkpoint

Assessment 35m

Notice & Reflect

Students will exhibit their sweatshirt pricing work, explain how feedback and decimal calculations shaped their final decisions, document growth on goal trackers, and identify next steps after expert and community response.

Days 27 - 30

🧭 Goal Tracker and Evidence Sort

Knowledge/Skill Building 30m

🗣️ Pricing Pitch Peer Tune-Up

Deliverable 35m

🏪 Merch Market Showcase

Community Experience 40m

✍️ Final Profit Reflection

Assessment 35m

Empathize Days 1–4

Day 1

🧥 Trip Sweatshirt Challenge

Launch 35m

Day 2

💵 Decimal Cost and Profit Sort

Knowledge/Skill Building 35m

Day 3

🗣️ Buyer Interview and Survey Practice

Community Experience 35m

Day 4

📋 Customer Needs Design Brief

Deliverable 35m

Define Days 5–8

Day 5

📊 Decimal Cost Clues Sort

Knowledge/Skill Building 35m

Day 6

🧩 User Need Statement Mini-Lesson

Knowledge/Skill Building 30m

Day 7

🗣️ Pricing Challenge Feedback Round

Project Work 35m

Day 8

📝 Team Design Brief

Deliverable 35m

Ideate Days 9–12

Day 9

🧠 Crazy 8s Sweatshirt Ideas

Knowledge/Skill Building 35m

Day 10

📊 Profit Margin Idea Sort

Knowledge/Skill Building 30m

Day 11

🎨 Design Studio Choice Board

Project Work 40m

Day 12

✅ Best-Bet Pricing Concept

Deliverable 35m

Draft Days 13–18

Day 13

🧮 Decimal Cost Builder

Knowledge/Skill Building 35m

Day 14

🎨 Sweatshirt Prototype Sketches

Project Work 35m

Day 15

📊 Profit Margin Mini-Lesson

Knowledge/Skill Building 30m

Day 16

🛠️ Pricing Poster Draft

Deliverable 40m

Day 17

💬 Two-Peer Feedback Carousel

Project Work 35m

Day 18

✏️ Revised Cost-and-Design Draft

Assessment 35m

Test Days 19–22

Day 19

🗣️ Feedback Stems for Merch Testing

Knowledge/Skill Building 25m

Day 20

👕 Sweatshirt Prototype Peer Testing

Project Work 35m

Day 21

🏪 Shop Owner Pricing Review

Community Experience 35m

Day 22

✏️ Revision Log and Goal Tracker

Deliverable 35m

Critique Days 23–26

Day 23

📊 Profit Margin Feedback Mini-Lesson

Knowledge/Skill Building 30m

Day 24

🗣️ Pricing Poster Peer Critique

Deliverable 35m

Day 25

🏪 Shop Owner Pricing Review

Community Experience 35m

Day 26

✏️ Revised Pricing Plan Checkpoint

Assessment 35m

Notice & Reflect Days 27–30

Day 27

🧭 Goal Tracker and Evidence Sort

Knowledge/Skill Building 30m

Day 28

🗣️ Pricing Pitch Peer Tune-Up

Deliverable 35m

Day 29

🏪 Merch Market Showcase

Community Experience 40m

Day 30

✍️ Final Profit Reflection

Assessment 35m

August 2026

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Wed

Thu

Fri

24 Day 1

Empathize

🧥 Trip Sweatshirt Challenge

25 Day 2

💵 Decimal Cost and Profit Sort

26 Day 3

🗣️ Buyer Interview and Survey Practice

27 Day 4

📋 Customer Needs Design Brief

28 Day 5

Define

📊 Decimal Cost Clues Sort

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Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

31 Day 6

🧩 User Need Statement Mini-Lesson

1 Day 7

🗣️ Pricing Challenge Feedback Round

2 Day 8

📝 Team Design Brief

3 Day 9

Ideate

🧠 Crazy 8s Sweatshirt Ideas

4 Day 10

📊 Profit Margin Idea Sort

7 Day 11

🎨 Design Studio Choice Board

8 Day 12

✅ Best-Bet Pricing Concept

9 Day 13

Draft

🧮 Decimal Cost Builder

10 Day 14

🎨 Sweatshirt Prototype Sketches

11 Day 15

📊 Profit Margin Mini-Lesson

14 Day 16

🛠️ Pricing Poster Draft

15 Day 17

💬 Two-Peer Feedback Carousel

16 Day 18

✏️ Revised Cost-and-Design Draft

17 Day 19

Test

🗣️ Feedback Stems for Merch Testing

18 Day 20

👕 Sweatshirt Prototype Peer Testing

21 Day 21

🏪 Shop Owner Pricing Review

22 Day 22

✏️ Revision Log and Goal Tracker

23 Day 23

Critique

📊 Profit Margin Feedback Mini-Lesson

24 Day 24

🗣️ Pricing Poster Peer Critique

25 Day 25

🏪 Shop Owner Pricing Review

28 Day 26

✏️ Revised Pricing Plan Checkpoint

29 Day 27

Notice & Reflect

🧭 Goal Tracker and Evidence Sort

30 Day 28

🗣️ Pricing Pitch Peer Tune-Up

1 Day 29

🏪 Merch Market Showcase

2 Day 30

✍️ Final Profit Reflection

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