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Life Skills·Entrepreneurship·conceptual

Supply Chains

Where products come from before they reach the customer; raw materials, making, transporting, and selling; the journey of a product from start to finish

Suggested ages 9–11

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Evidence of understanding

  • Trace the journey of a familiar product (e.g. chocolate bar) from raw material to shop shelf
  • Identify at least three stages in a supply chain
  • Explain why a long supply chain can make a product more expensive

Assessment prompt

If you asked Supply Chains how a chocolate bar gets from a cocoa farm to a shop shelf, could they describe the main steps in the journey?

Standards alignment

No external standards are linked to this topic.