Unit Launch: Sarah's Inventory Problem
To launch Unit 07 with a clear founder problem: Sarah can feel the pressure of buying, selling, pricing, and tracking inventory across a month, but she cannot yet defend the ending inventory number with confidence.
- ▶Describe the business problem Sarah faces when inventory purchases and sales pile up across one month
- ▶Use the ending inventory equation as the scoreboard for the number Sarah must eventually defend
- ▶Observe that buying inventory, selling inventory, and ending the month with inventory on the shelf create different business effects
- ▶Launch a shared business simulation that will carry through the rest of Unit 07
This lesson follows a structured 6-phase learning model designed for authentic project-based learning.
Hook
Meet Sarah's Unit 07 problem and see why one weak inventory number creates immediate business risk
Introduction
Set up Sarah's month-long business simulation and learn how to read the inventory scoreboard
Guided Practice
Play through Sarah's month one event at a time and notice which business numbers move first
Independent Practice
Make one founder buying decision and one founder pricing decision, then compare the tradeoffs
Assessment
Show that you understand the unit problem, the formula, and why ending inventory is not the same thing as profit
Closing
Reflect on the founder problem and preview the first accounting rule Sarah will need next