Texas TEKS 2.1.C
The Standard
identify, describe, and demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations as outlined in Texas Education Agency-approved safety standards
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify hazards before an investigation and explain how to prevent injuries. They follow directions, use tools correctly, wear protective equipment, and report spills or accidents.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can inspect a setup, point out unsafe actions, and state a safe correction. During classroom and outdoor work, the student follows procedures without repeated reminders.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think goggles are needed only when a material looks dangerous. They may clean spills themselves, smell materials without permission, run with tools, or leave the group outdoors.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: "A cup spills beside a student's feet during an investigation. Write or draw the first two safe actions the student should take."
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set up four safety stations with goggles, a hand lens, a tray, and field flags; students model correct use at each station.
Show a picture of an unsafe investigation and ask, "What could happen, and what should each student do differently?"
Play Safety Charades: students act out a safe or unsafe behavior, and classmates name the rule and correction.
Walk the playground boundary, identify hazards such as ants or broken glass, and practice stopping, backing away, and telling an adult.
Free download
Printable 2.1.C Worksheet
A ready-to-print activity worksheet aligned to 2.1.C, with an answer key for the teacher on its own page. No account needed.
PDF, US Letter, prints cleanly in black and white.
Download the worksheetKeep exploring
Related Standards
- 5.1.C
demonstrate safe practices and the use of safety equipment during classroom and field investigations as outlined in Texas Education Agency-approved safety stand...
- 3.1.C
demonstrate safe practices and the use of safety equipment during classroom and field investigations as outlined in Texas Education Agency-approved safety stand...
- K.1.C
identify, describe, and demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations as outlined in Texas Education Agency-approved safety standards;
- 1.1.C
identify, describe, and demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations as outlined in Texas Education Agency-approved safety standards;
Turn this exact standard into a lesson
Grade, subject, topic, and the complete standard are prefilled. Create one free, no account needed.
Also for this standard:Make a WorksheetMake a QuizMake a Sub Lesson