Patricia A. Morrison
Lesson Six List the various questions students raised in homework assignment day five. Add to list if needed; as a class, answer questions if painting provides an answer; indicate questions that will be answered later in year or suggest possibilities for further research.
Elicit basic difference between scientists' approach and artists' approach: experimentation. If you are going to carry out experiments you have to follow laboratory safety precautions. Brainstorm safety precautions with students. Have students locate safety equipment in lab such as fire extinguishers, shower, eyewash, and fire blanket. Pass out safety rules and discuss any rules that students omitted. Pass out "cartoon" of safety violations. Students need to list violations. Candy bar prize to student who finds the most violations.
Assignment: Read text pp.12-14. Pretend that you are a government inspector from OSHA. Write a citation for safety violations to the owner of the blacksmith's shop. Specifically list the following: 1) All violations; 2) All safety precautions that he needs to initiate; 3) All safety precautions that he is currently following and should continue to follow. (Note a citation is written in formal language ____(Name)____________ of _____(Establishment)_____ located in ____(Place)_________ is hereby notified that….)