Supply Chain & Logistics with Blockchain
High School
9th-12th
grade classrooms
13-20hrs
of material
13 modules
that can be purchased individually
Interested in bringing this course to your classroom?
About the Course
9th-12th
grade classrooms
13-20hrs
of material
13 modules
that can be purchased individually
Interested in bringing this course to your classroom?
Students explore the entire supply chain of coffee from producer to cup and learn how blockchain is transforming supply chain and logistics.*
*Standards-aligned in all 50 states.
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Course Modules
Teacher-led Discussion: What do we know about blockchain?
Video: What is blockchain?
Video Recap: What is blockchain?
Teacher-led Discussion: Why does money have value?
Activity: Wordsearch
Teacher-led Discussion: What is bitcoin?
Teacher-led Discussion: Cryptocurrencies
Activity: Cryptography
Teacher-led Discussion: What is cryptography?
Activity: Cryptography Rap
Video: Symmetric Encryption
Activity: Asymmetric Encryption Game
Video: How can people share encrypted information without knowing the key?
Video: Asymmetric Encryption
Teacher-led Discussion: Keys
Video: Is regular encryption enough?
Teacher-led Discussion: Hashing
Video: Hashing
Teacher-led Discussion: Hashing Live
Teacher-led Discussion: Why is hashing so Useful?
Video: Digital Signatures
Teacher-led Discussion: Digital Ledgers
Video: Blocks
Teacher-led Discussion: Questions on Blocks
Video: How is it not possible to change something inside a block?
Activity: Putting it all together
Activity: Coffee Supply Mapping Activity
Teacher-led Discussion: Networks
Activity: What does a bank do?
Teacher-led Discussion: How does Blockchain Embed Trust into the System?
Case Study: Transactions in a blockchain
Video: Consensus Mechanisms
Video: Proof of Work
Teacher-led Discussion: Contracts
Video: Smart Contracts
Teacher-led Discussion: How are conventional contracts & smart contracts different?
Teacher-led Discussion: What are the benefits of smart contracts?
Video: Smart Contracts and Supply Chain
Teacher-led Discussion: Smart Contracts and Supply Chains
Tutorial Teacher-led Discussion: Intro to Smart Contract Tool Tutorial
Tutorial Video: Intro and Case Description
Tutorial Teacher-led Discussion: Getting Started and Creating a Wallet
Tutorial Exercise/Video: Students Follow the Tutorial and Create a Smart Contract.
Tutorial Video: Application Demonstration
IN THE CLASSROOM
Riley High School
Ms. Tiffany Reddick
CTE Teacher for the Entrepreneurship and Supply Chain and Logistics Pathway
Head of the Business Department
South Bend Community School Corporation, Indiana