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Welcome to Explorer Hop

Introduction to the course

Course Outline - BEM1O

Introduction to BEM10

Strand A - Unit Plan

Lesson Plans - Strand A

Business Leadership and Project Management (2025-2026 Edition)*

Glossary of Business Leadership Terms

🎤 Discussion: TADLIT & Transactional Leadership

🎮 Game Drag and Drop TADLIT

👥 Classroom Activity: “The Classroom Company – Work for Points!”

🎤 Discussion: Authoritarian Leadership

🎮 Game: Flip the card. Different Leadership Styles

👥 Classroom Activity: “The Boss Battle!” – Authoritarian vs. Transactional Leadership

🎤 Discussion: Democratic Leadership

🎮Game: Guess leadership style of these business leaders

📝 Business Leadership and Project Management Worksheet 1

🎤 Discussion: Laissez-Faire Leadership

🎮 Game: Drag and Drop Leadership Styles

📝 Business Leadership and Project Management Worksheet 2

🎤 Discussion: Business Leadership Styles

🎯 Comparing Business Leadership Styles

📝 Business Leadership and Project Management Worksheet 3

🎤 Discussion: The Project Management Process

🎤 Discussion: Task and Project Evaluation

🎯 Project Management Process

🎯 Task and Project Evaluation

🎮Game: Order Project Management Process in correct order

🏗️ Project: Leadership as a CEO of a Fast Food Restaurant

🎮 Business Leadership and Project Management Game

Business Technologies (2025-2026 Edition)*

🎤 Discussion: Internet of Things

🎯 Digital Technologies in Business

🎤 Discussion: How AI impacts Customer Service

🎯 AI in Customer Service

🎮 Game: Ethical Issues in AI

🎮 Game: Real world uses of Blockchain

🎮 Game: Build your own Blockchain

🎤 Discussion: Analyzing AR/VR in our lives

🎮 Game: Uses of Virtual Reality

📝 Business Technologies Worksheet 1

🎤 Discussion: Selecting and Using Appropriate Tools

🎮 Game: Match Business Tasks to appropriate Technology

🎯 Selecting and Using Appropriate Tools

📝 Business Technologies Worksheet 2

🎤 Discussion: Benefits, Limitations, Costs and Risks of Business Technologies

📝 Business Technologies Worksheet 3

🎯 Benefits, Limitations, Costs and Risks

🎤 Discussion: Costs and Limitations

🏗️ Project: Managing a Major Systems Upgrade Project

🎮 Business Technologies Game

Connections, Applications and Careers (2025-2026 Edition)*

🎤 Discussion: Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

🎯 Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

🎤 Discussion: Business Skills and Financial Literacy

🎯 Business Skills and Financial Literacy

🎯 Business Skills and Career Application

🎤 Discussion: Contributions of Entrepreneurs

📝 Connections, Applications and Careers Worksheet 1

🎤 Discussion: Business Portfolios and Entrepreneurial Growth

📝 Connections, Applications and Careers Worksheet 2

🎯 Business Portfolio and Entrepreneurial Growth

🏗️ Project: Cleaning the Oceans

Contributions of Entrepreneurs (2025-2026 Edition)*

🎤 Discussion: Social, Environmental, Economic, and Ethical Impacts

🎮 Game: Companies that help the Environment

🏗️ Project: Entrepreneurial Impacts in Action

🎤 Discussion: The Entrepreneurial Process and Mindset

🎮 Game: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

🏗️ Project: Entrepreneurial Process & Mindset

🎤 Discussion: Entrepreneurial Ventures and Social Responsibility

🎮 Game: How Mastercard brings Social and Economic change in Africa

🎯 Entrepreneurial Ventures and Social Responsibility

🎤 Discussion: Entrepreneurship and its Contributions to Community Growth

📝 Contributions of Entrepreneurs Worksheet 1

🎯 Contributions and Impacts of Entrepreneurs

🎤 Discussion: Funding for Startups

🎯 Entrepreneurial Challenges and Supports

📝 Contributions of Entrepreneurs Worksheet 2

🎤 Discussion: How Entrepreneurs Address Ethical Issues

🏗️ Project: Start your own Business

🎮 Game: Drag and Drop Contributions of Entrepreneurs

🎮 Contributions of Entrepreneurs Game

🍎 Educator Feedback + Content Request

🎯 Strand A Unit Test

Strand A: Business Leadership, Project Management, and Connections | 25 Lessons = 31.25...

