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Second Shift

Manage a neighborhood repair shop across nine days. Choose jobs, buy parts, set prices, invest in equipment, and explain why cash, profit, debt, and net worth move differently.

Open for classroom testing · About 25 minutes, adjustable · No account needed

Learning goal & teacher directions

Learning goal: Distinguish assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and cash flow while making and revising a fictional spending plan.

  1. Plan for three repair slots and daily rent. Students can adjust prices, restock, buy equipment, or compare borrowing with waiting.
  2. Every third day pauses for four financial record checks. Ask students to connect those classifications with what happened in their shop.
  3. The simplified model omits taxes, equipment depreciation, and loan interest. Discuss those missing costs before transferring the reasoning to a real business.
  4. Use Undo last move or Rewind this day to compare choices. A completed run may meet some management targets and miss others.

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CLSM / PlaySolo or with a partner
The workshop · present daySecond Shift

FIX SOMETHING. BUILD SOMETHING.

Second ShiftTHE NEIGHBORHOOD REPAIR SHOP

DAY1/9CHAPTER 1
Cash in the till$150
Operating profit$0
Loan principal$0
Net worth$174

Your challenge: keep the shop open for nine days, repair at least 18 items, finish with positive profit, and try to clear the loan. Explore the tradeoffs; a completed run can have different outcomes.

1 · Plan. Set a price, check customer limits, and buy parts. A bench unlocks lamp repairs.

2 · Repair. Each day has three slots. Bike and radio jobs use one kit; a lamp uses two.

3 · Close. Keep $12 for rent. Every third day, inspect four ledger records to open the next chapter.

Watch the money. A kit costs $6. Buying inventory changes the kind of asset you hold. Used parts become a cost of the repair. Borrowing creates debt; it does not create profit.

WALK-INS WELCOME
OPENOPENOPEN

3 repair slots left today

Basic repair table
PARTS · 4/12
6666

Same posted price for any repair.
You may adjust it before the next order.

At the counter

Choose the orders your time, equipment, and parts can support.

Jess

Radio repair

Can spend
$30
Parts needed
1 kit
Ready for repair

Taylor

Bike repair

Can spend
$22
Parts needed
1 kit
Ready for repair

Cam

Lamp repair

Can spend
$38
Parts needed
2 kits
Needs the lamp bench

Morgan

Radio repair

Can spend
$26
Parts needed
1 kit
Ready for repair

Alex

Lamp repair

Can spend
$42
Parts needed
2 kits
Needs the lamp bench

Supply run

One parts kit $6 · Equipment $80

The bank window

Fictional credit limit $120 · Borrowed $0

Close day 1

0 completed repairs · $12 rent due at closing

Open the shutters. There are five customers and only three repair slots today.

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Fictional workshop. Customer budgets and prices are game rules. This short model leaves out taxes, depreciation, and loan interest; a real business plan needs those costs. Personal household information is never needed.

Course connections

Reviewed NC references: EPF.MCM.1.1

Voluntary national references: Spending 12-1b

Compare the activity’s scope with your own course requirements. These connections identify practice opportunities; they do not establish full standards mastery or a match for every state.