The 'Buds' series of learning objects immerses students in an environment as small business operators. Students are encouraged to discover opportunities to sell and innovate on their product to win an award for finding business opportunities.
Learning object description:
Students help a farmer find new markets and different opportunities for selling flowers (for example, bottled petals and pressed flowers). This learning object is the simplest in a series of four objects.
Key learning objectives:
Students identify, respond to and create opportunities within a goods and services industry.
Students implement business ideas by interacting with retail and business customers.
Learning area:
Studies of society and environment
Keywords:
Agribusiness, Agricultural machinery, Business, Business opportunities, Commerce, Community development, Connectivity, Creative thinking, Decision making, Entrepreneurship, Farming, Floriculture, Innovation, Markets, Product development, Risk management, Supply and demand, Value adding
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