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
Suitable for ANY subject area and ANY year group!
1. Starter Central includes seven starter ideas in a creative and engaging PowerPoint. Fully editable for minimal planning and regular use.
2. Plenary Wheel - a FUN way of allowing your class to CHOOSE their own plenary! Fully resourced; students LOVE shouting STOP to select the end of their lesson. Great way to perk the class up towards the end of a lesson.
3. Exit Notes - A range of exit notes with questions suitable for ALL subject areas. These allow students to review their learning AND allow teachers to plan for next lesson based on what students now know and what they may have struggled with (but haven’t told you!).
4. Key Terms Bingo
5. Key Terms Memory Challenge
6. 2nd Version of the Plenary Selector Wheel.
Enjoy!
HALF PRICE BUNDLE!! FULLY planned lessons for WEEKS!! Bargain…
A range of fun lessons for GCSE Business Studies.
These lessons are ALL still applicable for the new GCSE Specification.
The bundle covers Ownership, Stakeholders, Goods/Services and some finance. Check out my other FREE resources to add to your bundle for more finance stuff!
This is another in my 'Let's Learn' series.
The lesson gets students to think about their initial ideas before introducing start-up and running costs so progress can easily be judged. The lesson PowerPoint is equally good for revision if printed or made available electronically so it's even more of a bargain!
There are two main activities (one is an exam style question assessment that can be peer marked with teacher guidance.
The lesson plan is included to guide teachers through every step of the lesson.
Enjoy!
Ideally suited to KS2 or KS3 French lessons, though would be equally good for KS4 lower abilities.
This resource introduces French names of nine common fruits in a PowerPoint show. As always, masculine and feminine nouns are colour coded throughout the resource.
The PowerPoint would be equally useful for classroom display/keyword wall or printing four to a page for flash cards.
Alongside the PowerPoint is a match-up activity. Print this onto card and laminate for longevity or print on paper and get students to glue the matches in their exercise books.
As a game, there's also a 'dominoes' activity and instructions. Printing and laminating this means it can be used over and over.
Enjoy.
This 9-page booklet is mapped against OCR GCSE Business Studies J204. This resource includes a printable PDF version AND a PowerPoint version that learners can complete and submit online, via Google Classroom etc.
Answers included in separate PDF document!
Activities include:
Human Resources Department (inc. Internal/External Recruitment)
Organisational Structures (interpretation)
Organisational Structures (tall or flat & other key terms)
Business Communication (internal or external/importance)
Business Communication - most suitable communication methods
Recruitment & Selection
7. Training & Development
8. Employment Law / Employee Rights
If you set one page each week, that’s more than enough for a half term. The pages also act as a good discussion point for a starter in the following lesson too (win, win!).
To REDUCE MARKING - there’s the smallest space for teachers to put 4 ticks to assess each homework. Low stakes, less work load marking.
This 9-page booklet is mapped against OCR GCSE Business Studies J204. This resource includes a printable PDF version AND a PowerPoint version that learners can complete and submit online, via Google Classroom etc.
Answers included in separate PDF document!
Activities on:
What is Marketing / the 4 P’s
Market Research (Primary/Secondary)
Market Research (Create a Questionnaire)
Market Segments / Target Markets
Price & Pricing Strategies
Product Life Cycle
Methods of Promotion / Changes in modern promotion methods (social media etc.)
Market Data
GREAT FOR HOMEWORK! If you set one page each week, that’s more than enough for a half term. The pages also act as a good discussion point for a starter in the following lesson too (win, win!).
To REDUCE MARKING - there’s the smallest space for teachers to put 4 ticks to assess each homework. Low stakes, low work-load marking.
This 7-page booklet is mapped against OCR GCSE Business Studies J204. This resource includes a printable PDF version AND a PowerPoint version that learners can complete and submit online, via Google Classroom etc.
Answers included in separate PDF document!
Activities on:
Production Process / Production Methods
Quality
Customer Service
Consumer Law
Location
Suppliers / Procurement
If you set one page each week, that’s more than enough for a half term. The pages also act as a good discussion point for a starter in the following lesson too (win, win!).
To REDUCE MARKING - there’s the smallest space for teachers to put 4 ticks to assess each homework. Low stakes, low work-load marking.
Instructions for teachers on how to create and use look up tables within Excel to calculate grades from scores automatically. Equally, you might use these instructions when teaching this skill to students.
I hope these instructions are fairly straight forward. I used Excel 2013 for the print screens, though the skill is similar in whatever Excel version is being used.
Great for staff training. ALL staff should know how to do this to save time when tracking data.
Enjoy!
Teacher instructions to help with tracking data for departments, school wide or individual class trackers.
