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Betsy the Inventor

Betsy sees her friend Big G struggling to keep up with the young grasshoppers, he is getting older and his long legs will not jump as high as they used to.
She wants to help him and goes to work in her workshop to make an invention to help Big G jump high in the long grass to keep control of the young grasshoppers.
Activities

An activity to develop and demonstrate entrepreneurial skills - putting into practice the learning from The Bumbles of Honeywood storybooks or supplementary teaching materials.

Lesson Plans

A detailed plan to support teachers in delivering a lesson dedicated to the development of an entrepreneurial mindset. Highlighting areas of learning and key skills explored, this lesson guide will identify appropriate resources required for activities and also differentiation options for varied abilities.

Presentations

A PowerPoint Presentation to support the understanding of various themes explored in The Bumbles of Honeywood storybooks and reinforce the skills required to develop an entrepreneurial mindset.

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Betsy the Inventor Enterprise Resources

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Dragons Den
Children to learn more about what a pitch is. Challenge them to become 'Young Dragons' and decide if they would invest in example pitches from the show 'Dragon's Den'.
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Ages 7 & 8
Ideas to Reuse Items
Children to work in groups to brainstorm different ways that a range of items could be reused.
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Ages 7 & 8
Keeping Ladybugs Safe
Use this presentaion to set the design challenge for the children, going through six steps of the design processes.
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Ages 7 & 8
Keeping Ladybugs Safe
Set the challenge for the children to help Betsy come up with an invention to allow Lady Scarlett to be able to walk her children to school safely.
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Ages 7 & 8
My Design Idea
Discuss and brainstorm in groups or with a partner ideas to help Lady Scarlett walk her ladybugs to school safely.
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Ages 7 & 8
My Final Design
Use this template for the children to draw and label their final designs, including materials and tools needed.
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Ages 7 & 8
Pitch Checklist
Use this criteria template for the children to complete after they have watched the 2 clips of pitch examples (found in the PPT).
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Ages 7 & 8
Product Pitch
Use the presentation to learn more about what a product pitch is, and the criteria needed to make a 'good' one (linked examples).
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Ages 7 & 8

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