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Dangerous Road: A Letter of Complaint
Engage your English learners with this resource. To begin, learners describe a map to a partner. After a vocabulary exercise and a jumbled letter activity, pupils are asked to write their own letter. The letter reading and writing...
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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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Road Safety-Transporting Cargo Safely
Twelfth graders explore transportation and delivery of cargo. In this truck logistics lesson, 12th graders research the safety precautions needed to ensure proper delivery of cargo aboard delivery trucks. Students read about...
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Road Safety - Communication and Understanding What's on Board
Tenth graders apply math formulas to explore the truck driving career. In this math lesson, 10th graders explore websites about road safety and truck driving spills. Students view a PowerPoint about safety placards and exercises.
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Communicate with a Truck Driver
Sixth graders explore the life of a truck driver. In this transportation instructional activity, 6th graders map the route that a truck driver may take, communicate with a truck driver, and explore anticipated delivery time of goods that...
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Driving Precaustions
Students explore the rules and regulations drivers must adhere to. As a class, they list safe driving procedures and identify the consequences of driving while impaired. Students write questions about safe driving practices. This...
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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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How to Prevent Backover Deaths of Kids?
Students explore automobile safety. In this automobile safety lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "How to Prevent Backover Deaths of Kids?", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an...
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Trucks on the Roadway
Young scholars explore trucks. In this truck and road safety lesson, students identify different types of trucks and define traffic and truck vocabulary. Young scholars manipulate toy trucks on a road floor mat.
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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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Road Manners
Young scholars examine manners and citizenship. In this citizenship and safety lesson, students build an understanding of the relationship between good manners and safety. Young scholars talk about what good divers do to be safe on the...
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Cell Phones and Driving
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...
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No Texts = No Wrecks
Students explore ways to prevent texting while driving. In this driving safety lesson, students research information about texting and driving. Students identify an audience to present the information to in the three given formats....
Outdoor Learning Center
Outdoor Survival
Which of the following can you survive without for the longest time: water, food, or a positive mental attitude? The answer may surprise you. Guide learners of all ages through games, activities, and discussions about surviving in the...
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Staying Alert and Fit to Drive a Truck
Students examine the safety concerns of driving while sleepy. In this driving safety lesson students come up with techniques that can help drivers stay alert on the road.
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Get Ready to Safely Transport
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...
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Communicate with a Truck Driver
Students research ways truck drivers communicate. In this critical thinking lesson, students explore websites for information. Students communicate with truck drivers using Twitter and listen to transportation related podcasts.
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Safe Driving Solutions
Students act as commissioners researching needed safety standards for vehicles and highways. They then draft recommendations to be included in a new highway safety bill. They cite reasons a particular measure would reduce fatal highway...
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Things to Help Us Cross the Road
In this road safety worksheet, students solve the clues to identify four things which help them cross the street. Students draw and label them in the provided boxes.
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Communicate with a Truck Driver
Eighth graders explore the truck driving profession and ways they use to communicate. In this truck driving lesson plan, 8th graders visit websites and use Twitter and podcasts to track a trucker's progress travelling through the United...
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Driving Safety and Distractions
Students perform research about the problem of distractions caused by technology. The importance of the problem is formulated after the research is done. Students write an article based upon answering the problem.
Practical Money Skills
Cars and Loans
Most teenagers want to buy a car, but do they know how much it really costs? Calculate the cost of purchasing a car, securing auto insurance, and maintaining the new investment with a thorough and engaging personal finance...
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The Bicycle as a System
In this bicycle as a system worksheet, students are assigned a subsystem of a bicycle, such as the wheel, the brakes and steering, or the frame. Each group of students identifies the parts, the function, the input, and the output of the...