Strand B - Unit Plan

Who is an Entrepreneur

THE CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AN ENTERPRISING PERSON

🎤 Discussion: Who are Entrepreneurs?

👥Classroom Activity: Create an Entrepreneur Character Kit (Who is an Entrepreneur + Characteristics)

🏗️ Develop a Profile of an Enterprising Person

🎮 Characteristics & Contributions of an Enterprising Person Game

The Entrepreneurial Mindset (2025-2026 Edition)*

🎤 Discussion: What are Canadian traits in a business?

👥Classroom Activity: Understanding Canadian Entrepreneurs

🎯 Canadian Entrepreneurs and Innovation

🎤 Discussion: How do Businesses Grow?

👥Classroom Activity: Mini Business Growth Plan

🎯 Assessing and Developing Entrepreneurial Potential

🎤 Discussion: Who Runs This Business?

🎮 Game: Different types of companies

🎮 Game: Fill in the Blanks - What type of Business am I?

🎯 Understanding Business Ownership Structures

🎤 Discussion: Would You Pay More for Better Service?

📝 Characteristics and Contributions of an Enterprising Person Worksheet 1

🎤 Discussion: Where Do Great Business Ideas Come From?

👥Group Activity: Build Your Business with the Entrepreneurial Mindset

🎯 Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mindset

🎤 Discussion: Indigenous and Canadian businesses

🎮 Game: Canadian Businesses that experienced failure and how they overcame it.

🏗️ “What Went Wrong?” – Business Failure Analysis

Identify Opportunities for Students to Engage in Enterprising Activities

🎤 Discussion: Identifying Opportunities for Students

🎯 Identify Opportunities for Students to Engage in Enterprising Activities in School and in the Community

📝 Identifying Opportunities for Students to Engage in Enterprising Activities Worksheet

Personal Benefits of Being an Enterprising Person

🎤 Discussion: "What’s In It for Me?” – The Benefits of Being Enterprising

📝 Personal Benefits of Being an Enterprising Person Worksheet

Personal Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur

🎤 Discussion: “What Makes a Great Entrepreneur?”

🏗️ Develop a Profile of a Typical Entrepreneur by Researching a Diverse Group of Successful Entrepreneurs, including Indigenous businesses

CHARACTERISTICS & TRAITS THAT ENTREPRENEURS NEED

🎤 Discussion: “Which Traits Make the Biggest Difference?”

🎮 Game: Understanding Famous Entrepreneurs

🏗️ Project: Traits in Action – Spotlight on Canadian Minority CEOs

Challenges and Opportunities faced by age

Ageism in the Startup World

🎤 Discussion: Issues facing Young Entrepreneurs

📝 Issues that Older and Younger Entrepreneurs Face Worksheet

Impact of Local Entrepreneurs on the Community

Changes brought about by Entrepreneurs

🎤 Discussion: Understanding Local Business Heros

📝 Impact of Local Entrepreneurs on the Community Worksheet

🏗️ Project: Impact One Entrepreneur has had to the student's life

🎮 Characteristics & Traits that Entrepreneurs Need

Self- Assessment

Strand B Part 1 Unit Test

Strand B - Part 1 : The Entrepreneurial Mindset - Part 1 | 14 Lessons = 17.5 hours of l...

Designing an Entrepreneurial Idea (2025-2026 Edition)*

🎤 Discussion: Generating and Building on New Ideas for Market Needs

👥Classroom Activity: “Would You Launch This Business?”

🎮 Game: Understanding SCAMPER Technique

🎯 Generating and Building on New Ideas for Market Needs

🎤 Discussion: Rebuild Reuse Repurpose

🎮 Game: What happens when you launch a business?

