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• Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Budding Entrepreneur badge requirements.
• Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Business Jumpstart badge requirements.

Items Needed:

• Craft materials for creating and updating prototypes (cardboard, markers, tape, scissors, glue, string, etc.)
• Feedback notes or Getting Feedback handout from previous activities
• Paper and pencils for sketching ideas
• (Optional) Use SCAMPER Method by GSUSA for ideas

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Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 35–50 minutes):

1. Review Your Feedback (3–4 minutes)
   • Scouts look at the suggestions they received and choose two changes or new ideas they want to try.
2. Design Two Prototypes (20–25 minutes)
   • Scouts create two different versions of their prototype.
     • Optional: Draw two different versions to save time.
3. Test with Others (5–7 minutes)
   • Scouts show their two new ideas to a buddy or small group.
   • They ask which version people like better and why.
4. Decide What Works Best (3–4 minutes)
   • Scouts choose the version they think works best based on the feedback they heard.
   • They can draw or describe what they’d keep or change next time.
5. Reflect (2–3 minutes)
   • Scouts share one thing they learned by trying two different ideas.
   • They talk about how it helped improve their invention.