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
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FULLY RESOURCED set of lessons and ASSESSMENT. See the topic list below.
This resource includes:
33 slide PowerPoint (this is also REALLY useful if given to students for revision, deleting instruction slides)
9 page work booklet for students to complete with lots of activities
Quiz on Von Neumann Architecture
Answers to the quiz
Test on system architecture (40 marks) to assess progress in this unit
Test mark scheme
A 16 page revision booklet for students (this is the adapted lesson PowerPoint without instructions etc.)
These resources have been mapped against GCSE OCR Computer Science (J276), Computer Systems Unit (J276/01) 1.1 System Architecture, though are useful for anyone teaching the following topics in Computer Science (any spec!):
Hardware and Software
Input and Output devices
Internal components of a PC
The CPU
Parts of the CPU / registers
Von Neumann Architecture
Factors impacting on processor speed
Cores
This is a History Version of my Plenary Selector Wheel featuring 8 plenary activities to end a lesson.
Spin the wheel on slide 1, select a student to say stop, stop the wheel and click the plenary that’s selected. Quite a fun way to end a History lesson.
8 Plenaries:
Write a short diary entry to review learning.
List and define **key terms **used in the lesson.
Set your own homework.
One minute discussions about learning.
Exit Scrolls (History version of an Exit Note). Resource provided - print a stock of these in case it’s landed on!
Pyramid Review. Resource provided - print a stock of these in case it’s landed on!
Write a letter.
Compass Points. Resource provided - print a stock of these in case it’s landed on!
Macros should be enabled for this to work, just click enable if asked when opening the resource.
Supporting material provided. Copy a load and have them to hand just in case that plenary pops up!
As always, COPYRIGHT FREE imagery used throughout or created by me. All text and design work is my own. Ideas are also original.
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 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.
These booklets are mapped against OCR's GCSE Business Studies NEW Specification (J204).
They cover Unit 1 / Business 1 of the new specification.
Each of the three booklets has 8 homework sheets.
That's 24 HOMEWORK SHEETS! If setting one per week (which is MORE than enough) that's enough for AT LEAST three half terms, or HALF a school year, if not more.
Each booklet has a space for teacher marking - MINIMAL marking though (see the preview).
Look out for the bundle to cover Unit 2 / Business 2 too! Save almost 30%.
Enjoy.
All six of my homework booklets for GCSE Business Studies at a discounted price.
Each booklet has eight homework activities that are mapped against OCR’s GCSE Business Studies new specification for first assessment in 2019 (9-1).
These booklets have so much cross over that they could be used for ANY specification or even some AS level courses.
Enjoy, with over 15% discount!
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Reading the description will help you see if this is suitable for your students' ability. I would say, however, that this resource is ideally suited to upper KS2 / lower KS3.
This resource is a FULL lesson which introduces Mean Average. All four averages lessons are listed separately OR as one short unit of work at a discounted price, just check my other resources!
The PowerPoint goes through what mean average is/how it's calculated. It then has two examples that can be done with your class (teacher led) - all answers are on the PowerPoint too.
After each of the teacher led examples is one that students need to try themselves (these are labelled 'try it' on the PowerPoint). These are at the top of the worksheet. Students could try these, with help if needed - this could even be done is pairs.
Finally, there's an independent task that has ten examples for students to calculate. These include numbers in the thousands, so differentiation by task is possible. Some answers include decimals.
An answer sheet is provided for the teacher too.
The lesson is reviewed by students feeding back at the bottom of their handout. All images are either royalty free or made by myself (those coins took some work!).
Enjoy ;-)
Please note: Fortnite is obviously not my product, this is for education purposes only, NOT for sale, and no copyright material is used within this resource AT ALL.
This editable single slide starter has space for five differentiated questions and is based around a Fortnite™ theme. It’ll make the start of your lesson a little more engaging and should grab the attention of boys in particular, as well as making you look cooler!
You MUST follow the question categories in order (below) otherwise they’ll catch you out and it’ll show you know nothing about Fortnite! Categories are based on the rarity of weapons within the game.
Common - easiest question
Uncommon
Rare
Epic
Legendary - the most difficult question
Alternative use: You could put more than one question in each box and direct different groups of students to complete each box.
