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Ready-made lessons that turn class time into competition prep.

Six free 45–50 minute plans for marketing, business, finance, health science and technology classes. Print them, adapt them, share them.

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Built-in practice

Each plan uses tools in the app: Quick 10, sprints, the AI judge, explain-it-back and quiz night.

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Plans follow typical CTE course objectives. Match them to your state’s standards before teaching.

Lesson plans

Marketing: The 4 Ps under pressure

Marketing, Principles of Marketing · 50 minutes · DECA

Students apply the marketing mix to a business problem and defend it to a judge.

Students will

  • Explain each element of the marketing mix
  • Recommend a marketing-mix change for a business problem
  • Present a recommendation clearly in under 5 minutes

Lesson

  1. Warm-up (8 min): each student does a Quick 10 on the Marketing exam in CompPrep and notes one missed term.
  2. Mini-lesson (10 min): review the 4 Ps with one local business example. Ask: which P would you change first, and why?
  3. Practice (20 min): in pairs, run one Face-to-face judge role-play in a Marketing event. One student presents, the partner watches the timer and takes notes. Switch if time allows.
  4. Debrief (8 min): each pair shares one fix from their scorecard.

Check for understanding

Exit ticket (4 min): "Name the P you used, the change you recommended, and one number you could have added."

Business management: Decision making with data

Business Management, Principles of Business · 50 minutes · DECA/FBLA

Students practice structured decisions and get scored on how they justify them.

Students will

  • Use a simple decision framework (options, criteria, recommendation)
  • Support a recommendation with numbers
  • Answer follow-up questions confidently

Lesson

  1. Warm-up (7 min): 60-second sprint on Business Administration Core; post the class high score.
  2. Mini-lesson (10 min): model "options → criteria → recommendation → next step" on the board.
  3. Practice (23 min): each student runs one AI judge role-play with Real company case on. Use the replay highlights to find their strongest moment.
  4. Debrief (6 min): two volunteers read their strongest moment aloud.

Check for understanding

Exit ticket (4 min): "What criteria did you use, and which number made your case strongest?"

Personal finance: Explain it like a pro

Personal Financial Literacy · 45 minutes · DECA/FBLA

Students build understanding of key finance terms by explaining them in their own words.

Students will

  • Define interest, credit score, budget and emergency fund
  • Explain a concept with an everyday example
  • Identify and correct a misconception

Lesson

  1. Warm-up (6 min): flashcards on the PFL deck, 10 cards.
  2. Practice (20 min): Explain it back on 3 terms each. Students aim for 4 of 5 dots.
  3. Pair share (10 min): partners swap their best AI "clear way to say it" and rewrite it in their own words.
  4. Review (5 min): class mistake notebook check: everyone clears at least one missed question.

Check for understanding

Exit ticket (4 min): "Explain compound interest to a 7th grader in two sentences."

Health science: Skills under the clock

Health Science · 50 minutes · HOSA

Students rehearse a skill checklist with a partner and practice clear patient communication.

Students will

  • Follow a skill procedure in order
  • Communicate each step to a patient
  • Self-check against a checklist

Lesson

  1. Warm-up (8 min): Quick 10 on the student’s HOSA test.
  2. Demo (8 min): teacher models one skill from the Skills checklists with a student volunteer.
  3. Practice (25 min): partners alternate performing a skill while the other checks off steps in the app.
  4. Debrief (5 min): which step was most often missed?

Check for understanding

Exit ticket (4 min): "List the opening steps you do for every skill and why each matters."

Technology and engineering: Pitch your design

Engineering, Technology · 50 minutes · TSA

Students explain design decisions and handle judge questions about their project.

Students will

  • Describe the design process used
  • Justify one design decision with evidence
  • Respond to a challenging judge question

Lesson

  1. Warm-up (5 min): Judge questions screen: each student picks two likely questions.
  2. Practice (25 min): Presentation check with a 3-minute spoken run-through of their project.
  3. Partner round (12 min): partner asks the two chosen questions; answer out loud and get AI feedback.
  4. Debrief (4 min): one change each student will make before the next competition.

Check for understanding

Exit ticket (4 min): "Write the one-sentence answer you’ll give when a judge asks why you chose your design."

Competition kickoff: Season goals and teams

Any CTSO class · 45 minutes

Students set measurable season goals and form study-buddy pairs for accountability.

Students will

  • Set a measurable goal with a deadline
  • Break a goal into a weekly pace
  • Commit to an accountability partner

Lesson

  1. Hook (5 min): show last year’s chapter results (or a goal you set as a student).
  2. Goal setting (15 min): each student adds one Season goal in CompPrep and reads their weekly pace.
  3. Buddies (10 min): students pair up as Study buddies and agree on a nudge time.
  4. Quiz night (12 min): play a 10-question Quiz night on the projector.

Check for understanding

Exit ticket (3 min): "My goal is ___ by ___. My weekly pace is ___. My buddy is ___."

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