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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Keeping the Skies Safe

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students study how aviation professionals get certified to work for a commercial airline. They research how these professionals coordinate their skills to keep the skies safe for travelers.
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Lesson Plan
Cornell University

Bridge Building

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Bridge the gaps in your knowledge of bridges. Individuals learn about bridge types by building models. The activity introduces beam bridges, arch bridges, truss bridges, and suspension bridges.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Safe Driving

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the implications of teen driving. In this personal health lesson, students research and discuss impaired driving, seat belt usage, speeding, and distracted driving. Students then create public awareness marketing...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Black Boxes for Cars Slow to Catch On

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the tracking of teens. In this tracking technology lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "Black Boxes for Cars Slow to Catch On", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete a graphic...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Google's New Car

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Google's new car worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Snow Science

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate how efficient different substances are at melting snow. Students collect and analysis data.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Roots of Our Rights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the Preamble to the Constitution. For this government lesson, students read the Preamble of the Constitution and define the meaning of unknown words. Young scholars write about examples of how the Constitution...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: New Laws to Ban iPods on NY Streets

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "New Laws to Ban iPods on NY Streets," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Handout
Other

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Bicycles

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A very extensive site from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that deals with all aspects of bicycle safety. Click on the menu under Useful Information to find activities and materials for kids, information for parents,...
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Technology: Watch Out!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn to recognize different safety signs you may see in your community or when traveling. Includes audio narration in 16 additional languages with text in English.
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Website
Other

Bmw: Safe on the Streets

For Students 2nd - 6th
The BMW Group offers interactive, fun, easy-to-use resources for teachers, parents, and students to help find ways to keep safe on the streets. Provides safety tips, activities, and quizzes that help you learn to be safe whether you are...
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Community: Left, Right, Left: Our Safe Walk

For Students 1st - 2nd
Learn how to cross the street and train tracks safely in your neighborhood. Includes audio narration in 7 additional languages with text in English.
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Handout
US Department of State

Travel.state.gov: International Travel: Dominican Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has information for traveling in the Dominican Republic from the U.S. Department of State. Provides important information for safe travel and provides links to other sites of particular interest to U.S. tourists.
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Handout
US Department of State

Dept. Of State: Consular Information Sheet: El Salvador

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has information for traveling in El Salvador from the U.S. Department of State. Provides important information for safe travel and provides links to other sites of particular interest to U.S. tourists.
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Website
Other

The Rad Rider Web Site: Homepage

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this site to meet the comic book superhero, Rad Rider. Read and listen to his comic book adventure to learn important bike safety tips. Then take the online quiz to see if you're ready to bike with Rad.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: First Grade Science: Signals Light and Sound

For Students 1st
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explores how light and sound are used by people for communication.