Fortnite itself is PEGI rated for players 12+ - so not a good idea to use this in a Primary setting.
NEW! See a preview below. Part of a series of lessons for KS2 or KS3 maths on Averages. This lesson introduces the Mode. All four averages lessons are listed separately OR as one short unit of work at a discounted price, just check my other resources!
The PowerPoint introduces the mode average then gives two teacher led activities to guide students through working out the mode. After each teacher led part, the students get a chance to try themselves, where they can ask questions or even work in pairs.
After discovering what the mode is and having a go with help, students are given an independent task to work out the mode.
An answer sheet is provided for the teacher too, and all answers pop up on the PowerPoint itself!
The lesson is reviewed by students feeding back at the bottom of their handout. All images are either royalty free or made by myself (those coins and football shirts took some work!).
Enjoy ;-)
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This is part of a series of lessons for KS2 or KS3 maths on Averages. This lesson introduces the Range. All four averages lessons are listed separately OR as one short unit of work at a discounted price, just check my other resources!
The PowerPoint introduces the range average then gives two teacher led activities to guide students through working out the mode. After each teacher led part, the students get a chance to try themselves, where they can ask questions or even work in pairs, these appear at the top of their handout.
After discovering what the range is and having a go with help, students are given an independent task to work out the range.
An answer sheet is provided for the teacher too, and all answers pop up on the PowerPoint itself!
The lesson is reviewed by students feeding back at the bottom of their handout. All images are either royalty free or made by myself (those coins and football shirts took some work!).
Enjoy ;-)
I designed this lesson plan outline for my department years ago. Having seen 6 million lesson planning formats, I decided we needed one that was quick, easy and, most importantly, all on one sheet (one compulsory planning document from my training days was SIX pages long!).
Having your plan all on one page actually makes it USEFUL. Everything is included, just change the blue text to be your planning. Try to be as minimal as possible though, you'll follow it if it's quick to reference.
This lesson plan includes objectives, outcomes, starter, mains, plenary, homework, lesson pace (timings), differentiation, support staff and links to numeracy/literacy. Any more than that and it's not useful, but the document is editable so feel free to make changes as you wish.
This would be perfect for new teachers/trainees. It's also GREAT to hand to a classroom visitor so they get the gist of the lesson - I know this isn't a requirement but, as a frequent observer myself, it's still really nice to see what's gone before/will come after my ten/twenty minutes within the classroom. An A4 sheet can do a lot!
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See a video of this resource below! SUCH VALUE FOR MONEY… USE OVER & OVER AGAIN!! This plenary or starter activity gives students thirty seconds to remember ten key terms/words from the lesson or a previous lesson. Students then have forty-five seconds to recall as many of the words as they can - teachers could also insist on correct spellings to add a literacy element to the activity.
It comes with sounds, which I hope work.
All teachers have to do prior to a lesson is change the key words to be relevant to the subject/lesson they’re teaching.
All text/ideas are mine. Images are public domain if not created by me and the backing music is royalty free.
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---This resource is similar to the match up resource, so don't buy if you've already invested in that resource!---
Students need to cut out each of the 10 cards (each card has two halves like a domino). They must then match the French to the English to translate the names of animals/pets. This should lead to them having a long matching string of cards from start to finish, like a row of corresponding dominoes.
This resource could be cut out and laminated to form a reusable game.
Perfect for KS2 or year 7 french, introducing names of pets in French or for lower ability year 8 groups.
Printing in colour will also help highlight the usage of le/la un/une for masculine/feminine words.
Ideal starter to introduce the words, main activity to reinforce translations or plenary to review a lesson.
Enjoy. Feedback always gratefully received too.
TWO RESOURCES for the price of ONE with PowerPoint visual for whiteboard to reveal answers/lead discussion and DISPLAY/FLASH CARD resource potential!
1) Colour translation dominoes game = Students need to cut out each of the 10 cards (each card has two halves like a domino). They must then match the French to the English to translate different colours. This should lead to them having a long matching string of cards from start to finish, like a row of corresponding dominoes. This resource could be cut out and laminated to form a reusable game.
