High quality and engaging educational resources predominantly for teachers of Business and Computing subjects. There's more on the website... www.meanbusiness.co.uk
High quality and engaging educational resources predominantly for teachers of Business and Computing subjects. There's more on the website... www.meanbusiness.co.uk
Loads of resources for KS2 or KS3 French/MFL to get students translating common words for fruit, vegetables, shops, colours and animals.
Engaging and fun.
Massive discount, originally £17.00 - 50% OFF!!
Everything you need to teach Sole traders and teach it well - perfect for an observation.
Differentiated learning outcomes included on the presentation. The presentation would also be useful printed as some stage for revision for your learners.
The two main activities include sorting advantages and disadvantages of sole trader ownership and an extended writing question. The lesson includes marking sheets that have space to match the work completed in this lesson to success criteria and space to give WWW and EBi (gap task).
This is a FULL lesson; ideally a 'double' session. Starter, 2 main activities (including paired work), and a plenary. Includes a full lesson plan for your records or for whoever is observing you.
Enjoy!
If you liked the first Plenary Wheel, things just got even better!! Version 2 is here, all new, USE ALONGSIDE VERSION ONE, NOT INSTEAD OF!! All your plenaries will be planned for months to come, if not longer!! See a video preview below BEFORE choosing to buy this TOP quality resource.
Interactive, fun and engaging. A perfect end to the lesson!
The plenary wheel is a PowerPoint file with a rotating wheel. Ask one of your students to shout STOP to select how the lesson ends. NO PLANNING involved. Just open the file and let your students decide.
This wheel is the sequel to my original plenary wheel - it contains 8 NEW PLENARY activities that focus on the question “What have I learnt today”. It’s not a rebrand - so if you want both look for my bundle and then you’ll have SIXTEEN plenary activities - that’s your academic year sorted!
The plenaries are:
60 seconds - tell a partner what you’ve learnt in a minute - timers includes.
Picture review - draw how you feel/what you’ve learnt - template/handout included (print a bank of these ready!).
Emoji review - select an emoji to summarise your learning today - template included if required (black and white or colour).
Text message - write a reply to the text on the slide.
4-3-1, my take on the 5-5-1 review - write four sentences then whittle it down to just 1 word to summarise today’s lesson. Handout included, again print a stack ready!
Red, Amber, Green - three sentence review of your learning today.
Tell me three - answer the three summary questions about today’s learning.
Status update - write a social media status to summarise your learning today.
Macros must be enabled for the wheel to function, though the plenary activities can still be viewed without the wheel spinning (less exciting!).
Enjoy!
My first plenary wheel has been so successful that I’ve developed a sequel!
Get both wheels now for a discounted price and have all your plenaries sorted for the academic year! NO PLANNING NEEDED!
I’ve also included my Starter Activity Generator. This does require minimal planning but is a great template to have.
Enjoy!
At least four full lessons on averages.
Each lesson introduces the average concerned (mean, median, mode and range). Confidence is built through a guided activity before students have to complete an activity themselves.
Fully planned, resourced and differentiated.
Almost 30% discount here!
Enjoy.
A fun resource, and very adaptable.
Perfect for year 6 induction, team building sessions, GCSE Business Induction session or PSHE lesson on Enterprise. So many different uses - and suitable for a range of ages.
The session gets students to come up with a new product that turns the humble house brick into something everyone wants! Fully resourced. No need for a computer if you’re teaching in a classroom - just some basic art supplies (pencils/crayons etc.).
This resource includes a student example, student hand out, instructions and PowerPoint display.
Enjoy.
A full section of work that introduces Computer Science students to different types of Computer Memory. **Watch the video preview **BEFORE you buy so you can see the quality of this resource!
This mega resource includes:
**17 slide **PowerPoint with introduction memory task and notes on different types of memory
4 page booklet for students to complete
30 mark assessment / test
Mark scheme of the assessment / test
15 page student revision booklet on the Memory topic (adapted from the lesson PowerPoint)
Tarsia puzzle on memory (students need to match the phrases together to make a pyramid shape - GREAT for group work).
The solution to the Tarsia puzzle (I often print this and put it in the corridor, giving students who struggle a chance to peek if needed).
This resource is suitable for anyone teaching RAM, ROM, Primary, Secondary, Virtual and Flash Memory. I have mapped this against OCR GCSE Computer Science - though anyone teaching these topics will be able to use this resource as there’s no mention of OCR specifically.
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A full section of work that introduces Computer Science students to different types of Computer Storage.** Watch the video preview** BEFORE you buy so you can see the quality of this resource!
This mega resource includes:
23 Slide PowerPoint with tasks and theory on Computer Storage.
7 page booklet for students to complete
40 mark assessment / test
Mark scheme of the assessment / test
15 page student revision booklet on the Memory topic (adapted from the lesson PowerPoint)
This resource is suitable for anyone teaching Optical, Magnetic and Solid State Storage as well as the advantages/disadvantages of these types of storage. The lesson also includes selecting the most appropriate storage methods and how storage capacity is measured.
Enjoy.
