Notes and videos on job, batch and flow production

Included in this worksheet: Activity 1 - Match the key term with the definition based on key terms included in this topic, such as the economic problem, utility and ceteris paribus Activity 2 - Challenge the economic assumptions (a key skill for an A/A*) Activity 3 - Select whether the scenario is micro or macro Activity 4 - Trivia on UK economy in 2024 All answers are included so the activity can be marked by the teacher / peer / self marked The activity took around 10 minutes for my students to complete

This PowerPoint presentation and worksheet has designed based on the Edexcel A Level Specification but can be applied to any exam board. The PowerPoint includes: Detailed and colourful title page with animations, auto calendar date, gifs and timer Starter activity that test students’ understanding of economic terminology they should be familiar with in the news Detailed explanation of what economics is Challenging assumption activity Detail notes All answers included The worksheet has 4 activities: Match important key terms relating to this lesson Challenge the assumption activity Micro or macro scenario UK economy trivia

Save yourself some time with this multiple-choice question activity on positive and normative statements, and the economic problem. You can either use: The paper worksheet of 44 questions with answers included. Students can peer mark this to save you time AND / OR The same activity but with an additional 5 questions as Teams Quiz you can set for classwork or homework. The activity self marks once students finish the quiz so that you can download the results after to see how they have done. The link for you to duplicate and download this has been included at the end of the worksheet. This resource has been designed to save you time… Teaching shouldn’t just be about work - get yourself down to the pub / spend some time with your family / go for a walk! Please let me know if you have any issues / questions

This is an introductory lesson as to what marketing is. Although this resource has been created with the Eduqas exam board in mind, it can actually be used or edited to any exam board. The lesson contains a number of activities, notes, explanations. This lesson took me an hour to go through with my students.

20 multiple-choice questions on market share. The questions focus on calculations, definitions and an interpretation of values. Students can mark answers themselves. Save yourself some time!

A lesson that explains what HDI, how it measured and other measured of development. Explanations, editable starter activities and videos included

Arguably the trickiest of the efficiencies students need to understand. This presentation has been designed to break this efficiency down and explain it step by step. Productive and dynamic efficiency also recapped in a starter activity. Lots of activities included in the presentation. Last few slides go through exam technique for 8-markers (Edexcel) with a sample question and model answer

Please find some examples of model answers from Paper 1 of 2022. I’ve included explanations of exam technique on many of the questions. Please be aware - ARCADE-J is a mnemonic I use with my students for questions that require evaluation, such as Assess, Recommend, Consider, Advise, Discuss, Evaluate, Justify

The topic of balance sheets is one that many students (as well as teachers!) find challenging to grasp… This colourful, informative and engaging lesson has been created with this in mind by breaking down the topic down and guiding students step-by-step, using a range of clear explanations, fun activities and demonstrations. Colour, appealing fonts and images have been used throughout. Included in this presentation: A colourful and informative title slide, outlining key concepts, skills and learning objectives. Three starter activities (for the purpose of differentiation) that reviews what the income statement is, how different values are calculated as well as profitability ratios. Each activity has differing levels of difficulty, so you may do as many or as little as you choose. Detailed answers to each activity are provided. An embedded link to a Kahoot Quiz I have created is imbedded on one slide, and introduces students to concepts of assets, liabilities and equity. The Kahoot has 10 questions where students have to answer mind-blowing facts about Apple, such as how many patents its owns and the amount of cash they have in the bank. Each question contains an image / gif to engage students. Detailed, broken down and contextualised explanations of types of assets and liabilities An activity where students need to identify types of assets (answers provided) An activity where students need to categories assets, liabilities and equity Step by step instructions (using engaging colours) to explain how the balance sheet is calculated An easy to understand explanation as to why the balance sheet has its name, and assets / equity and liabilities are always equal Explanation of why balance sheets are produced and what many of its uses are A challenging activity where students need to calculate values in a balance sheet. I have found this resource great in helping students understand the topic and is a great introduction to future topics, such as liquidity ratios. This lesson took me 3 x 45 lessons to complete as I used all three starter activities with my students. File size is just over 400MB

A PowerPoint presentation on demand includes: Catchphrase starter activity Demand activity (graph paper required) Detailed explanations of demand, reasons for shape of demand curve, movements, shifts, ceteris paribus This lesson took me 60 minutes to go through

Colourful. Engaging. Informative. This PowerPoint has been creating to introduce students to the concept of price elasticity of demand. Included in this PowerPoint: A detailed and colourful title page, highlighting the skills that will be covered over the duration of this topic A starter activity where students need to rank in order which goods / services would be most to least affected by a change in price Discussion points Slides detailing how price elasticity of demand is calculated, with an example Slides explaining what the numerical values mean (how to interpret them) Calculation questions with answers Explanation of the factors affecting price elasticity of demand This resource took me one hour to go through as a class

