Public Health Agency of Canada
Public Health Agency of Canada: Be an Action Hero!
Kids staying safe is number one in importance! Believe it or not, injuries are the number one cause of death for young Canadians. This site will help you learn to stay safe and uninjured, and that makes everyone happy!
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Swimming Teachers' Association
Founded in 1932, the Swimming Teachers' Association has a charitable status and aimss to preserve lives by teaching swimming, life-saving and survival techniques.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Ground Water and Drinking Water
Learn about the safety of drinking water, find information on agencies that oversee our water, and gain access to the current drinking water standards and regulations.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Get Wet!
Look at all the fun you can have playing and doing sports in the water. Book includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
Pacific Institute
Pacific Institute: The World's Water
Water resources are under threat around the world. WorldWater.org is a repository of information related to issues that should concern all of us. There is also a searchable database of literature and research devoted to freshwater issues.
University of Missouri
Microbes in Action: Classroom Activities: Water Quality Testing [Pdf]
In this experiment, students will test the quality of a water sample by observing the number of coliform bacteria. Coliform bacteria are found in human intestines and a large amount can indicate water contamination. Lesson plan gives a...
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Live and Learn: Swimming Pool Safety
Find a comprehensive list of things that can be done around household pools to prevent injuries and accidents.
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Cwec: Down the Hill . . . Your Watershed (Mini Unit) [Pdf]
Everyone is part of a local watershed and their actions affect the water resources in their watershed. In this mini-unit, students learn about watersheds, why they are important, dangers they face and how watersheds can be protected.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Staying Safe While in the Water
In addition to providing tips to help you stay safe when playing in or near a swimming pool, lake, or water park, this website includes statistics about pool-related injuries and drowning.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Water Safety
Going to a beach or a pool can make for a great time if one is conscious of potential hazards that are associated with these locations. This site covers important considerations necessary for an enjoyable yet safe experience.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Swimming
This resource provides information about how to swim safely, and maintain water safety all the time.
Read Works
Read Works: Fun in the Sun
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining ways to stay safe while enjoying the summer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Your Safety, H2 O Smarts
Summer water fun is a splash, but it is important to keep you and your loved ones safe. Maximize your watertime fun with these helpful hints.
PE Central
Pe Central: Swimming Life & Death Situations
Teach your students how to transform a pair of jeans or other piece of clothing into a life preserver while swimming. Learn how one teacher helps his students create their own life-saving flotation devices.
Read Works
Read Works: Splash Into Summer
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about safety tips for the summer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Cwec: Water Salty or Fresh? (Mini Unit) [Pdf]
This mini-unit is designed to teach students an appreciation of our water resources and how we must not take them for granted if we are to survive.
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Bridges: Applied Lesson Plans: Sink or Swim
This is an applied lesson plan for water safety. You are a lifeguard and must communicate the rules to children and their parents so that they can have a fun, safe, birthday party. This and other applications are given in this...
Everything ESL
Safety First!
Safety issues that are crucial for new ELL students are reviewed. Fire, bicycle, water, seatbelt, food, and weather safety and 911 services are covered with links to additional supplemental materials.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Filter It Down [Pdf]
Students will investigate how different materials filter water and learn about water treatment.
PE Central
Pe Central: Swimming Survivor Challenge Ii
Students able to swim should learn and practice basic first aid. Swimmers learn and discuss skills shown on the "Survivor Chllange" task sheet and spinal injury checksheet. Then they learn how to properly use a spinal injury backboard...