There are 2 pages of DIngbat puzzles. 24 Dingbats in total. These all represent GCSE Business Studies key terms. This is a revision resource to get the students to recall key terms. After the students have completed the Dingbats, you can use each key term as a focus for further discussion. I used one page in a lesson, this took the students around 20-30 minutes including giving them other verbal clues to try to fish the tems from their memories.

This is a revision puzzle for GCSE Business Studies. The students have to solve 8 clues based on Business Studies concepts. They then eliminate all the innocent suspects to arrive at the name of the bank robber. The students enjoyed having their own names as the suspects - so just paste them in to Page 2. You may have to go through clue 1 and the elimination process with them. - but they soon get the hang of it. As they try to solve the clues they are encouraged to think about the concepts to arrive at the right answer. There is then an opportunity to discuss the concepts as a class. The clues cover: Product Life Cycle Calculations for breakeven, margin of safety, labour productivity, exchange rates, profit. Sources of finance Remuneration Cash Flow Types of Ownership Commodities

This is a personal finance budgeting exercise. It is self contained within a Microsoft Excel file. I found that this could stretch over 2 one hour lessons. I have used this resource with Year 9 and 10s in personal finance lessons but I feel it could be used with older students. The students really enjoyed looking for somewhere to live, were shocked at the rent and were often hopeless at planning for food that would last a full week! The learning objectives are for students to: Gain an awareness of wage slips, minimum wage and deductions Be able to plan a weekly shopping list for independent living Budget for other costs including rent, phone contracts, broadband Consider ways to lower personal outgoings Find jobs that would pay the wages that would allow them to live within their budget. The are 3 sheets within the spreadsheet. These are linked, so if one sheet is updated the costs or wages will be automatically updated on the weekly budget (My Budget). Students start by looking at their wage slip and the minimum wage as if they were 22 years (its worth showing them that in reality at 16/18 they could be earn less). This is a chance to talk about wage slips and deductions. You could change the hourly rates to show them how little a 16 year old might earn. The tasks are outlined next to the wage slip. First they must find a flat to live in. There is a link to Right Move to help them to do this. They just need to put in the local postcode. The second task asks them to find a broadband deal and phone costs. Again there is link to a website that will show them latest deals. The third task directs them to a supermarket website, where they have to do their weekly shop, they type this into the My Shopping sheet and it automatically updates on their weekly budgets. They then have to consider other costs. The My Budget sheet summaries their weekly wage and spending and gives them a running total of what is left in the bank. The final task asks them to consider how much they would have to earn to live how they would ike and directs them to a website showing the hourly rate for different jobs, thus leading to consideration of what jobs they might like to do.