Handout 1.5: Tool ID and Where It Lives (student copy), Life Skills Arcade

Name: ______________________ Date: __________ Period: ______ Station: ______

Three tool families (copy from the slide): 1. ______________ 2. ______________ 3. ______________

Part 1: Name it, say the job (Day 1, stations)

Visit all six trays. Each tool has a number. Write the name and the job. Use the word bank at the bottom if you get stuck. Sentence starter: "You use this to ___."

Number	Tool name	What job does it do?	Family (1, 2, or 3)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

Word bank: dry measuring cups, liquid measuring cup, measuring spoons, mixing bowls, whisk, wooden spoon, rubber spatula, tongs, colander, cutting board, kitchen shears, can opener, peeler, grater, sheet pan, saucepan, skillet, oven mitt, food thermometer

Part 2: Where it lives (Day 1, scavenger hunt)

Draw your kitchen station in the box: the counter, the sink, the stove, and every drawer and cabinet. Number the drawers. Then write each tool's number (from Part 1) inside the drawer or cabinet where it lives. Rule: open, look, close. Nothing comes out of a drawer.

Which tool was the hardest to find? ____________________ Where does it live? ____________________

Part 3: Which tool would you use? (Day 1, one card per tray)

Read the card at each tray. Write the tool and one reason.

Tray	The job on the card	Why not the other tool?
A	Measure 1 cup of milk	Why not the dry cup?
B	Beat two eggs until the yolks and whites are mixed	Why not the wooden spoon?
C	Lift hot chicken strips off a sheet pan	Why not your fingers or a spoon?
D	Open a bag of frozen vegetables	Why not a sharp knife?
E	Turn a block of cheese into shreds	Why not the peeler?
F	Check whether the chicken is cooked inside	Why not just look at it?

Part 4: The machines (Day 2)

Label the parts as your teacher shows them. Then write the three safe-use steps for each.

Machine	Parts (label the drawing on the slide, list them here)	Three safe-use steps	The one thing that goes wrong most
Stove		1. 2. 3.
Oven		1. 2. 3.
Microwave		1. 2. 3.
Mixer		1. 2. 3.
Blender		1. 2. 3.

Blender call and response (write the answers): What goes in first? __________ Where is your hand? __________ When can a spoon go in? __________

Part 5: What went wrong? (Day 2, scene cards)

Scene card	Machine	What went wrong	The safe procedure that would have stopped it
Card ___
Card ___

Tools Check (Day 2, ten items, alone)

Name: ______________________

Name the tool in each photo on the slide (items 1 to 6). Then answer items 7 to 10.

____________________ 2. ____________________ 3. ____________________
____________________ 5. ____________________ 6. ____________________
You need 1/2 cup of oil. Which measuring cup, and why? ______________________________________
The mug is hot. What do you use to hold it? ______________________________________
Frozen berries and milk go in the blender. Which goes in first? ______________________________________
Which two tools on our trays are the only cutting tools you will use in this room? ______________________________________