Monday, July 25, 2016



I designed this course as an introduction to lab safety. It is based on a standard that would need to be taught at the beginning of a unit.

S3CS3. Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating objects in scientific activities utilizing safe laboratory procedures.

c. Identify and practice accepted safety procedures in manipulating science materials and equipment.

The learning objectives would be

•             Ability to identify tools and knowledge of how to use them properly
•             Knowledge of what to do and not to in the science lab
•             Ability to synthesize knowledge and give examples of proper and improper use
•             Ability to present knowledge

The lesson would be sequenced to review and teach basic safety to students. Students would have a choice in how they learned. I offer a game and a video or they may do both. After they were taught, it would test them on the concepts. Finally, the class would have them create a poster showing how they applied the rules.


 It would be assessed with a rubric based on their test and product.




The rubric could be structured around areas to determine if they met the learning objective.
Students would need to have a sufficient score in each of the four areas of the rubric to demonstrate competency.

·         Ability to identify tools and knowledge of how to use them properly
·         Knowledge of what to do and not to in the science lab
·         Ability to synthesize knowledge and give examples of proper and improper use
·         Ability to present knowledge


Making sure the assessment correlates to the standards and that students are critically thinking is essential to designing competencies. In this assignment the pathways can be different, the students can choose to present information. Students can use their learning style.

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