Unit A Section A1 Summative Assessment - Teaching Children About Hazardous Fluids - FOR MARKS
Completion requirements
Project β Teaching Children About Hazardous Fluids
Section 1: Fluids have many applications, but must be used safely.
Project β Teaching Children About Hazardous Fluids
In this project, you're going to teach children about safety around dangerous chemicals. You are required to submit this project to your teacher for marks. Very carefully, read the
whole project and how to do it. Be sure to read the requirements and rubric,
they explain the expectations for this project and how it will be
marked. Click here if you need tips on how to create a good project!
Situation
Your local poison control centre wants to teach young children how to be safe around dangerous household chemicals.
The adults in charge of this project want input from young people such as you on how to teach children about hazardous chemical safety.
Your local poison control centre wants to teach young children how to be safe around dangerous household chemicals.
The adults in charge of this project want input from young people such as you on how to teach children about hazardous chemical safety.
Project Task
Design
a way to teach children aged 5 to 9 about hazardous chemical safety.
Your teaching method should show imagination and creativity, but it should clearly inform young children about the dangers of common household fluids. It should also teach children how to be safe around hazardous substances.
Before you begin designing your teaching method, ask yourself these questions:
Design
a way to teach children aged 5 to 9 about hazardous chemical safety.
Your teaching method should show imagination and creativity, but it should clearly inform young children about the dangers of common household fluids. It should also teach children how to be safe around hazardous substances.
Before you begin designing your teaching method, ask yourself these questions:
- What information should young children know so they can stay safe?
- How can I communicate this information in a way that is easy for young children to understand?
This video shows an example of teaching children about poisons.
Method
Choose
the way you would like to teach children about hazardous household fluids. Here are some ideas from which you can choose:
Choose
the way you would like to teach children about hazardous household fluids. Here are some ideas from which you can choose:
- Write and illustrate a childrenβs story book. Draw pictures with pencil and paper, or use a computer drawing program such as Adobe Photoshop or Gimp.
- Write a song. Record your song to share with your teacher.
- Make a video or TV show. Use live acting, or stop-motion animations.
- Create a board game.
- Use other creative ideas, but check with your teacher first!
Requirements
You
must clearly communicate the following information in your hazardous fluids teaching method:
You
must clearly communicate the following information in your hazardous fluids teaching method:
- What are five WHMIS symbols? What do these symbols look like?
- What are five examples of common household fluids that contain these WHMIS symbols?
- Explain the dangers that each of the five WHMIS symbols communicates.
- Explain the safety measures a child should take when they see each of these five WHMIS symbols. Explain where they should be stored and what safety precautions you should take when you are using them.
Rubric
and Example
Teaching Children About Hazardous Fluids
24 marks
24 marks
Example of ONE of the FIVE WHMIS symbols you need to do:
Corrosion Material Symbol
This will be found on toilet bowl cleaner
The dangers of this are skin corrosion/irritation and serious eye damage/eye irritation
The safety procedures when handling toilet bowl cleaner are to wear gloves, avoid direct contact with your skin and to clean up any skills.
Submitting Your Work
When you are ready to submit your completed project, click the "Add submission" button at the bottom of this page and follow the directions. If you would like to view a tutorial on how to submit your assignment, click here .
Note that when you submit anything to your teacher, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME IN THE DOCUMENT TITLE. For example, you might title it something like this:
unitA_section1project_Jenny_Smith.doc
- If you print your work and/or do pencil drawing(s) on another piece of paper, you must scan your work to submit it.
- If you have prepared any other electronic images or documents for this project, you must submit them.
- If you have used an Internet location where your work is located, you must submit the URL so your teacher can view your work.
When you are ready to submit your completed project, click the "Add submission" button at the bottom of this page and follow the directions. If you would like to view a tutorial on how to submit your assignment, click here .
Note that when you submit anything to your teacher, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME IN THE DOCUMENT TITLE. For example, you might title it something like this:
unitA_section1project_Jenny_Smith.doc