What's the trend?

Every year there are a variety of different items/toys that “trend.” What does trend mean?

Select the correct answer.

Press the ‘Answer’ button to know more.

Answer

A trend is something that is popular at a certain point in time. It commonly refers to a certain fashion statement, something entertaining, or an item.

For example: Slime

Discuss the trends you notice in the advertisements you chose.

Student Success

Think-Pair-Share

Creating a trend

How do you create a trend?

Let's explore the following videos to find out!

What do you notice about the product at the beginning?

What do you notice about the product at the end?

Trenders: Towel Pants

How do the Trenders team change the product?

Trenders: Soggy Bears

How do the Trenders team change the product?

Choose one of the products and think about how to advertise it. How would you describe it? Who might want the product?

Note to teachers: See your teacher guide for collaboration tools, ideas and suggestions.

Making connections to the real world

Brainstorm

Problems and Solutions

What are some problems that we face daily that we could create a solution for?

For example, people lose their masks. What could we create to solve this problem? We can use the inquiry process to brainstorm ideas.

Wonder

We are wondering about a solution on how to solve the problem of losing our masks.

Investigate

How should we do that? What are ways we can solve the problem?

Knowledge

What have we learned from our investigation? Should we try some of our ideas?

Discuss

Try to identify any other different ideas or ways.

Act

Let’s create a plan with our solution. Once we have done that we can reflect!

What's the problem?

Applying what you learned from the videos and the processes they used, brainstorm some real-world problems, and explore solutions/inventions to solve the problem. Let’s keep the inquiry cycle in our minds.

As we:

• think of a problem
• brainstorm a product solution
• make the product "trendy"

Complete the Make It Trendy Organizer in your notebook or use the following fillable and printable document to help you get started. You can also record your ideas by creating an audio clip or using another method of your choice.

Press the Activity button to access the Make It Trendy Organizer.

Activity (Open PDF in a new tab)

Creating a plan!

Planning

Choose one of your ideas from the graphic organizer in the Action section. It's time to create a product plan! Think about the following questions to help you plan your product:

• what is the problem?
• how does my product fix the problem?
• how can I make my product interesting or "trendy"?
• who is the product for?

Complete the Product Plan Organizer in your notebook or use the following fillable and printable document to help you get started.

Press the Activity button to access the Product Plan Organizer.

Activity (Open PDF in a new tab)

Product Plan

What would you share about your product?

Why is your product important?

Why would someone need it?

Reflection

How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity?  Which of the next four sentences best matches how you are feeling about your learning? Press the button that is beside this sentence.

I feel...

I have an excellent understanding of the concepts   I have a very good understanding of the concepts   I have some understanding but need to review some more  my understanding of the concepts needs a lot more work

Now, record your ideas about your feelings using a voice recorder, speech-to-text, or writing tool.