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Seafood and Human Health
Whether your young biologists realize it or not, humans play a significant role in marine ecosystems. To help them understand this fact children first create graphical representations that show homo sapiens' place in marine food chains,...
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Water Safety
Students examine water safety for the beach. They discuss the three safety rules, demonstrate various ways to rescue a person, participate in the stingray shuffle dance, and complete a crossword puzzle quiz.
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Safety Around Dogs
Students assess how to properly greet a dog and cover the safety tips when and if they should encounter a loose dog. They follow a five step-by-step process to greet a dog as well as see a demonstration of the process first hand. In...
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Safety Safari
Second graders discuss personal safety in and around the home. They explore their classroom, looking for animal signs with safety rules on them, thus completing a "Safety Safari." They discuss all of the rules they find and promise to...
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Healthy Kids: Creating Safe Communities And Schools
Students create a safety poster in small groups after a discussion on playground safety issues. They concentrate on bike safety, skating safety and general playground safety. After sharing the posters with the class they role-play safety...
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Summer Health Activity: Visiting the Doctor
Learners play with dolls to act out feelings about a common experience. In this early childhood lesson plan, students use social, language, and fine motor skills while developing an understanding of their own bodies and the role of an...
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Wellness and the Benefits of Exercise
Second graders discuss benefits of keeping physically fit, predict effects of exercise on their bodies, perform various exercises correctly, including push-up, curl-up, and jumping jack, discuss and follow safety practices while...
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Bicycle Safety Rodeo
Students participate in nine different stations in a series of bike handling drills and the simulation of traffic situations.
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Scooter Signal
Students practice the use of hand signals to designate right or left turns. In this safety lesson, students ride a scooter following paths set up to look like sidewalks and roads. Students practice forming the proper signals prior to...
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Be a Fire Safety Monitor
Students examine ways to deal with unsafe fire situations. They determine what to do when someone else is casing a dangerous fire situation such as playing with a lighter, burning candles near curtains, or smoking in bed. Working with a...
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Fabulous Felines: Keeping Cats Safe
Young scholars discover ways to protect their pets. In this animal safety lesson, students role-play as pet "safety officers" and discuss how to make sure cats avoid dangers in the home. Young scholars complete many pet safety...
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A Visit to the Vet
Students discover the important role veterinarians play in the lives of animals. In this animal safety lesson, students identify parts of veterinarian's job by completing a KWL chart and an online tutorial. Students write a story of a...
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Strangers
Students learn and discuss what to do when approached by a stranger. In this stranger lesson plan, students answer questions based on a book that the teacher reads. They then participate in a discussion about rules and guidelines to...
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Traffic signs and signals
Students understand and follow directions based on traffic signs. In this traffic signs lesson plan, students play the game red light green light and are asked why they stop and go according to the colors. They then are introduced to the...
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First To Float
Students determine how to float on their backs in a swimming pool. They participate in swimming lessons at a community pool. While working in small groups they practice floating on their backs to increase their safety around the pools....
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Frances the Firefly
Second graders create their own ending to a story concerning fire safety. After watching the film, "Frances the Firefly", 2nd graders create a drawing of their own ending to the film. They practice a variety of ways to say no when...
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Smoke, Smoke, Fire!
Young scholars practice what to do if their clothing catches on fire. In this fire safety lesson, students are taught how to "stop, drop, and roll" in case their clothes were to catch fire.
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The Battle to Save Bats
Students investigate the disease that is causing the global decline of bats. In this animal health activity, students read an article which discusses white-nose syndrome, the number one killer of bats. Students discuss ways to keep...
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Fire Safety (Stop, Drop & Roll)
Third graders review what to do in case they are faced with a fire in their homes or school. They review what to do if they are faced with moving safely within a structure that is on fire. Students play a Tag Game together to reinforce...
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Can You Help A Friend?
Young scholars take on the role of a ten year old girl, "Jessica." Jessica's friend has moved away from the area and is texting people she doesn't know in chat rooms. Students work in groups to write a message for Jessica to send to her...
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The Tattle Tail Tale
Learners read the story by Tandy Braid to explain the concepts of tattling and reporting, then discussing the difference between them. They play a game to determine if something is a tattle or report.
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Seat Belts and Bike Helmets
Students answer questions on seat belts and bike helmets. In this seat belt and bike helmet lesson plan, students watch a demonstration with eggs and simulated seat belt and bike helmet about why some eggs broke and some stayed safe...
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National Crime Prevention Council
Students explore appropriate lessons on crime prevention and safety. They encounter how to recognize bullying behavior and how to deal with it. Students access fair methods for settling conflicts. They identify trusted adults and access...
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Safe ways to take medicine
Students match who to contact if they need help in certain situations and discuss safety with medicines. For this medicine lesson plan, students match the person who can help them take medicine safely. They also participate in a...