Life Skills Arcade Middle school Family and Consumer Sciences, grades 6 to 8

Handout 1.1

Handout 1.1: Hazard Hunt

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Unit 1: Kitchen Skills and Smart Eating
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1.1

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Name: ______________________________ Date: ______________ Team: ______

Directions: There are hazards planted at every station in this room. Your team has eight minutes to find them. At each station: look, do not touch; write, do not fix; whisper. For every hazard you find, write what it is, circle its family, write what could happen, and write one way to prevent it. When the timer ends, go back to home base for Part 2.

Word bank: the six hazard families

Every hazard belongs to one of these six families. If it can burn, cut, trip, spark, or make you sick, it is a hazard.

FamilyWhat it meansExample
BurnsHot pans, hot water, steam, hot ovenA pot handle turned out over the edge
CutsAnything sharpA tool hidden under suds in the sink
FallsAnything you can slip or trip onA wet towel on the floor
FireAnything that can catchA paper towel next to a burner
ElectricalCords, plugs, water near outletsA cord draped across a burner
Food contaminationGerms getting into foodRaw chicken touching bread

Word bank in other languages

EnglishTurkishPortugueseSpanish
hazardtehlikeperigopeligro
burnyanıkqueimaduraquemadura
cutkesikcortecorte
falldüşmequedacaída
fireyangınfogofuego
sickhastadoenteenfermo

Part 1: The hunt

Circle the family for each hazard. If you find two hazards at one station, write the second one on the back.

StationWhat is the hazard?Family (circle one)What could happen?How do you prevent it?
1Burns / Cuts / Falls / Fire / Electrical / FoodTo prevent this, you should ______
2Burns / Cuts / Falls / Fire / Electrical / FoodTo prevent this, you should ______
3Burns / Cuts / Falls / Fire / Electrical / FoodTo prevent this, you should ______
4Burns / Cuts / Falls / Fire / Electrical / FoodTo prevent this, you should ______
5Burns / Cuts / Falls / Fire / Electrical / FoodTo prevent this, you should ______
6Burns / Cuts / Falls / Fire / Electrical / FoodTo prevent this, you should ______

Hazards our team found: ______ out of 12.

Part 2: Our team's top five

Of everything your team found, choose the five that could hurt someone the worst in this room. Rank them 1 to 5, with 1 the most serious. For each one, write one sentence that says why it is that serious. Every team member writes the team's list on their own sheet.

RankHazardWhy it is this serious (one sentence)
1
2
3
4
5

Grade 8 stretch: next to each hazard, write which rule in the Room and Lab Agreement it breaks. Then write a one-line accident report for your number 1, as if it had happened: what happened, when, and where; who was involved and who saw it; what was done; what we change.



Keep this sheet. Your team's top five becomes part of the class Kitchen Safety Contract in Lesson 1.4.