Course launch, safety, Smith family case, intervention categories, and the daily submission 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 - Lab Safety & the Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
Work safely in a biomedical lab and use a Safety Data Sheet to identify hazards before you ever touch a chemical.
- 1Read the room. Walk to and physically point out the eyewash station, safety shower, fire extinguisher, first-aid kit, and the sharps/biohazard container. Write each location in your notebook.
- 2Gear up. Put on splash goggles, gloves, and an apron correctly. Have a partner check your fit using the PPE checklist.
- 3Open an SDS. Pull the SDS for a chemical your teacher assigns (e.g., bleach/sodium hypochlorite). Find Section 2 (Hazards) and Section 4 (First-aid).
- 4Decode the pictograms. Match each GHS hazard pictogram on the label to its meaning. Record what to do if it contacts skin or eyes.
- 5Make a plan. In one sentence each, write: the hazard, the PPE you'll wear, and the first response if exposed.
- 6Sign & log. Sign the safety contract and log it as your first PLTW evidence entry.
- • Locate all emergency equipment in the room without looking it up.
- • Find a chemical's hazards and first-aid steps in an SDS in under two minutes.
- • Explain why a specific piece of PPE is required for a specific task.
Daily lessons this week
Open any day for its full lesson, the work due that day, and guided notes.
Name two safety rules and locate one piece of emergency equipment from memory; written on an index card or typed.
First complete six-part notebook entry documenting the safety lesson; photographed and uploaded to the portfolio.
Three-column intervention inventory (prevention, diagnosis, treatment) with at least ten entries and one written prediction.
Launch self-quiz submitted in the course shell, plus portfolio folder containing the notebook entry and intervention inventory.
Quick intro to the week
- Why this matters: every intervention in this course starts with you staying safe — clinicians who cut corners on safety put patients and themselves at risk.
- The one rule: if you don't know the hazard, you don't touch it. The SDS tells you the hazard.
- Today's exit goal: a signed safety contract + the locations of all emergency equipment in your notebook.
- Where the work lives: your safety evidence is logged in the PLTW course shell — this page just tells you what to capture.
Your PLTW coursework this week
Do this: Open the PLTW MI course shell, complete the safety orientation, and start your Unit 1 / intervention inventory evidence.
- • The location and use of all lab safety equipment.
- • How an SDS is organized and which sections cover hazards and first-aid.
- • What counts as 'evidence' in your PLTW tracker.
- • Set up your PLTW notebook and portfolio.
- • Read an SDS to plan safe handling of a chemical.
- • Log your first piece of tracker evidence.
📋 PLTW evidence to log this week: signed safety contract, notebook/portfolio setup, and your intervention inventory entry. This is your first tracker audit checkpoint.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | Mon, Aug 24 | Lab safety and SDS practical | Name two safety rules and locate one piece of emergency equipment from memory; written on an index card or typed. |
| Wednesday | Tue, Aug 25 | Lab notebook and portfolio | First complete six-part notebook entry documenting the safety lesson; photographed and uploaded to the portfolio. |
| Thursday | Wed, Aug 26 | Intervention inventory | Three-column intervention inventory (prevention, diagnosis, treatment) with at least ten entries and one written prediction. |
| Friday | Thu, Aug 27 | Launch portfolio submission | Launch self-quiz submitted in the course shell, plus portfolio folder containing the notebook entry and intervention inventory. |
- M 8/24: syllabus + PLTW login check
- T: safety / SDS
- W: notebook + portfolio setup
- Th: first MI evidence entry
- F: submit setup check
Due by week's end: Safety contract, notebook setup, intervention inventory.
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 scavenger hunt and a safety CER.
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 & Safety Data Sheets (authoritative)Vocabulary
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.
Open this when the class reaches this activity and use it to complete the required lesson artifact.
Placement rationale
Matched Course launch, safety, SDS, notebook setup by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-1_How-to-Fight-Infection/00_Unit-Overview; keywords:intervention. Score 130. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this after the required lesson work when you are ready for a harder application or a deeper connection.
Placement rationale
Matched Course launch, safety, SDS, notebook setup by path:Medical-Interventions/Unit-1_How-to-Fight-Infection/00_Unit-Overview; keywords:safety. Score 126. 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