Understand the business
Who visits, what is offered and where does the money go? Examine customers, products and costs, then explain the problem you see.
Practice: Explain an operating problem
G3–G5 · The Successor Project
The Successor Project: take on a business challenge.
For Grades 3–5: take the role of a successor, identify business problems, compare choices and propose improvements.
How do observations become a proposal?
Compare choices
Where should limited resources go first? Discuss pricing, products and operations, hear other views and explain a choice.
Practice: Compare options and trade-offs
Propose an improvement
Use role participation, discussion, presentation and making to turn observations into suggestions. Explain the proposal in project work and presentations, then reflect on the decisions.
Practice: Present suggestions and reasoning
From simulation to projects and presentations
Develop judgement through participation
Students enter a business situation, understand the problem through roles and group discussion, and try making choices. Speaking and making allow their ideas to be seen and heard by others.
Make the reasoning visible
Look for whether a student can explain the problem, compare options and give reasons for an improvement. Project work and presentations bring that reasoning into a proposal others can discuss.
Find a suitable learning arrangement
Discuss a suitable programme in light of the student’s grade, experience and interests. Contact our team to confirm current classes, topics and arrangements.
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