Engineering Materials… · SHS1 Applied Technology

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.4.1.LI.1 - Explain health and safety related to workshop, tools, materials and machines

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least five common workshop hazards and explain how each one can cause an accident.
Describe the appropriate safety clothing and personal protective equipment (PPE) for different workshop activities.
Demonstrate the correct safety procedures for handling tools, materials and machines in the metal workshop.
Explain the importance of good housekeeping, fire safety and first aid in preventing and responding to workshop accidents.
Work collaboratively in groups to develop a safety checklist for a typical metal workshop.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Metal Technology (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Engineering Materials, Tools and Machines (4.1)
Content standard: 1.4.1.CS.1 - 1.4.1.CS.1 Demonstrate knowledge in the use of engineering materials, tools and machines 1.4.1.LO.1 Apply health and safety to the use of tools and machines as well as use properties of metals and non-metals to select the right materials for a given application
Indicator: 1.4.1.LI.1 - Explain health and safety related to workshop, tools, materials and machines
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 4 (Week 24 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 52

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Group work/collaborative learning:
- Group students and guide them to discuss effectively with respect for others the various ways of avoiding accidents in the workshop, tools, handling materials and using machines.
- Learners watch safety video to identify and use the appropriate safety clothing for workshop activities and demonstrate the right safety measures in the use of tools and machines.

Assessment (1.4.1.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning.

Teaching and Learning Materials:
- Charts
- real objects
- video/YouTube
- Measuring
- Cutting
- marking out
- holding
- striking tools
- sketches/charts
- Specimen of ferrous
- non-ferrous metals