# Lesson Plan: Safety Wears and Their Uses
**Subject**: Store Keeping
**Grade Level**: Senior Secondary 2 (SS2)
**Duration**: 60 minutes
## Lesson Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
1. Define safety wears in the context of storekeeping.
2. Identify different types of safety wears.
3. Explain the uses of various safety wears.
4. Understand the importance of using safety wears in preventing accidents and injuries.
## Materials Needed:
1. Whiteboard and markers
2. Projector and laptop
3. PowerPoint presentation on types of safety wears
4. Pictures or samples of different safety wears (gloves, goggles, safety shoes, hard hats, vests, etc.)
5. Handout on safety wears and their uses
## Lesson Outline:
### Introduction (10 minutes)
1. **Greeting and Attendance**: Welcome students and check attendance.
2. **Hook**: Show a short video clip or an image slideshow depicting various workplace accidents that could have been prevented with proper safety wears.
3. **Objective Sharing**: Briefly explain the lesson objectives and the importance of the topic in ensuring safety in storekeeping.
### Instructional Input (15 minutes)
1. **Definition and Importance**:
- Define safety wears as protective equipment designed to ensure the safety and health of workers by minimizing exposure to hazards.
- Discuss the importance of safety wears in preventing accidents and injuries in the warehouse/store environment.
2. **Types of Safety Wears**:
- Present a slide showing different types of safety wears (e.g., helmets, gloves, goggles, safety shoes, high-visibility vests, ear protection, respiratory masks).
- Pass around actual samples if available or show detailed pictures/diagrams.
### Guided Practice (15 minutes)
1. **Group Activity**:
- Divide students into small groups and assign each group one type of safety wear.
- Ask the groups to discuss and note down the specific uses and importance of their assigned safety wear.
- Each group will present their findings to the class.
### Independent Practice (10 minutes)
1. **Worksheet/Handout**:
- Distribute a handout detailing different safety wears.
- Begin a worksheet that includes matching safety wears to their correct uses, multiple-choice questions, and a short answer section.
- Allow students to work individually to complete the worksheet.
### Review and Assessment (10 minutes)
1. **Q&A Session**:
- Recap the key points of the lesson by asking students questions about what they learned.
- Encourage students to ask any questions they have.
2. **Collect Worksheets**:
- Collect the completed worksheets and provide immediate feedback if possible.
### Conclusion (5 minutes)
1. **Summary**:
- Summarize the lesson by highlighting the critical role of safety wears in storekeeping.
- Reinforce the importance of wearing the correct safety gear at all times to prevent injuries.
2. **Assignment**:
- Assign a homework task to research one additional type of safety wear not covered in class and prepare a short presentation on it.
## Assessment:
- **Formative**: Observation during group activity, participation in class discussions.
- **Summative**: Evaluation of completed worksheet and the quality of the homework presentation.
## Extensions:
- Plan a visit to a local warehouse or store where students can see how safety equipment is used in a real-world setting.
- Invite a safety expert to provide a guest lecture and a hands-on demonstration of different safety wears.
## Reflection:
- After the lesson, reflect on what worked well and what could be improved for future lessons.
- Collect student feedback to understand their perspectives and areas where they need more support.