Lesson Plans and Activities
Lesson Plans - Topic: Best buy decisions
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Being a Healthy Consumer – Food Choice
Being a healthy consumer.doc
Size: 73 K
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Budgeting and Financial Planning
Budgeting and financial planning.doc
Size: 115 K
From activities in this lesson pupils will understand the pressures exerted on them by their peer group. Exercises require pupils to interpret data and then gain an understanding of the benefits of financial planning. The lesson also teaches pupils the importance of budgeting and allows them to construct a personal budget. (Year 10)
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Consumer Assignment - Price Comparison
Price Comparison.doc
Size: 114 K
A Year 8 lesson plan which allows students to compare the cost of ten basic food items in two different shops.
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Consumer Decisions: Global Food
Consumer Decisions Global Food 1b.doc
Size: 427 K
These activities will help pupils understand the consequences of their food choices in the context of the world food market. It looks at where foods come from, how food reaches our plates and the potential impact of our food choices on the individual consumer, people in other countries and the environment.
These activities link from 'Consumer Decisions – Making Choices' by offering more focussed extension activities
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Food Choices
Food Choices.doc
Size: 163 K
This series of activities are designed to extend pupils thinking around food choices, opportunities are provided to follow two different routes - how the consequences of our choices might impact either on our own health, or how the consequences of our choices might impact on other people and the environment.
These activities can be linked in with 'Being a Healthy Consumer – Food Choice' and would offer further extension activities for 'Consumer Decisions – making choices' and 'Consumer Decisions – the global food market'
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Shopping Spree
Shopping Spree.doc
Size: 86 K
This simple and fun activity is designed to establish how aware the pupils are about money and its uses. It explores the importance of money management by introducing budgeting skills. It is suitable for key stage 2 pupils.
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The Consequences of our Consumer Behaviour - – Toys and Games
Consumer Behaviour.doc
Size: 63 K
This activity will help pupils to begin to use consumer information to make comparisons between products. It will help them to understand about the purpose of consumer information and how it can protect consumers from unsafe products. It also introduces them to the concept of best value in making choices about how to spend their money. (Key Stage 1/2).
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Water - Taste Test and Value for Money
Water.doc
Size: 91 K
A Year 13 lesson plan for use with water section of AS Module 1 Home Economics.
Pupils test 10 samples of bottled water and decide on a preferred one and discuss acceptability and value for money.
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What is a Consumer?
What is a consumer.doc
Size: 90 K
A year 8 lesson plan that allows consumers to define the term consumer, identify a range of goods and services used by consumers and compare range of retail outlets.
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These activities are designed to raise pupils' awareness of the food we eat, how we decide what to eat and the influences upon us. The activities promote responsible consumer choice in the selection of food. (Key Stage 1)