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Kids Health: Teaching Your Child How to Use 911
Everyone needs to know about calling 911 in an emergency. But kids also need to know the specifics about what an emergency is. This article gives a list of when to call 911 and pointers on how to talk to the 91 1 operator.
Read Works
Read Works: First Aid, First Response
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains brief directions about how to manage emergency situations. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
Ready
Ready: Kids: Be a Hero
How prepared are you and your family if a disaster would occur? Kids, parents, and teachers can use this site to find tips to help prepare for multiple disaster situations. Included are learning games for kids, FAQ's and an emergency kit...
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Action Against Hunger: Acf Usa
Non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to saving lives by "eliminating hunger through prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition, especially during and after emergency situations of conflict, war and natural disaster".
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St. John: First Aid Tips for Burns
Simple information taken from the "St. John First Aid Manual," on how to manage and cover injuries caused by burns. Organized into bullet-point notes, this is a good reference for an emergency situation.
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St. John: First Aid Tips for Poisoning
What is poisoning and how does it affect a person's body? Find the answers to these questions, and learn how to react to poisoning in an emergency situation. Website contents were taken from the pages of the "St. John First Aid Manual."
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911 for Kids: Program Lesson Plan
This lesson plan includes when to call or not call 911. Included is a quiz with emergency and non-emergency scenarios you can use to help kids decide when the right time is to call 911. There are also tips on how to talk to the 911...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Report Spills and Environmental Violations
Concerned about an environmental situation within the community but don't know where to go for answers? Find out here!
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La Comision Nacional De Prevencion De Riesgos Y Atencion
This national organization is responsible for coordinating work efforts to prevent crisis situations (volcanic eruptions or flooding, for example), and responding to these emergencies when they arise. Their Web site contains links to...
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Kids Health: Cpr: A Real Lifesaver
Learn how artificial respiration can help save a life. This website includes definitions terms "artificial respiration," "rescue breathing," and "chest compressions" and lists the emergency situations that would require someone to use...
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Sulfuric Acid
What you need to know about sulfuric acid in an emergency situation. Includes health risks and first aid instructions.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: 2004 Asian Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Project
Students are employees of a unit of the United Nations responsible for coordinating disaster relief after a major disaster (the 2004 Asian Earthquake and Tsunami) occurs. The agency needs to understand the situation in each country so...
Starfall
Starfall: Gingerbread Boy
This is the interactive ebook "Gingerbread Boy" by Brandi Chase. It tells the story of a woman who made a gingerbread boy who got into dangerous situations.
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St. John: First Aid Tips for Fractures
Taken from the pages of the "St. John First Aid Manual," this is a good resource for learning about fractures and their symptoms, and how to take care of them in an emergency situation. Provides definitions of "Closed fracture," "Open...
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St. John: First Aid Library
This resource provides information on allergic reactions, asthma, burns, diabetes, fractures and other conditions and emergency situations that require first aid.
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Lost in the Woods, the Nine Rules for Survival
What would you do if you were separated from your group in the woods? Memorize these 9 rules for survival.
The Tech Interactive
The Tech Museum of Innovation: Save the Hiker [Pdf]
Can you build a device that will deliver life-saving treatment to someone in a hazardous situation? During this lesson, students will learn how energy is converted and transferred between objects. Working in groups and through the...
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Kids Health: What to Do in a Fire
This KidsHealth site tells how to come up with a safety plan to be prepared in case of fire. Includes what to do if you can't get out right away, preventing fires, and more.
University of Houston
University of Houston: An American Industrial Revolution Unit: Rise of Labor
Students learn about the history of the labor movement in Industrial America, including some of the major unions that emerged and the most well-known strikes. Next, they make connections to the role of unions today. They then work in...
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Unesco: Finland: High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
The Kvarken Archipelago (Finland) and the High Coast (Sweden) are situated in the Gulf of Bothnia, a northern extension of the Baltic Sea. The 5,600 islands of the Kvarken Archipelago feature unusual ridged washboard moraines, 'De Geer...