Young scholars explain how safety belts prevent injury. They identify three other safety features in a vehicle. Students discuss how fast 40 miles per hour is. They discuss how high a five story building is. Young scholars discuss...

Students examine how drug and alcohol use diminishes our ability to perform tasks that require manual dexterity such as driving a vehicle. Using gloves and sunglasses students attempt tasks and compare it with the relationsip to an...

Young scholars investigate statistics for deaths attributed to drinking and driving. They participate in a simulation to experience how alcohol affects their abilities to function.

Students discuss the importance of wearing seat belts and why it is one of the most common causes of traffic accident deaths. They also discover the importance of child restraints for younger children. Students examine the myths and...

Students examine various items in order to realize the weight difference between train, vehicles and humans. They realize that trains are heavy and cannot stop quickly.

As an introduction to the skills required for and responsibilities of driving, pre-teens and teens engage in a series of activities, chart their response times, and analyze how variables effect these reaction times. Class...

Students create a graphic organizer showing the importance of Vitamin D intake. For this Vitamin D lesson, Students list problems with Vitamin D deficiency and create poster boards in small groups. Individually, students will create...

For this air pollution worksheet, students use an online simulation called "Smog City" to manipulate different conditions that affect air pollution. Students answer questions about the health effects at peak ozone levels for different...

Students use a model to illustrate the spread of HIV through an adolescent population and, acting in the role of epidemiologists, explore the dilemmas of HIV infection presented by the simulation. beneficence and justice.

Students explore and identify specific safety practices when driving (seat belts, child safety, air bags, etc.) with the help of prepositions. They practice many of the techniques shown to them on their vocabulary list of terms with the...

Students explore air pollution. In this ecology lesson plan, students participate in an experiment in which 5 numbered jar lids are placed outside. Students bring one lid a day in until all jars are inside. Dirt specks are counted,...

Students analyze emergencies. In this safety lesson, students discover when and why they should dial 9-1-1. They discuss as a group various scenarios in which they would need to call 9-1-1 and then role-play those situations. This lesson...

Third graders identify methods for preventing common injuries. In this injury prevention instructional activity, 3rd graders first study cartoons of injuries occurring, then write down their thoughts on these images. Next, the teacher...

Young scholars 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. Young scholars practice forming the proper signals...

Students discuss how personal experiences of loss and grief can affect survivors, discuss various ways to cope with loss and grief, ways to help others cope with loss and grief, and specifically, with the aftermath of violence.

Students gather data about guns, and examine the resulting treatment and death from bad decisions and guns. They author an original newspaper with information on "Gun Safety."

Students discuss the importance of wearing seat belts every time they are in a car. After identifying new vocabulary, they review some of the excuses others use not to wear their seat belts. They give a survey to their family members...

Students explore trucks. In this truck and road safety instructional activity, students identify different types of trucks and define traffic and truck vocabulary.  Students manipulate toy trucks on a road floor mat.

Fourth graders complete multi-curricular activities to learn about trucks and transportation. In this transportation lesson, 4th graders answer questions about specifics for the trucking industry including safety questions and...

Students identify and explore the dangers of cell phone use while driving. In this car safety lesson, students research using a cell phone while driving. Students compile the information to create a presentation and write a reflection...

Students explore ways to prevent texting while driving. In this driving safety activity, students research information about texting and driving. Students identify an audience to present the information to in the three given formats....

Students eat dehydrated foods that the astronauts would eat in space. In this dehydrated foods lesson plan, students make lists of food they could eat, discuss how dehydration takes place, eat food, and complete discussion questions.

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...

Students identify the different types of car seats. In this adult health lesson, students describe the proper way of restraining a child in the car. They solve real life scenarios given in class.