Entrepreneur’s Scientifically Backed ‘Vision’ for a Golf Ball is Now Part of PGA Play
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Grades: 9 - 12
Video Description: Learn how Ray Barrett, with help from Dr. Carl Bassi, turned a realization about how his vision was affecting his golf game into a newly designed golf ball now used on the PGA Tour.
Type of Video: Story*
Unique Video ID: Economics-31**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video as inspiration for a project where your students create short videos highlighting entrepreneurs in your community.
- Use the video as a conversation starter or in conjunction with a journal prompt and have students respond to the steps it took to bring Mr. Barrett’s product to market. Then engage students in an activity where they take a current product and seek to improve it in some way.
*Story videos employ a narrative form to highlight a topic, location, or practitioner in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