2) Colour translation cut ,match and stick activity = Students need to cut out each of the cards and match the French colour names to the English. Again, this resource could be cut out and laminated to form a reusable game.
Perfect for KS2 or year 7 french, introducing names of colours in French or for lower ability year 8 groups.
Ideal starter to introduce the words, main activity to reinforce translations or plenary to review a lesson. The presentation can also be printed and laminated for display purposes. Printing on A5 could make it form part of a keyword wall or printing 4 to a page would make ideal flashcards!
Enjoy.
It's a great idea, at the end of a topic or unit, to get students to create their own quizzes. They can then complete one another's to test their understanding or to revise a topic.
I've created a PowerPoint template for students to be given to produce a quiz. The PowerPoint is fully linked because the main purpose of this type of activity is the questions and the answers, not the linking together! This also means this activity lends itself to ANY SUBJECT and a range of year groups.
There are ten question spaces, students can easily use 'duplicate slide' to add more questions though. As an extension, whilst other students complete their work, students can improve the look of their quiz or add further elements.
This activity comes with a peer assessment sheet - the idea being that students should be given the opportunity to complete one another's quizzes (further recapping and revising a topic) and 'rate' them on various criteria. This sheet is in word format, should teachers wish to add to or amend the criteria. As the sheet is editable, it could be used for other peer assessment evidence - as you're paying for this resource it's worth adapting to get the best value for money!!
Overall, a fun activity leading to quite an interactive peer assessment activity. Teachers don't need to be skilled in the IT behind the linking/functions of the quiz - just make it available on a shared drive for students to take a copy of before completing it! Enjoy.
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This PowerPoint contains eight generic starter activities suitable for upper KS2 to Post-16 teaching in ANY subject.
I’ve also provided a set of teacher notes to accompany the resource which opens up the activities to a variety of adaptations which does mean the eight activities can be used over-and-over again, even with the same class!
I’ve tried really hard to make sure the PowerPoint is well designed and engaging. The main aim was MINIMUM effort from the teacher, MAXIMUM gain - incorporating elements of literacy into ANY subject area.
I’d love your feedback. Enjoy!
An eight page student booklet and accompanying outline of six lessons of work that gets students to create a PowerPoint presentation about either the Loch Ness Monster or Big Foot to include text, links, images and sounds.
This is a fun, short unit of work suitable for Key Stage 3 ICT or Computing lessons.
I must stress that, unlike some of my other resources, this is not a pick up and go, fully planned unit of work. It is an engaging student booklet that is GREAT for collating evidence of student work and it is a collection of six lesson OUTLINES. Teachers will need to add to this in order to fully teach reliability and skills in producing a multimedia presentation.
I'd see this as a perfect first unit for either year 7 or 8 to get them started for a year of engaging ICT or Computing lessons.
Enjoy! Any feedback is, as always, greatly received.
'Understanding Computers'; scheme of work and accompanying student booklet for Key Stage 3 Computer Science. Fully planned and resourced, print and go.
The unit of work has been referenced against the new KS3 programme of study for Computing. The unit includes short topics on hardware, software, devices, input, output, storage, binary numbers, convergence and future technologies and is a good basis for an introduction to computers. This unit would ideally suit year 7 or 8 students and has elements of differentiation throughout to allow teachers to deliver the same unit of work to multiple ability groups (save on the planning!).
The scheme of work should also give you some fresh ideas for more creative teaching strategies in Computing.
*Copyright Notice* I have produced this under the name Barnett Education (that's me!). All text is mine, all images are public domain and are credited (p.12 student book).
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Can I first apologise if anyone is actually French and using this! I think I have expertly translated as best I can. Excusez-moi!
This version of my plenary selector gets students to look back at what they have learnt in a French lesson. Slide 1 includes a spinning wheel that can be stopped to choose the plenary for the lesson. There are seven different outcomes so it could be used regularly and routinely in lessons to get students to reflect on their learning, all fully resourced where required.
The PowerPoint took ages to make and code, so please don’t share too readily! You must enable macros on your computer to allow it to work, or get in touch with your IT technician!
Enjoy.
I own all text, even the French stuff. Images are public domain and copyright free.