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Safe storage of medicines and household substances
Learning level/s: Foundation year, Years 1 and 2
Focus area/s: Safety
Description: Students will engage in discussion around the topic and then create two posters, one showing the safe storage of medicines and the other safe storage of household substances. Students developed a full-sized medical cabinet sculpture which they designed inside and out.
Measures of success: Students will be able to identify household substances and medicines that can be dangerous and suggest ways they can be stored safely.
