12 WEEKS: THE REAL LIFE LAB LEARNING TERM 1

The Real Life Lab isn't school.

It's a 12 week real-life learning experience designed around scenarios your kids can actually relate to.

Instead of moving through traditional subjects, your child moves through real-world challenges.

They'll launch a surf shop, manage a food budget, plan a trip, run a food truck, move out on their own, recover from an injury, build a home and explore what it really takes to become a professional athlete.

Each week presents a new challenge.

Along the way, they'll practice problem solving, critical thinking, communication, financial literacy, decision making and creativity through activities that feel relevant and engaging.

Designed for ages 8–15, siblings can work through the same term together using age-appropriate challenge levels.

No grade levels.

No busywork.

No six-hour school days.

Just meaningful learning built around real life.

Inside Term 1: Real World Challenge Series

Week 1: Launch Your Own Surf Shop
Learn about business, pricing, branding, profit, and entrepreneurship.

Week 2: Everything Is Shut Down
Navigate a crisis, make decisions under pressure, and adapt when plans change.

Week 3: The $100 Food Budget Challenge
Stretch a budget, compare costs, and make smart financial choices.

Week 4: Plan a Trip
Research destinations, calculate expenses, build itineraries, and solve travel logistics.

Week 5: Run a Food Truck. Go Viral.
Create a business concept, market it, price products, and attract customers.

Week 6: Move Out. Can You Figure Life Out?
Manage housing, bills, transportation, budgeting, and everyday responsibilities.

Week 7: Stranded at Sea
Think critically, solve problems, and make survival decisions with limited resources.

Week 8: Build a Homestead
Explore self-sufficiency, food production, resource management, and planning.

Week 9: You're Injured
Understand recovery, resilience, health decisions, and adapting when life changes unexpectedly.

Week 10: Where Did This Come From?
Follow everyday products from farm to factory to store and discover how supply chains work.

Week 11: Build Your Dream House
Design, budget, plan, and make real-world construction decisions.

Week 12: What It Takes to Be a Professional Athlete
Explore training, discipline, performance, business, sponsorships, and the reality behind success.

This digital Term 1 experience includes 12 weeks of guided challenges, activities and projects your family can complete at your own pace.