*Cues Baby Shark*
It's more than just a catchy song, these students have plans to make a difference.
When it comes to generating ideas in business, the best ones often come from the employees themselves. So when schools think about getting healthier, why not go to the experts --the students.
When you tell students to generate ideas to improve school health and wellness say no more than game on.
Dozens of students from different high schools recently came together to invent real ways to get kids at their schools healthier.
The students pitched a variety of ideas ranging from healthy vending machines to smoothie bars.
The students were tasked with developing an idea, creating a prototype and formulating a business plan much like how they do on the hit show, "Shark Tank."
The idea is to encourage the kids to be resourceful, using math and science to come up with ways to eat healthier and get fit. But it also makes it fun, so that students want to stick with it.
And it's no secret that when you eat better and exercise more, the whole culture inside classrooms can change.
And this just wasn't an assignment big money was at stake. The kids were judged by a panel of experts including, CEO of United Health Care who along with GenYouth awarded ten schools with $1,000 to turn their plans into action.