Launch
Students will launch the woodshop safety project by analyzing realistic hazard scenarios, connecting the work to the driving questions, and selecting a tool or machine focus for later investigation and poster/presentation design.
Day 1
🛠️ Woodshop Hazard Gallery Walk
Launch 45m
Launch & Question
Students will investigate a confusing woodshop safety scenario, refine an evidence-based question about one workstation, and build a peer-reviewed plan for collecting reliable safety information that will support their later poster and presentation.
Days 2 - 4
🧩 Conflicting Safety Clues
Launch 45m
📝 Safety Evidence Plan
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🔍 Method Review Conference
Deliverable 45m
Analyze & Present
Students will use their investigation plans to gather and organize woodshop safety evidence, compare safety options using clear criteria, revise workstation poster and presentation materials through peer critique, and complete a scored team presentation package ready for installation in the shop.
Days 5 - 7
🧰 PPE and Tool Evidence Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📊 Safety Trade-Off Poster Draft
Deliverable 45m
🎤 Workstation Safety Presentation Check
Assessment 45m
Showcase
Students will present their workstation safety posters and brief safety guideline talks to classmates and invited shop stakeholders, install the finished posters at the correct stations, and complete a short evidence-based reflection on how their investigation shaped the final safety system.
Day 8
🪵 Workstation Safety Showcase
Assessment 45m