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Car and Bus Safety: Grades K-2
Nearly every child will ride in a car or take a bus during their elementary career, that's why it is so important to teach them safety skills. First, little ones discuss why safety rules are important. Then, they go over rules that will...
Purdue University
Designing Safer Roadways
Be careful on curvy roads. An interesting STEM activity challenges scholars to design a safe road system. The goal is to help ensure that cars coming down a hill will be able to make a right turn without sliding off the road. Pupils test...
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Dangerous Roads in Your Community
Learners collect information about dangerous streets and intersections in community, interview law enforcement officials and safety experts to find out what they think can be done to reduce accidents, write in-depth article using these...
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Pedestrian Safety Lesson Plan
Distracted pedestrians? Yes. This lesson on pedestrian safety points out the dangers of texting and posting while walking around traffic. In addition, kids learn about safety resources available for those on foot.
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Stop, Look, and Listen
Second graders participate in a class discussion and view a traffic safety video dealing with crossing the street safely. They discuss the steps taken in order to cross the street safely and then analyze the benefits of walking and...
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Safe or Not Safe
Students discuss the safety signs they viewed on their way to school before looking at safety signs at a website that presents a traffic safety school for students. They listen to a read aloud of Tana Hoban's, "I Read Signs," make signs,...
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Bicycle Safety
learn the meanings of various signs for pedestrians, cyclists, and in-line skaters.
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Safety and Injury Protection
First graders identify safety rules for passengers and pedestrians and explore school bus safety. They also complete a picture illustrating a school bus safety rule, as well as, discuss bus behavior rules.
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MFL: Road Safety Vocabulary 1
Young scholars brainstorm any words they associate with traffic and safety. In groups, they work together to describe what is happening in certain images. They discuss what they would tell others who were acting in an unsafe way.
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Road Safety-Transporting Cargo Safely
Twelfth graders explore transportation and delivery of cargo. In this truck logistics instructional activity, 12th graders research the safety precautions needed to ensure proper delivery of cargo aboard delivery trucks. Students read...
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Driving Range
Students practice safety rules and knowledge of the road by going through a driving course using scooters/bicycles/tricycles, etc.
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Bike Safety
Pupils discover the importance of obeying traffic signs and bike safety rules by completing a bike obstacle course. They discuss safety gear and traffic signs then complete the obstacle course while avoiding the simulated pedestrians.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Safety and Security
Students, with the help of a vocabulary list of terms involving safety and security procedures, analyze pictures of recreational activities found in magazines/dictionaries and in groups review all the safety and security procedures...
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Trucks on the Roadway
Students explore trucks. In this truck and road safety lesson, students identify different types of trucks and define traffic and truck vocabulary. Students manipulate toy trucks on a road floor mat.
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MFL: Road Safety Vocabulary 1
Students brainstorm any words they associate with traffic and safety. In groups, they work together to complete a worksheet identifying images. They also discuss what they would tell someone who was acting unsafely.
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Scooter Drivers Test
Students increase muscular strength and endurance and are introduced to basic traffic safety rules.
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ESOL Transportation and Travel
Students discuss importance of reading and understanding traffic signs then list the common road signs. They complete "Traffic Signs" activity
sheet and Compare and contrast traffic signs and driving practices in the U.S. with traffic...
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MFL: Dangerous Driving
Students discuss why speed limits are important for safety of others. They examine public advertisements aimed at reducing the amount of deaths on the road. They read an article about traffic accidents and answer questions. They write an...
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Keeping the Skies Safe
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.
Cornell University
Bridge Building
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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Safe Driving
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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Black Boxes for Cars Slow to Catch On
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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Snow Science
Students investigate how efficient different substances are at melting snow. Students collect and analysis data.
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The Roots of Our Rights
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...