Lesson 1 Whmis

Lesson Plan 1 WHMIS

Name: Lauren Novak

Subject: Science 9 Chemistry Time: Period 4 Date:

Cross Curricular Competencies: Develop Literacies

Construct knowledge related to various literacies. Understand that literacies can involve words, images numbers, sounds, movements, and other representations. WHMIS is a literacy that makes use of images to express information.

Engage in Communitarian thinking Ensure that each person has an

opportunity to contribute, particularly during WHMIS Pictionary and when sharing experiences about interactions with Hazardous materials.

PGG goal(s) addressed: 1.5 Provides opportunities for students to demonstrate their understandings in multiple ways.

Multiple activities will be used to build on and showcase student understanding of the WHMIS system.

Overview & Purpose:

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Material Information System). Because students will be working in the lab with chemical substances it is essential that they are familiar with the proper safety procedures and risks that are involved.

This information will be useful to students as it will be required knowledge throughout their high school science career. It will also be useful in most jobs high school students are able to get.

Students will be able to identify the WHMIS symbols. They will also be able to analyze a scenario in order to pick out the risks involved and the precautions that should be taken.

Outcomes/Indicators: AE9.1 Distinguish between the physical and chemical properties of common substances. Demonstrate knowledge of Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) standards by identifying WHMIS symbols that represent each category, examples of substances that belong within each category, and the risks and cautions associated with each category.

Assessment: Formative assessment of Something to think about: are students able to identify which hazardous material is being represented in their everyday Lives. This will show that they can connect the knowledge they have gathered about the symbols to everyday life scenarios. Formative Assessment of “Chemical Hazards matching exercise” Are students able to identify the symbol with the appropriate definition? Formative Assessment of WHMIS Pictionary: are students able to 1. Identify the symbol when given the definition and 2. Provide the classification of the symbol with given the symbol.

Materials: Something to think about handoutWHMIS fill in the blank handoutWHMIS Prezi onlineWHMIS Chemical Hazards Matching Handout

Procedures: Motivational Set: Provide students with “Something to think about” handout. They are to write yes beside the everyday items they have experienced. Tell students that if they said yes to even one of these questions then they have handled hazardous material.

1. Provide students with WHMIS fill in the blank handout and present to them the WHMIS lesson prezi that has been prepared.

2. Return to Something to think about handout. Now that the students have learned the symbols and corresponding definitions as them to decide which hazard each question is representing. This will ensure students are able to apply the information into necessary context.

3. Have students complete Chemical Hazards Matching activity. This will reassert the WHMIS symbols. Using the information repetitively, and in multiple formats, will help the students retain the information

4. Play WHMIS Pictionary. Again this will have students actively participate and engage in the learning process in a new way. They will be demonstrating their knowledge and it will allow me to quickly assess the entire classes comprehension of the information covered in the lesson.

5. Introduce students to working pods (seating plan) they will be depending on throughout the unit. I am going to put you into “working pods” the plan is the people sitting within your row will be the people

you complete lab experiments with. This provides you 2 people that if you miss class you can go to them and say can I borrow your notes, or if we started a lab and you were not here you know instantly who you are working with and can have them catch you up. So I would like everyone to stand at the side of the room and I will let you know where you will be sitting

Elephant Tooth paste Demo: This will be the intro to the chem unit to excite the students about what is to come and get them interested in carrying out experiments and learning about the why about everything.

Mix ½ cup of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide with ¼ dishwashing soup, and a few drops of food colouring, into a 20 oz bottle.

Mix a packet of active yeast with a little warm water and let sit for 5 min Pour yeast into bottle set into a large container. So this is chemistry, we have these substances that we are mixing together and reacting with one another

and allowing us to observe physical and chemical changes, and they are releasing gases and heat. So how does this happen? Well we need to learn the basics of chemistry in order to understand what is happening in this reaction, and everything around you because chemistry isn’t just something that takes place in the science classroom, its everywhere around you : the matter that makes up your desk, the hat your wearing, your hand, absolutely everything is part of chemistry.

**