Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Product Portfolio Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students apply their knowledge and understanding of the product life cycle and the Boston Matrix to a particular product. They explain the development process of products and to dispel the notion that products just appear.
Unit Plan
Other

Branksome Hall Asia: Design and Inquiry: Invention and Innovation

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource on invention, innovation, and creativity. Explores the field of product design, marketing, innovation strategies, collaboration of stakeholders, product life cycle, and Rogers' elements of innovation. Includes...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Product Development and the Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students investigate the life cycle of an engineered product and how the product impacts the environment. They analyze a product using a simple life cycle assessment that assigns fictional numerical values for different...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Life Cycles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students will extend their knowledge of matter and energy cycles in an organism to engineering life cycle assessment of a product. Students will learn about product life cycle assessment and the flow of energy...
Website
Other

Drm: New Product Development Body of Knowledge

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to various management strategies. (Such topics as product planning). Excellent source for information.
Website
Curated OER

Bized.com: The Product Life Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Bized.com, gives a brief definition of the product life cycle and the stages of the product life cycle.