BI launch, safety, design notebook, innovation portfolio, daily evidence routine.
What to do if absent- CER:
- Claim, Evidence, Reasoning — make a claim, back it with evidence, explain your reasoning.
- SOP:
- Standard Operating Procedure — the exact steps to follow (especially in a lab).
- Tracker:
- Your PLTW progress log where you record completed evidence.
- myPLTW:
- The PLTW course site where you do the online activities — you open it through Schoology.
Week overview - Launching Biomedical Innovations: safety, your design notebook, and the SDS
Set up your innovation portfolio and design notebook, then read a Safety Data Sheet to plan safe handling, storage, and disposal of a lab chemical.
- 1Label the first page of your design notebook with your name, the course, and today's date so every entry is traceable.
- 2Write a short list of the PPE you see in the room and match each item to the body part it protects.
- 3Pull up the SDS for the assigned chemical and find Section 4 (first aid) and Section 7 (handling and storage).
- 4Record the recommended PPE and one storage rule for that chemical in your notebook.
- 5Walk the room with a partner and locate the eyewash, fire blanket, and chemical waste container.
- 6End class by writing one sentence on why daily notebook evidence matters for an innovation portfolio.
- • You will be able to set up a dated, traceable design notebook entry.
- • You will be able to locate PPE, handling, and storage information on an SDS.
- • You will be able to name the safety equipment and disposal route for the lab.
Daily lessons this week
Open any day for its full lesson, the work due that day, and guided notes.
Syllabus-and-login check confirming access to the PLTW shell, portfolio folder, and safety contract location.
SDS reading worksheet identifying hazard class, required PPE, and first-aid measures for one assigned chemical.
Initialized design notebook with four labeled sections and a dated first entry, plus a portfolio folder screenshot.
First BI evidence entry: dated problem statement, stakeholder list, one constraint, and a labeled sketch or concept note.
Launch-week summative check: four artifacts confirmed, rubric self-assessment completed, and submission verified.
Quick intro to the week
- Hook: every real innovation lab starts with safety, because a great idea is useless if someone gets hurt building it.
- Today's goal: open your innovation portfolio and prove you can read an SDS before you ever touch a reagent.
- This week's Monday bioethics debate sets the tone: who is responsible when a prototype is unsafe?
- Reminder: your graded notebook setup and SDS scenario live in the PLTW course shell, not on loose paper.
Your PLTW coursework this week
Do this: Begin your PLTW innovation portfolio by setting up the design notebook and completing the safety benchmark in the online course shell.
- • An SDS lists handling, storage, first aid, and disposal information for a chemical.
- • A design notebook is the running record of evidence for an innovation portfolio.
- • Select the correct PPE for a given lab task.
- • Locate handling, storage, and disposal guidance on an SDS.
📋 PLTW evidence due: design notebook setup page and completed SDS handling-and-storage scenario in the course shell.
All PLTW activities are completed inside the PLTW course environment — this page only gives direction.
This week's PLTW tracker
Your week at a glance. Check off each deliverable as you finish it, then submit so Mr. Mendoza can see how the class is pacing.
Use the code Mr. Mendoza gave you, not your name. Saved on this device.
| Day | Date | Focus | Key deliverable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Tue, Jan 19 | BI launch and syllabus | Syllabus-and-login check confirming access to the PLTW shell, portfolio folder, and safety contract location. |
| Tuesday | Wed, Jan 20 | Lab safety and SDS | SDS reading worksheet identifying hazard class, required PPE, and first-aid measures for one assigned chemical. |
| Wednesday | Thu, Jan 21 | Design notebook setup | Initialized design notebook with four labeled sections and a dated first entry, plus a portfolio folder screenshot. |
| Thursday | Fri, Jan 22 | First BI evidence entry | First BI evidence entry: dated problem statement, stakeholder list, one constraint, and a labeled sketch or concept note. |
| Friday | Mon, Jan 25 | Submit setup check | Launch-week summative check: four artifacts confirmed, rubric self-assessment completed, and submission verified. |
- M 8/24: syllabus + PLTW login check
- T: safety/SDS
- W: notebook + portfolio setup
- Th: first BI evidence entry
- F: submit setup check
Due by week's end: Safety contract and BI portfolio setup.
Lab day — what to bring & watch
This explainer accompanies the PLTW lab protocol — watch it before lab.
What to do when absent
Most days, this class is your PLTW coursework — and PLTW is online and individual. So being out usually just means doing exactly what we did in class, from home.
Open Schoology (CMSD) and keep goingHow to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
You can't do those from home — do this instead: SDS scenario.
Class still runs. A substitute will post today's plan — complete the online activity above; it's built to be self-guided. Need the concept taught without a teacher? Use this authoritative explainer:
OSHA Hazard Communication StandardVocabulary
Virtual resources
Teacher-posted resources
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Use this after the required lesson work when you are ready for a harder application or a deeper connection.
Placement rationale
Matched BI launch and mission innovation by path:Biomedical-Innovations/00-Course-Planning; keywords:emergency room, design. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this if you were absent, got stuck, or need another pass before you submit the lesson artifact.
Placement rationale
Matched BI launch and mission innovation by path:Biomedical-Innovations/Problem-1_Emergency-Room/1.1_Emergency-Room; keywords:emergency room, design. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this if you were absent, got stuck, or need another pass before you submit the lesson artifact.
Placement rationale
Matched BI launch and mission innovation by path:Biomedical-Innovations/Problem-1_Emergency-Room/1.1_Emergency-Room; keywords:emergency room, design. Score 138. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Standards this week
WebXam practice
Drop your Week 1 here. Use a clear file name (your initials + project). Routine work still goes to Schoology (via the CMSD portal).
Upload a project