Students in a Kindergarten class will begin with some activities on the sense of taste and then move into a power point discussion on tasting substances that they are unfamiliar with such as household supplies and medicine. Students will work in groups of 2-3 to sort items into food and nonfood groups and take digital pictures of these items. This information will be used to make a word wall of food and nonfood items. The students will get to view a power point presented by Steve Hewitt s Middle School class on poison symbols and become e-pals. They will research some symbols and design a web page for us.
Many young children are in danger each year from household poisons.
I am teaching this unit to bring better awareness to students about the dangers of tasting, sniffing, swallowing or playing with unknown substances about the house. Students will also learn to recognize some basic poison symbols. To experience e-mailing b. To explore keyboarding c. To experience using a digital camera d.