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Danger, Danger

Have students draw their own sign based on the question: How would you design a sign to keep others safe from inflammable materials?

History
1. Grade 4 Standards
  1. H3.4.4: Explain how advances in technologies have impacted Nevada, i.e., railroads, mining, and gaming.
Science
1. Grades 3-5 Standards
  1. N.5.A.5: Students know how to plan and conduct a safe and simple investigation.
2. Grades 6-8 Standards
  1. N.8.A.5: Students know how to use appropriate technology and laboratory procedures safely for observing, measuring, recording, and analyzing data.
3. Grades 9-12 Standards
  1. N.12.A.4: Students know how to safely conduct an original scientific investigation using appropriate tools and technology.
Art (Visual Arts)
1. Grade 5 Standards
  1. 1.5.3: Create artworks using various media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas.
  2. 2.5.1: Describe various visual characteristics of art (e.g. sensory, formal, technical, and expressive).
2. Middle School Standards
  1. 1.8.3: Use and explain why various media, techniques, and processes are used to produce works of art that communicate ideas and experiences.
  2. 2.8.1: Analyze and evaluate the effects of visual characteristics in works of art.
3. Secondary School Standards
  1. 1.12.3: Create works of art that demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media, tools, techniques, and processes (e.g. traditional and emerging technologies).
  2. 2.12.2: Defend interpretations of purposes and/or functions in art.

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