Launch
Launch
Students will launch the Food Truck Challenge by testing first ideas about recipe scaling, pricing, and profit, then use expert feedback to identify what they need to learn before designing a profitable menu.
Days 1 - 2
Research & Plan
Research & Plan
Students will gather real user and expert evidence about food truck menu decisions, confirm key assumptions about serving sizes and pricing, and organize what they learn into usable planning artifacts before drafting menu solutions.
Days 3 - 8
Design & Prototype
Design & Prototype
Students will turn user research into a clear design brief, generate multiple food truck menu concepts, build low-fidelity menu prototypes with ratio and unit-rate math, test those ideas with peers and an outside expert, and revise their work through two documented iteration cycles.
Days 9 - 13
Refine & Showcase
Refine & Showcase
Students will refine a food truck menu board by checking ratio scaling, unit rates, and profit calculations against user and peer feedback, then prepare a clear Shark Tank-style defense of their menu decisions and math.
Days 14 - 18
Showcase
Showcase
Students will present and defend their finished food truck menu boards to an authentic audience, answer questions with ratio, rate, and profit evidence, and reflect on how feedback improved their final design decisions.
Days 19 - 20
Launch
Days 1–2
Day 1
๐ฎ Menu Mystery Mix-Up
Launch
45m
Day 2
๐จโ๐ณ Pacoโs Crowd Cooking Questions
Community Experience
45m
Research & Plan
Days 3–8
Day 3
๐ค Pacoโs Scaling Secrets
Community Experience
45m
Day 4
๐ Ratio Tables for Crowd Batches
Knowledge/Skill Building
45m
Day 5
๐ง Event Customer Empathy Map
Research
45m
Day 6
๐ต Unit Cost and Profit Check
Knowledge/Skill Building
45m
Day 7
๐ Needs and Constraints Planner
Deliverable
45m
Day 8
๐ Menu Check Numbers Round
Assessment
45m
Evidence Tracker:
Evidence notes table
Design & Prototype
Days 9–13
Day 9
๐งฉ How Might We Menu Brief
Knowledge/Skill Building
40m
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
19
Day 1
Launch
๐ฎ Menu Mystery Mix-Up
20
Day 2
๐จโ๐ณ Pacoโs Crowd Cooking Questions
21
Day 3
Research & Plan
๐ค Pacoโs Scaling Secrets
26
Day 4
๐ Ratio Tables for Crowd Batches
27
Day 5
๐ง Event Customer Empathy Map
28
Day 6
๐ต Unit Cost and Profit Check
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
2
Day 7
๐ Needs and Constraints Planner
3
Day 8
๐ Menu Check Numbers Round
4
Day 9
Design & Prototype
๐งฉ How Might We Menu Brief