Lesson Plan: Risk Watch Reporters Use Electrical Safety Eyes: Prevention is the Key

Seventh/Eighth Grade

Identify and work to eliminate electrical hazards in the home.

"Risk Watch Reporters Use Electrical Safety Eyes: Prevention is the Key" Lesson Plan and Support Materials

Students will review three true electrical stories and research the true dangers involved in electrical discharges.

Objectives

1. Respect the power of electricity. Articulate and share the personal dangers involved with electrical items.
2. Create an electrical safety message to share with peers.

Preparation

1. Provide three news articles detailing electrical injuries and death. These stories articulate true situations. The stories are copyrighted and straight from The Washington Post, and The News Gazette.
2. Discuss news-story format, including pyramid writing and the 5 W's.
3. Provide students with the Electricity Information Guide.

Procedure

1. Have students independently read the news articles.
2. Challenge each student to identify the basic 5 W's in these stories using the provided worksheet.
3. Divide the class into three or four groups as determined by class size.
4. Ask each group to select a different news story. Using the information provided within the story and the Electricity Information Guide each group will design an ad campaign that will inform their peers of the dangers and power of electricity.

Use the school public address announcement time, posters, community billboard, bus sign-boards, radio or newspaper ads, or local cable TV access channels to get the word out to the fellow students.

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