High school students visiting Eastern for the Energizing Emerging Entrepreneurs camp this week had a chance to win $100 for a business presentation they develop.

E3 was sponsored by the Business Solution Center at Eastern as well as several local businesses. The campers arrived Sunday and participated in various activities until they gave their presentations Wednesday.

Jeanne Dau, the camp’s director and director of the Business Solution Center, said the presentations are similar to the TV show “Shark Tank,” where different teams compete to earn funding from entrepreneurial judges.

“The whole premise is if you have $100,000, what business would you start,” Dau said.

She said the winning team’s students each received $100.

Dalton Painter, a 14-year-old from Newton, and Sarah Locke, a 16-year-old from Strasburg, said their team’s product was transition glass for windows in buildings.

They said the windows would be like transition sunglasses, turning dark in the presence of bright light and clearer with minimal light.

Locke said the windows would help conserve energy by keeping houses cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.

Painter said he came up with the idea while staring at the blinds in the room.

“I thought, ‘Why not get rid of the blinds?’” he said.

Both Painter and Locke said they had siblings attend the camp in previous years and that the camp sounded like fun.

“It’s been a whole lot of fun so far,” Painter said.

Dau said the campers participate in numerous games and activities in order for them to learn through doing.

“It’s not all about business,” Dau said. “It’s about creativity, problem-solving and passions.”

She said the camp also has several regional entrepreneurs visit to speak to the campers. Sunday’s speakers were open to the public and included Jack Schultz, CEO of Agracel, and David Orr of fruper.com.

Locke said she found the speakers to be very inspiring.

Dau said some Eastern faculty also gives talks on the entrepreneurial activities they are involved in.

She said the theme this year was to be interdependent and to show those participating that they do not have to do everything on their own to be successful.

Dau said she has seen many students participating in the camp come back to Eastern. She said the new business education options have helped recruit students from the camp.

“It’s a good pipeline into the entrepreneurship minor,” she said.

Seth Schroeder can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].