Curated OER
Transportation
In this transportation activity, students identify and define 3 types of transportation and the driver behind each one. They draw a line from each driver to the correct vehicle that they drive.
Curated OER
Firefighters Word Search
In this word search learning exercise, students search for a list of nine words as they relate to the topic of firefighters. Words can be found backward, forward, up, down, and diagonally.
Curated OER
I Want To Be a Firefighter
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students are given a one-paragraph essay to read about firefighters, and 4 multiple-choice questions to answer.
Curated OER
Fire Wars
Students explore the conditions needed for combustion to occur. They participate in activities to understand combustion. They observe the aspect of fire behavior. They discuss fire containment strategies.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Meet the Helpers
Many children have questions and can feel uneasy when emergencies occur in their communities. The Meet the Helpers toolkit is designed to introduce "helpers" and explain the role they play in emergency situations. Included in the toolkit...
University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma: Fire Safety
Learn about fire safety and how to practice it with your students. This site features video clips covering what to do in case of a fire, what to do if you are on fire, and other fire emergencies.
9/11 Memorial & Museum
National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Fireman? No, Firefighters! [Pdf]
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson is...
9/11 Memorial & Museum
National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Fireman? No Firefighters [Pdf]
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson is...
Read Works
Read Works: Firefighters Fight Fires
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about firefighters and their gear; it also gives fire safety tips. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: To the Rescue!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about firefighters and how they train and fight fires. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
National Fire Protection Association
The mission of the National Fire Protection Association is to help educate people about the importance of fire safety. Fact sheets help you act with caution around appliances, candles, and electrical devices, and the kids area, featuring...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Firefighter
What happens when the fire alarm rings? Early readers will follow along with images and audio as a firefighter races to work.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher stuff.com: Fire Safety
This site provides links to elementary information about fire safety. Find lesson plans, craft ideas, songs, games, poems and more when you explore this resource.
Read Works
Read Works: Firefighters Fight Fires
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text piece shares information about what the job of a firefighter entails. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
Read Works
Read Works: Firefighters Are Helpers
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains the duties of a firefighter. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
Read Works
Read Works: A School for Heroes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about a school for students who would like to train to be firefighters. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Firefighter
Learn about why firefighters are the heroes in our communities.
Starfall
Starfall: A Day in the Life of a Firefighter
This is the interactive ebook "A Day in the Life of a Firefighter" by Brandi Chase. It explains and shows what a day as a firefighter looks like including training and cooking meals as well as fighting fires. Children can listen to the...
CNN
Cnn: War Against Terror: America at Home
CNN reports the latest news focusing on America's efforts to rebuild its way of life following the September 11th attacks.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science 911: Fight a Fire, Save the Ozone
Test the effects of exposure to ultraviolet radiation on living cells by simulating the ozone hole in the lab, then consider how this information might apply to you.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Garrett A. Morgan
This site from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides information on Garrett A. Morgan (1877-1963 CE), who is credited with inventing the gas mask, and, in turn, saving firefighters from suffocating while putting out fires...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fire Safety
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart on fire safety contains United Streaming video, alphabetical order activity, and compound word building activity.
Staten Island Children's Museum
Staten Island Children's Museum: Ladder 11
Learn and play like a firefighter at home.