These instructions show how to insert an IF statement to compare a grade (for a unit/exam/module etc.) to a target, to show whether it's above, below or meeting target grade.
Two separate instructions for grades A*-G and numbers 9-1.
Ideal for whole staff training. More advanced staff should be adapting the formulae to suit their needs.
Enjoy.
Minimise Planning
Engage students (especially at the end of a lesson)
2 Plenary Wheels FULLY RESOURCED
Exciting starters FULLY RESOURCED
Key Terms Bingo!
Save on resources with bundles! Over 30% discount!
Enjoy.
Two activities to introduce five laws to students. I teach low ability GCSE Computer Science, and this is perfect for them. Specifically mapped to OCR Computer Science J276, though good for any lessons covering these five laws:
- Data Protection Act 1998
- Computer Misuse Act 1990
- Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
- Creative Commons Licensing
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
There are TWO activities here which make teaching this (slightly dull) topic easier.
1. Laws Jigsaw - Print on A3. Students cut out all pieces and connect to make 5 jigsaws, one about each law. There's an answer sheet which I stick at the front if students struggle they're allowed a peek!
2. Laws Summary - Students fill in the missing words. Answers are provided to discuss. There is also a help sheet with potential words to use; this is again stuck at the front and students are allowed one or two peeks whilst completing the task. There are TWO versions of the sheet, one with letter prompts to make it easier. The harder one is good because students often use different words, so good for discussion.
Enjoy.
A FULL lesson on Business Pricing Strategies. DO NOT buy if you've got my Cambridge Nationals resource. This resource is not tailored to any specification or age group, ideal for all!
Includes Penetration Pricing, Cost Plus, Price Skimming, Psychological Pricing and Competitive Pricing Strategies.
Includes introductions to each, a note taking activity and a review activity to apply knowledge. The notes pages can also be printed for accessible revision if needed for GCSE or 'A' Level exams.
All top quality.
Enjoy.
Suitable for any Business Specification where students need to know what Fixed and Variable Costs are. Also discussed (and has an activity) for working out total costs and profit etc.
DO NOT BUY if you already have my TASK 5 for Cambridge Nationals.
This resource includes ALL theory notes, loads of activities.
All top quality.
Enjoy.
Cut out and sort cards as a paired/group task to show the dos and don'ts when writing a CV.
Includes a CV template for your students to edit, or write over if not in a computer room.
Enjoy!
These instructions show you step by step how to LINK to a YouTube clip from your lesson PowerPoints.
There are more complicated instructions to actually EMBED clips into your presentations within my resources (free).
Once set up, you click the link within your presentation and then you'll be taken directly to your chosen clip. This saves having the link, copying and pasting it in, and then loading up YouTube and makes for a more professional approach to presenting your lesson.
These instructions are correct at the time of writing and work for most versions of PowerPoint. There's no need to feedback if they don't work for you, it might be your computer/version.
Enjoy!
Here I've outlined one way to embed YouTube clips into your lesson PowerPoints. If this doesn't work, or is too complicated, search my resources for the other method!
These instructions go through step-by-step how to embed YouTube clips into PowerPoint. This is a temperamental process, so if it doesn't work, try my other method (don't feedback to tell me it doesn't work, it works for most!).
The videos are actually embedded into your presentation so there's no need to visit YouTube. You will need an internet connection when you play the presentation though.
Good luck! Enjoy...
Print this sheet on A3.
This is a quite engaging and relatively accessible start to Business Studies, particularly for Year 9 or low ability groups OR useful for PSHE or Enterprise lessons.
They DRAW their idea for a business (there’s a shop front, so most will come up with businesses in retail, though could equally be a service based business like Estate Agents etc.).
They then design a logo, flyer and come up with a business name.
After this (which is a good introduction), I teach GOODS and SERVICES and SECTORS then get them to complete their sheet fully. I also get them to colour and make it look good for display.
I’ve also included a version I made for new students who had just arrived from Poland.
Enjoy.
Exactly what the title says!
A blank, 5 period day, timetable template. Useful to give to students to copy up their weekly timetable or for teachers to display on the wall to show primary classes which lessons are scheduled for when.
Uploaded as a Word document so it can be coloured/typed on to suit. There are two versions of the five period day to suit when you may have lunchtime. There's a six period day uploaded separately if that helps too!
Enjoy!
This starter task introduces whether businesses OWN or OWE something. Essential when calculating working capital.
There's a PowerPoint with answers. I've also uploaded a Working Capital booklet in my free resources which would follow this starter nicely and be an almost entire lesson!
Enjoy.
Obviously I don't own the music, but it's a free resource!
A simple PowerPoint which gives your learners one minute to complete a task/discussion/thinking time.
Enjoy, for free!