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Science for Public Understanding

The Nuffield Foundation

GCSE pilot

Useful information for those schools who are taking part in the EdExcel GCSE Business pilot.

Some GCSE Business and Economics (Nuffield) activities are good for the GCSE Business pilot. More will follow.

The menu provides a direct link to the relevant activities.

Introduction:
"The Dream Ice cream Game" from Unit 1: Make or Break? (Week 1)

"Stand up and be counted" from Unit 1: Make or Break? (Week 2)

"Reasons for running a business" from Unit 1: Make or Break? (Week 2)

"Chocoholics" from Unit 1: Make or Break? (Week 6)

Showing enterprise:
"Autumn Fair" from Unit 1: Make or Break? (Week 8)

Putting a Business Idea into Practice:
"Harry's costs" from Unit 1: Make or Break? (Week 14)

Making the Start-up Effective:
"Cyber Cakes" from Unit 3: Risk or Certainty? (Week 19)

"The Enterprise Grid" from (Week 20) from Unit 1: Make or Break?

'Where on the Washing Line?" (week 23) and "Jobs Bingo" (Week 23) from Unit 2: Work or What?

The Economic Context:
"Business and the Economy in the News (week 25) from Unit 1: Make or Break?