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Bike Safety: Grades 9-12
Here's a sobering stat: more than 300,000 kids go to emergency rooms each year for bike injuries. Two activities help scholars learn how to avoid injuries and follow bike safety rules. Class members read three background articles related...
Baylor College
Energy Sources
Take the concept of burning calories to a more literal level in the second of seven lessons about energy in the realm of food and fitness. Using simple materials, groups will burn breakfast cereal and a pecan to see which one gives off...
Curated OER
Weight Training
Students complete Internet research to learn about weight training. In this Internet research lesson plan, students visit the various websites listed to learn about weight training, its safety procedures, and routines.
Curated OER
Chase the Ace
Chase the Ace is a great warm-up activity for all ages. Just make sure there is plenty of space to run around taking into consideration the number of players and the age of the players. Make the game challenging but not so difficult that...
Curated OER
Bean Bag Scavenger Hunt
Students look for hidden bean bags on the playground. Once all bags are found, students may hide them from each other. Each student should have the opportunity to hide and find the bean bags. While students are hunting, the teacher...
Other
U.s. Coast Guard: Boating Safety Division
This is a Coast Guard site dedicated to training people about boat safety. It has many programs it offers to the public.
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!
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Public Health, 1900 1999 Motor Vehicle Safety
Read about the reduction in vehicle-related deaths and the safety measures that made traveling safer. This article includes some information on the Highway Safety Act and the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Acts, through which...
Other
National Fire Protection Agency: Sparky the Fire Dog: Sparky: Activities
Students will be engaged as they work with their families, at home, to complete a home safety check list and prepare an escape plan in case of a fire emergency. For added fun the children may make an origami dog. This is an excellent...
Other
Museum of Health Care: Death in a Glass: The Case of Walkerton, Ontario
In 2000, Walkerton's water became infected with E. coli and many residents fell ill. This exhibit describes how public health officials handled the outbreak and investigation. The case made the public far more aware of issues around...
Other
Criti Care: Paramedic and Fire Academy
This site offers information about first aid and CPR training for the general public. Also provides information separately for Paramedic training and Fire training. Informational and updated.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Fire
Examine the facets of fire safety and analyze the fire safety features of public and private buildings in the community.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Tre Maison Dasan: Classroom Viewing Guide
Classroom Viewing Guide for use with the film Tre Maison Dasan.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Read to Learn About Elections [Pdf]
"Read to Learn about Elections" is a one page, nonfiction passage about government systems and workers that keep people safe including police officers, food inspectors, and water and sewer workers. It is followed by an open-ended...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Use this informative website highlighting the Food and Drug Administration and the role they play in keeping our food safe.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Being Lost
Listen to a story about a time when someone was lost or afraid and role-play what you would do in that situation. Learn how to handle situations when you are afraid, and learn about who to go to for help.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Pesticides and Food: Healthy, Sensible Food Practices
Information provided on pesticide residues on food, the possibility that these pesticides could harm us, and what the government does to ensure that pesticides used on food are safe.
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