Save over 25% on the three MASSIVE lessons on Business Ownership for GCSE Business Studies.
Lesson 1 - Sole traders
Lesson 2 - Partnerships
Lesson 3 - Companies (Private and Public)
ALL fully resourced
ALL include a lesson plan
ALL include student handouts
ALL double up for revision handouts! Bargain!
ALL differentiated by outcome
ALL include parts to stretch high abilities
If you want to see quality BEFORE you buy, look for the ownership lesson plan within my free resources.
I've also added a learning puzzle (this is literally a full lesson to complete!), homework sheet and a match up task. These additional tasks are for when sole traders, partnerships and companies have been taught to really ensure students have learnt the topic or could be used to recap in a few months after teaching.
Enjoy!
**SAMPLE AVAILABLE** If you want to see the quality of this resource, the lesson plan is available within my free resources. Perhaps download/view this before making your purchase.
This resource includes a FULL lesson - would fill a 'double' session, or more, if needed. The slides are also GREAT for revision if printed or made available electronically to your learners.
TWO student handouts are included as well as a full lesson plan. The slides introduce company ownership (both types of limited company) and include a paired task, independent task, case study questions, differentiated glossary (focus on literacy) and plenary. Plenty to keep learners focused and a really good resource for teaching GCSE Business Studies Company ownership.
Lessons on sole traders and partnerships are also available in the same theme and to the same quality standard. A bundle for all three is also available, if you like the look of this lesson!
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This resource depends on you teaching Business Ownership first (sole traders, partnerships and companies).
Students should be given a printed version of the puzzle (the one with two pages). I get them to work in pairs as they can both be cutting at the same time to reduce ‘cutting time’. They both cut out one of the pages then get to work creating a triangle solution by connecting matching statements. There is only ONE way the puzzle will become a triangle correctly, so it’s trial and error but a GREAT task to consolidate learning of Business Ownership topic.
I then get learners to stick their puzzles down on A3 paper (two sheets, because it just sticks over one A3 page). Alternatively, you could cut the puzzle and laminate for year on year use.
I’ve included the solution. To ensure ALL students can access it, I print the solution on A3 paper and stick it in the corridor. Each pair gets a few chances to go out and take a peek, if needed.
Finally, I’ve included a plenary to review the tarsia puzzle and a homework true or false activity on Business Ownership, this might work well as a homework task to see what students have learnt from the puzzle.
Enjoy!
This 10 slide PowerPoint is a range of SIMILAR starter or plenary activities. See the video preview below. Can be used OVER and OVER again, so well worth the dollar.
The first slides are grids with ANSWERS. Your students need to give the QUESTIONS. Great for questioning, great for differentiation/selecting specific students to answer.
There's a version of the same starter which involves splitting your group into two teams to make the activity even more engaging. The slides are fully interactive to allow you to change the numbers RED or BLUE depending on which team gets a point.
To ensure longevity of the resource, and the ability to use it LOADS of times with the SAME group, the starters have also been adapted to give questions for students to answer, just to shake things up a bit.
Enjoy!
THIS RESOURCE USES PYTHON VERSION 3. There are subtle differences between version 2 and 3, I believe. It's free to download though, so maybe update your systems.
This is the first of my new resources on Python Programming. I'm teaching this to low ability year 9, though I know my higher ability year 7 would love it and I've also seen Python used within some primaries.
It's suitable for any novice programming teacher. It includes everything to introduce Python's print function and basic variables.
The lesson is fully resourced and will last at least a full hour, if not longer.
If you're an absolute beginner, this is ideal. Just read it through and print before teaching - that's it!
Look out for my other Python programming resources as part of this series.
Enjoy.
A single, well designed help sheet that guides students through the process of creating a movie using images they have saved on their work areas using Serif Movie Plus.
This is IDEAL if you've got Serif Movie Plus installed on your network, but don't know quite how to use it! Give students this sheet and get them to work it out independently.
I've had some great results from this, students loved it too.
Great end of term fun activity if students can choose their own topic of movie.
Enoy.
Simple starter or plenary suitable for any subject.
Adaptable, so use over and over again - even with the same class.
Ideal time for discussion of key terms as they are revealed.
Enjoy.
DO NOT buy if you already have my Cambridge National Resource or my OCR Homework Booklet! This is a generic introduction to Break-Even and would nicely follow my lesson on Fixed and Variable Costs (not introduced in this lesson).
Two activities relating to Break-Even. Full lesson PowerPoint.
Easy to fill in coupons to reward positive behaviour or good work. 8 per page, so they're small enough to print a shed load and have them at hand when marking or teaching.
Teachers just need to fill in the 'IOU' circle with the reward being given (we use VIVOs and just fill in IOU 10 Vivos, but this could easily be house points, commendations etc.)
A tangible method of rewarding your students - they do something good, they something immediately. I get students to fill their name in on the coupon and 'post' them to me so I can reward later in the day when it's more convenient!
Enjoy, for free!
Just to save you making them... 4 designs of Christmas cards for colouring. Print on A4 white card.
Students could also design the inside, with a Christmas verse, and make an envelope from A3 coloured paper.
Enjoy.