Making enough products to understand the production process. Conducting a sale to see if people will pay the projected price. Reflecting on the experience to see what was learned. Difficulties in finding appropriate business hosts or sponsors can be addressed by contacting the local Chamber of Commerce. A list of people with useful knowledge that the students can contact is helpful.
Many teachers have difficulty when it comes to producing unfamiliar things.
This can be addressed by encouraging students to try on their own and sketch, display and discuss whatever they draw among themselves. An art teacher, illustrator designer or architect can also help by demonstrating what they do. A shop teacher, handy parent, carpenter, mechanic, or engineer can also demonstrate techniques of production. The students can usually locate the help they need if they are encouraged to do so. Visitors and examples of actual products can enliven and enrich the project as it goes along.