The Teen Maker's Business Lab: Make It, Price It, Sell It — Create Lip Balm, Candles, Soap & More, Then Run a Real Business with the Money Math to Profit (Grades 7–12)

A lip balm costs under a dollar to make — and sells for five. That gap is a business. This full-year course teaches teens both halves of it: how to make real products people want, and the money math to turn them into profit.Students make lip balm, candles, soap, body butter, scrubs, and more from simple, accessible materials — then learn to cost, price, brand, and sell them, building all the way to launching their own micro-business. Think of it as a lemonade stand for the real world.Inside you'll find:- 20 structured units across four quarters — the money basics; making & costing real products; branding, pricing & selling; and launching your micro-business- Real products from accessible materials — wax, oils, and common ingredients- Business math woven throughout — unit cost, markup, margin, break-even, and profit, with a full Business Math Toolkit and worked solutions- Built-in safety — diluting essential oils, patch testing, and melting wax safely- A real-world hook in every unit and a case study to apply each idea- Practice pages, challenge problems, and four end-of-quarter tests — each quiz and test on its own page- Four hands-on capstone projects, a launch checklist, and a week-by-week business log- Built-in differentiation (Support / On-Level / Stretch) for mixed-ability classrooms- A full answer key with worked business-math solutionsDesigned to engage all students — framed as a maker-and-entrepreneur lab, not a beauty book — and perfect for CTE, business, entrepreneurship, and family-and-consumer-science classrooms, electives, and programs serving teens and opportunity youth. A separate Facilitator Edition with pacing, teaching notes, discussion prompts, and answer keys is also available.By the end of the year, students won't just know about business — they'll have made products, priced them for profit, and run a real one. Read more