Lesson 2: Safety in Electricity
This is Lesson 2 of 7 in the National FFA Organization’s Electricity Unit, supplementing the Agricultural Technology and Mechanical Systems CDE. It introduces students to electrical safety through a “Watt Could Go Wrong?” worksheet featuring a RAFT writing assignment, scenario analysis stations, a hazard-spotting drawing activity, and reflection questions, teaching students to identify electrical hazards, recommend safe alternatives, and understand key safety devices.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify electrical safety hazards and explain the danger each presents.
- Analyze electrical safety scenarios and recommend safe alternatives.
- Apply knowledge of safety rules and cite specific violations and corrective actions.
- Explain the function and importance of key safety devices.
- Time required
- 60 minutes
- Grade level
- Grades 9 and 10
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Watt Could Go Wrong?" worksheet for each student
- Printed sections of the Electrical Safety Notes, one copy per student
- A copy of the Scenario Cards, one set per student, printed and cut out
- Paper and pencils for sketching
- Markers or colored pens
- Vocabulary
- Amps; Circuit; Conductor; GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter); Grounding; Insulator; Shock; Volts
- Cross-Curricular Connections
- Science: Analyze how electrical current, resistance and heat can cause safety issues. English/Language Arts: Complete RAFT writing to explain concepts from unique roles and audiences.
- SAE and FFA Connections
- Agricultural Technology and Mechanical Systems CDE; Agricultural Proficiency Area: Agricultural Mechanics Design and Fabrication; Foundational SAE Connections: Agricultural Literacy
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Worksheet
Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.02Apply appropriate academic and technical skills. Career-ready individuals readily access and use the knowledge and skills acquired through experience and education to be more productive.
- CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
- CRP.07Employ valid and reliable research strategies. Career-ready individuals are discerning in accepting and using new information to make decisions, change practices or inform strategies.
- CRP.08Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Career-ready individuals readily recognize problems in the workplace, understand the nature of the problem, and devise effective plans to solve the problem.
AFNR Performance Element
- PST.04Plan, build and maintain AFNR structures.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG-PST4Plan, build and maintain AFNR structures.
Common Core – Reading: Informational Text
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.1Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Common Core – Science & Technical Subjects
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.2Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text's explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.4Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9-10 texts and topics.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.9Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
FFA Precept
- FFA.PG-J.Mental GrowthEmbrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
- FFA.PL-A.ActionAssume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.