Business vocabulary

Here is a list of business vocabulary that you need to use in your presentation:

1. Competition (n.) - the person or people with whom one is competing; a commercial opposition - can also use competitor

   eg. Samsung is Apple's competition in the cell phone market.

2. Differentiate (v.) - recognize what makes something different - differentiation (n.)

   eg. The Ferrari is a luxury sports car that differentiate from the Fiat.

3. Substitute (v.) - to use in place of something - substitute (n.)

   eg. Apple is a substitute fruit to the orange.

4. Obsolete (adj.) - no longer produced or used; out of date - obsolete (v.)

   eg. When the iPhone entered the market, the Blackberry was obsolete.

5. Entrepreneur (n.) - a person who organizes and operates a new business and takes on financial risk of the business.

   eg. Steve Jobs was an entrepreneur in the Apple company.

6. Valuation (n.) - an estimation of someone's worth, especially when performed by a professional appraiser

   eg. The valuation of this company was $1.5 million.

7. Share (n.) - one of the equal parts into which a company's actual worth is divided

   eg. He owns 35% share of the company.

8. Equity (n.) - the value of shares issued by the company

   eg. The 35% equity of the company is $400,000.

Common business idioms

Idiom - a group of words used together to give a meaning that is not easily explained by the literal meaning of the words.

Examples:

• Raining cats and dogs
• See the light
• Over the moon

Idioms are commonly used in business, especially in business presentations. Here is a link to a list of common business idioms. For the presentation, each presenter should find one idiom that is best used in their speaking part. Make sure the idiom is used accurately.

Presentation language

Look at presentation language:

Signpost language is very important. We encourage you to visit the link below and get familiar with some signpost language; and then use them in your presentation.

Business signpost language

Here is some suggestions to structure your presentation:

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Beginning:

Today, I will be talking about...

I am going to take a look at...

It is important to begin by saying...

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Middle:

I consider...important, because...

Firstly, secondly, thirdly...

Now I’d like to look at...

On the one hand...on the other hand...

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Conclusion:

To sum up...

In general...

On the whole...

To conclude, I would say that...

That brings me to the end...

Dragons Den lesson

In a group, you will create a product to show to Dragons Den, and a panel of investors who may want to invest in you.

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First, come up with an idea. Developing the product or service is the first step. You need to create something UNIQUE and WORTH BUYING!

• What are the features of the product or service?
• What is the design the look (packaging) of the product? Outline its purpose.
• How is this different from products or services that already exist in the market?

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Next, think about your customers

• Who would your buyers be? Describe them; men or women, children between certain ages, someone with an exceptionality etc. Outline how this product is directed AT THEM
• Based on this, what would you charge for the product?
• Do you have a patent? (Say you file a patent for the product. It stops others from developing a similar idea!)

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Developing your company behind the product

• Come up with a name for your company.
• Come up with a slogan for your company and the product.
• Do you have a logo?

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Now test out the market

• Have a friend or family member use the product
• What did they think about it?
• You may want to include them in your presentation as a firsthand account. Or you can have quotes from people who tried it and loved it

The business plan

• How many of this product do you want to make?
• How much will it cost you to do so?
• Consider employees needed, a space to make the product in, how much you will sell it for to make a profit, etc. YOU WANT TO GET PAID

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Now create your presentation, practice, and get ready to pitch this idea!!!!!

STSE Blog Intro

STSE - Science and Technology in Society and Environment.

In this activity, students will explore the application of chemical reactions relevant to society and the environment. These topics include the types of reactions that were presented in this unit. Many reactions benefit human society, however some reactions may have positive or negative effects to society and the environment.

To access the list of potential topics, you can either click on the navigation bar above, or click on this link

"Mr Tse, I've never written a blog, and I am not good at computers!"

That's OK. Blogger has a great help section. Students can use this self help guide to get started with.

There are two classes dedicated to this activity where students can accomplish tasks within the class. This is the time to ask the teacher for assistance.

	Requirements	Teacher’s Tasks	Student’s Expectations
Intro Day	Internet access Computing devices	Help students register for a Blogger account	Register for a Blogger account and provide the link to the teacher
Check-In Day	Internet access Computing devices	Determine student progress and provide feedback and addition assistance	Topic selected and already begun entries into their blog

This blog activity includes 5 student tasks.

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Application
4. STSE issue
5. Response to student blogs

Student tasks should be written as Pages (not Posts). Using a Page bar in the Layout section, students can organize these Pages for easy navigation, similar to layout of this page. The activity outline and rubric can be accessed here at any time, and the specific requirements for each task (with an example) is also found here.

Arts in Science connection

Consistent with our Arts in Science focus in this unit, students are encourage to include as many artistic aspects within this blog as possible. Here are some the minimum requirement from the artistic perspective. Students should include these aspects within their blogs.

• Appealing design (colour scheme, background colour/image)
• 1 video
• 2 photographs or images
• 2 animation or cartoon representation
• graphs, charts and infographics are welcomed but not required