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

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