Description A COLOURFUL, INFORMATIVE and ENGAGING presentation that on depreciation. Included in this lesson: A colourful and informative title slide that outlines the key skills covered in this topic, a list of equipment required, animated gif to grab the attention of students, and timing ‘prompt’ to get students to get the title down and equipment out as quickly as possible A ‘guess the question’ starter activity where students are given the answers to ten questions relating to other Accounts / Finance related topics. Students need to work out what the ten questions were to get those answers. Answers are included in the presentation An explanation of what the lesson aims are An explanation of what assets are, contextualised to students Informative, colourful and contextualised slides explaining what current and non-current assets, and depreciation are A step by step guide to show how depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method, followed by an example for students to calculate (answers provided) An explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of using the straight-line method to calculate depreciation The same step by step guide, advantages and disadvantages for the reducing balance method An exam style question where students need to calculate the value of depreciation, calculate how this affects the estimated value of an asset and when the right time to sell an asset it. Answers provided in the presentation with explanations I’ve designed this lesson so that it can simply be opened and taught immediately. Each slide is self explanatory and easy to follow. There are 38 slides included in this lesson and it took me just under 2 hours to go through.

A detailed and colourful worksheet designed to test a range of skills covered in this topic. The worksheet contains 6 activities, each taking between 5 and 15 minutes to complete. It took most of my students between 45 minutes and an hour to finish this worksheet. The activities are as follows: Activity 1 - A fill the blanks activity that test students’ knowledge of the vocal and terminology used Activity 2 - Calculating PED, percentage changes and recognising the different types of PED Activity 3 - ‘Developing your answers’ - students need to recognise and explain factors that influence PED Activity 4 - Revenue boxes Activity 5 - Diagrams Activity 6 - More complex calculations / application ALL ANSWERS ARE PROVIDED IN DETAIL and have been written in a way that is broken down for students to easily understand. I ran this activity as a peer marking exercise and collected everyone’s work at the end of the lesson to check if there were any gaps in understand to review the following lesson. This saved a lot of time!

A colourful and detailed presentation that explores types of taxation. Included in this presentation: A fun Catchphrase starter activity where students have to look at images to guess the name of a product or service (my students love this!) An initial true or false quiz about types of taxes (England specific) 4 slides illustrating how much tax revenue the UK generates in comparison to other countries and how that tax revenue is spent. A sample payslip is also shown to illustrate some of the deducations are taken from income tax Colourful and detailed examples of the main forms of tax students need to know about (income, corporation, VAT, National insurance, business rates) A ‘how much income tax does Boris pay!’ activity that students love. It illustrates that income tax brackets are different at different thresholds of income Disadvantages of taxation Useful tips and notes as to how to evaluate a question that refers to taxation This lesson took me an hour to complete

A colourful, informative and engaging PowerPoint lesson on the production possibility frontier / curve (PPF/PPC). Included in this lesson are: A colourful and detailed title slide providing detailed learning objectives A discussion starter activity that introduces the concept of choice A mix and match activity where students need to identify and explain the difference between economic and free goods Detailed notes Consumer goods activity Step by step break down of what the PPF is, opportunity cost, how it is calculated, marginal analysis, movements, shifts There is also a free blank template of a PPF on my store that you can print and get students to fill in as it is explained

A colourful and engaging resource designed for introducing profitability ratios (gross profit margin, operating profit margin and return on capital employed). Included in this presentation: A colourful title slide detailing the learning (lesson objectives) and equipment required for the lesson Two detailed and colourful slides explaining what ratios analysis is and why it is conducted. An introductory recap activity where students are required to calculate missing values for an income statement and balance sheet (answers provided) Step by step and contextualised examples of how to calculate all three profitability ratios Activities on all three ratios for students to complete (answers provided) Explanations, analysis and evaluation of what could cause these ratios to improve and worsen. This resource contains 29 slides and took me an hour and a half to fully go through.

Colourful and interactive lesson on market research (primary and secondary). The lesson is split into 3 parts. 2 lessons were spent on primary research, the third spent on secondary research. Each part of the lesson contains a different starter activity (3 starter activities in total, with answers), including fill the blanks< Catchphrase and editable key term challenge. PowerPoint contains videos, animations and a Mentimeter activity (you will have to have your own account to access this activity) All activities are optional and most are editable. 77 slides in total and took me two hours to go through with my students.

Net Present Value is a topic that students often find challenging. This presentation has been produced so that students of all abilities can access the topic. Using lots of colour and engaging slides, contextualised examples as well as step by step examples, this presentation has proven to be very successful in getting my students to understand this net present value effectively. Included in this presentation: A detailed title slide including key skills covered in the lesson and equipment required Initial starter activity where students need to calculate the payback period and average (accounting) rate of return. The aim of this activity is to get students to think about how using both of these methods can provide conflicting results (one investment option could have a shorter payback period where the other could have a higher average rate of return). Activity and answers included in slide, as well as explanation of how these figures were calculated. Step by step guidance as to what the net present value and time value of money means (we look at why it is better to have £100 now rather than next year) Activities that explain what inflation and interest rates are, and how they affect the value of money (guess the price activity can be done on mini whiteboards or completed as a class) Step by step guide demonstrating how net present value is calculated An explanation of how net present value can be applied to investment decisions An evaluation of the usefulness of net present value, with examples provided. This presentation contains 53 slides and took me just under 2 hours to go through in detail.

This 55 slide resource covers key exam technique skills for Eduqas A Level Business. Presentation is comprehensive with detailed explanations, examples, questions, mark schemes and links.