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Lesson Topic: Chemical Lab Safety (Attire, Procedures, and Practices)

Course: General Science

Length of Class Period: 50 minutes

Grade Level: 8th Grade

TERMINAL BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVE

SWBAT recognize all lab safety rules and when they are being broken. (Understanding)
CURRICULUM/STANDARDS

Arizona State Standards:

Strand 1: Inquiry Process
Concept 2: Scientific Testing (Investigating and Modeling)
Design and conduct controlled investigations.
PO1: Demonstrate safe behavior and appropriate procedures (e.g., use and care of technology, materials, organisms) in all science inquiry.
Arizona Common Core Standards: 6-8.RST.4
HOMEWORK

N/A
RESOURCES/MATERIALS

Lab Safety Rules PowerPoint (Notes 2-1)

List of appropriate and inappropriate lab attire (on note-taker)
List of appropriate and inappropriate lab behaviors (on note-taker)
Lab Safety Test (created by supervising practitioner)

A note-taker will be provided for all in-class activities. As students exit the room, they will be required to turn in both their test and completed
note-taker.

Lesson Sequence
TIME

TASK ANALYSIS
(Sub-objectives, with Bloom)

5
SWBAT describe their previous
minutes knowledge of lab safety rules.
(Remembering)

TEACHING STRATEGY

Bell-work: List at least three things that

you know about lab safety.

CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING/

ACTIVE STUDENT PARTICIPATION
Individual students will complete bellwork.
Students will list at least three things they
remember about lab safety.

10
SWBAT identify proper lab attire.
minutes (Understanding)

Group Work: Students will identify which

attire is appropriate and which is not
appropriate on a given list.

Individual students will create an

appropriate outfit to wear to lab (either
essay or picture format.)

Each student is responsible for writing the

answer on their own note-taker.
10
SWBAT determine which lab procedures
minutes are safe and which are not.
(Understanding)

Direct Instruction: The teacher will explain

proper lab procedures (as well as review all
lab safety rules/equipment.)

Individual students will identify safe lab

procedures and unsafe lab procedures on a
given list.

20
SWBAT distinguish incorrect lab practices Student Skits: Students will act out two
minutes from correct lab practices.
scenarios: one with incorrect lab behaviors
(Understanding)
and one with correct lab behaviors.

Individual students will list on their notetaker the incorrect and correct lab
behaviors that were portrayed in their
skits.

5
SWBAT recognize all lab safety rules and
minutes when they are being broken.
(Understanding)

Students will take a true/false test that they

must pass with an 80% or higher in order
to participate in lab activities.

Test: Students will complete a lab safety

test.