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
This worksheet is ideal for a summary / review after teaching franchises. Also suits a home learning task.
Includes a peer assessment space at the bottom as the answers are mostly advantages/disadvantages, so marking is easily done by learners.
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 vegetables 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. You could even print on A5 and laminate for a keyword wall or print 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 into their exercise books.
As an additional bonus activity, there's also a 'dominoes' game and instructions included. Printing and laminating this means it can be used over and over. You could even use this in a separate lesson with the same group to reinforce the translations they have been introduced to in the earlier match-up activity.
Enjoy.
A short, 6 slide PowerPoint, to introduce your learners to the structure of the Cambridge National in Enterprise & Marketing course.
Editable, so you can make it suit your own time scales etc.
Enjoy.
Another FULL Micro:bit lesson. I actually used the spare devices supplied by the BBC to deliver this lesson for Year 6 induction recently. Equally ideal for year 7 or 8 ICT/Computing groups.
The PowerPoint, handout and attached code get the students to program a decision maker on their Micro:bit device. So, when shook, the device provides a random answer to the question the student asks - quite fun!
Everything needed, including extra challenges to stretch the top end or step by step support for lower ability groups.
A review of the lesson objectives at the end is also included.
If you don't like paying for resources, I've also uploaded a FREE Rock, Paper, Scissors resource.
Enjoy!
This 8-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!
Homework sheets on:
The Finance Department/Function
Sources of Finance
Revenue and Costs
Fixed and Variable Costs
Break-even Point
Break-even Chart
Cash Flow Forecasts
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!
A quick and easy starter activity.
Students need to name the parts of a computer (leading to my lesson on input, output or storage devices which is also available in my resources).
Enjoy!
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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
A fully resourced and differentiated lesson.
Includes PowerPoint to guide you fully through the lesson - NO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES REQUIRED! Download, print and go!
Suitable for teaching in or out of a computer room too.
Includes;
- Starter to introduce what malware is (students work this out themselves)
- Research task - use the internet or the fact sheets provided (printing on A3 is best)
- Malware for beginners leaflet (like malware for dummies!) template for computer or for printing included
- Exam style questions to complete independently - I let my students use their leaflets, so there's some purpose to completing the task
- Review from my plenary selector BUT includes template of a mobile phone - students text the teacher what they've learnt!
Enjoy...
FULL lesson that introduces Phishing.
Includes starter, 2 main activities, lots of discussion, no computers required, 2 worksheets/handouts, full lesson PowerPoint with all answers included and a lesson review.
1. What is Phishing - discuss and write initial ideas (to show progress on the progress path sheet)
2. Identify pointers of a dodgy email (handout included with extension task)
3. Discussion and answers revealed (including possible answers to the extension task)
4. Poster raising awareness task - includes differentiated success criteria that matches the objectives.
5. Plenary review (on handout) that proves progress.
No additional planning or adaptation required (bonus!).
Enjoy.
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!
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!
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This is my first Plenary Wheel resource - 8 generic plenaries to end ANY lesson. If you like this, why not try the sequel with 8 additional plenary activities, so you’ll have 16 to get you through the academic year!
Slide 1 includes a spinning wheel that can be stopped by clicking STOP to choose the plenary for the lesson. Includes a selection of eight plenary ideas (and supporting resources) with an engaging interface to grab students’ attention at the end of a lesson. Interactive, students LOVE shouting STOP to select the plenary activity!
Suitable for all subject areas… you may never have to plan a plenary activity ever again, although don’t tell your senior leaders I said that!
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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!
---This resource is similar to the domino resource, so don't buy if you've already invested in that resource!---
Cut out, match up and stick down exercise OR cut out and laminate for a reusable resource. Comes with supporting PPT with answers.
Perfect for KS2 or year 7 french, introducing names of high street shops 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. PowerPoint also includes articles colour coded to further support teaching of masculine/feminine words.
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. Feedback always gratefully received too.
An introduction to organisation/organization charts.
This resource includes a lesson PowerPoint (full lesson), three differentiated activities with increasing difficulty and a lesson review (exit note).
Teachers could either give students the sheet to draw all three charts or give students different examples to complete based on ability, which is why there are different versions.
Teachers may also wish to get students to create the charts themselves OR could use the templates provided - or lower ability students could be provided with the templates.
All companies are fictional, logos designed by me,
Enjoy.
***If you have already bought my lessons on Averages, DO NOT BUY this resource! This is a combination of all four lessons.*** Video preview available below!
This resource combines all four 'averages' lessons into one short unit of work for KS2 or KS3 maths at a discounted price compared to buying them individually (£12 usually in total). Almost a 30% discount here!
The 50+ slide PowerPoint introduces each of the averages separately. Each section/lesson/part includes two teacher led examples (answers on PowerPoint), two activities that students can complete with help/guidance, a longer independent task and review.
All of the worksheets have been combined into a student work booklet to be completed over the series of lessons.
All answers appear on the PowerPoint or on the answer sheets.
Enjoy and, as always, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
A short unit of work that gets students to collect data for a car database, create two databases, make a questionnaire and carry out queries. This is best suited to years 5 - 8 but might suit lower ability KS4 students too.
There are six lesson outlines - not full lessons, just a brief outline of what needs to be done in each lesson; this is reflected in the low price for this resource. Teachers do need to compliment this scheme of work with additional resources, though the student book and lesson outlines provided act as a cheap and cheerful guide to a full unit of work!
The eight page student booklet also includes an assessment page for students to shade in using pencil/crayons.
Enjoy.
A FULL lesson that introduces your students to four network topologies (bus, ring, star and mesh).
The PowerPoint will equally double as a really useful resource for revision, if printed or made available electronically to your learners.
Lesson plan and student handout included which asks them to draw topology diagrams and give advantages/disadvantages of each topology.
Enjoy!