🎯 Developing Criteria to Evaluate Entrepreneurial Ideas

📝 Designing an Entrepreneurial Idea Worksheet 1

🎤 Discussion: SWOT Analysis

🎮 Game: SWOT stands for

🎯 Selecting and Describing Entrepreneurial Ideas

🏗️ Project: SWOT analysis on your own business

🎤 Discussion: Creating Prototypes

🎮 Game: From MVP to Market Leader – Canadian Product Stories

🎯 Creating and Testing Prototypes for Market Needs

🏗️ Project: Create a Prototype

🎤 Discussion: “Who Owns the Idea?”

🎮 Game: How to build a Cadbury Chocolate Bar

👥Group Activity: Brainstorm Business Ideas

📝 Designing an Entrepreneurial Idea Worksheet 2

🎤 Discussion: “Test It Before You Launch It!”

📝 Designing an Entrepreneurial Idea Worksheet 3

🎯 Problem-Solving Process for Entrepreneurial Ventures

🏗️ Project: From Prototype to MVP

🎮 SWOT Analysis Game

Refining an Entrepreneurial Idea (2025-2026 Edition)*

🎤 Discussion: “Local Entrepreneurs – Big Impact!”

🎮 Game: How Aritzia makes a difference in the Community

🎯 Analyzing the Impacts of Entrepreneurial Ventures

🎤 Discussion: “Who Cares? Identifying Stakeholders”

🎮 Game: Stakeholders in our Community

🏗️ Project: Evaluating the Footprint: The Social, Economic, Ethical, and Environmental Impacts of Businesses

🎤 Discussion: Budgeting for a Business

📝 Refining an Entrepreneurial Idea Worksheet 1

👥Group Activity: Nortel Networks – A Cautionary Tale of Poor Budgeting

👥Group Activity: Nike & Stakeholders in Action

🎤 Discussion: “Profitability & Adaptability: Keys to Business Success”

🎯 Producing a Simple Budget for Entrepreneurial Ventures

🏗️ Infographic: Business Adaptation and Profitability

🏗️ Project: The Importance of Transparency in Business Budgets: The Bre-X Scandal

🎤 Discussion: Brand Identity and Sales

📝 Refining an Entrepreneurial Idea Worksheet 2

🎤 Discussion: Risk Management and Business Refinement

📝 Refining an Entrepreneurial Idea Worksheet 3

Strand B - Part 2: The Entrepreneurial Mindset - Part 2 | 34 Lessons = 42.5 hours of le...

BEM1O — NEW REVISED VERSION (2025-2026 EDITION)This comprehensive bundle includes over 90 lessons covering 112.5 hours of instruction. Developed by educational experts, for teachers and students, our detailed lesson plans provide clear, step-by-step guidance to make your learning experience smooth and effective. In addition, our lessons are fun, engaing and have interesting case studies that allow students to absorb the material quickly What’s Included - see videos above for each activity: ✅ Detailed Lesson Plans in Ontario Ministry of Education format that map the lesson to the Curriculum expectations, and Lesson Goals✅ Multiple lessons per unit with corresponding activities.Over 90 Comprehensive Lessons with lesson plans featuring✅ Minds On, ✅ Action, ✅ Consolidation, and ✅ Exit Tickets Engaging and fun Consolidation activities designed to reinforce learning and keep students motivated30 Projects for in-class work or homeworkOver 500 quiz questions - autocorrected with student subscription 30 worksheets - autocorrected with student subscription 4 Unit Tests with over 190 questions - autocorrected with student subscription✅ High-quality, concise educational material for each concept — perfect for keeping students engaged without overwhelming them✅ Short quizzes for quick assessments of student understanding✅ In-class Project activities for students to complete and submit✅ Multiple worksheets per unit for homework, in-class activities, or assessmentsOur lesson plans are designed to fit the desired Ontario model:Practice: Students work independently or in small groupsDiscussion: Whole-class review and reinforcement of learningThe clear, easy-to-follow directions make this bundle ideal for regular classrooms and supply teachers alike. Planning and prep work are completely done for you, so you can focus on teaching and supporting your students.

BEM1O Educator Edition — 2025 Edition: Ontario Business teaching bundle with 90+ detailed lessons (112.5 hours), curriculum-aligned projects, worksheets, quizzes, tests, and Minds On–Action–Consolidation–Exit Ticket structure.

BEM10 - Business Grade 9 Ontario

BEM10 - Business Grade 9 Ontario

Hasina Lookman

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