Nemours KidsHealth
Water Safety: Grades 9-12
Make a big splash with a instructional activity about water safety. After reading three articles related to water safety, high schoolers first choose one water safety rule to research and write a report summarizing their findings. They...
Stew Leonard's
Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim
Make a splash with an interactive storybook that emphasizes water safety. Directed at preschoolers and primaries, the ducky tale and games reinforce the rules of wearing a life vest whenever near water, making sure to have a supervising...
Curated OER
Boat Safety and Water Sports, Lesson 2: Personal Flotation Devices
Lesson 2 is part of a twenty-two instructional activity unit on boat safety and water sports. The focus in this instructional activity is on personal flotation devices. There are reasons why the law requires PFDs. Click on the resource...
Curated OER
Seahorse Tag
Students demonstrate swimming in a pool and review water safety rules. In this swimming lesson, students apply water safety rules in a game of tag. This lesson has variations to challenge more competent swimmers.
Curated OER
Water Safety Spelling
For this spelling worksheet, students read short paragraphs about water safety and practice writing highlighted words 3 times each.
Curated OER
Introductory Learn to Swim
Students perform introductory swimming techniques. They review water safety rules. Students blow bubbles and put their head into the water. They touch designated body parts while standing in the water and finally touch the bottom of...
Curated OER
Life and Death Situations in Swimming
Students practice dealing with different water emergencies such as: "survival floating," and using a life preserver to pull others to safety.
Curated OER
Swimming Survivor Challenge II
Students practice safe use of a spinal board for a potential spinal injury in the water. They use head-chin support and head-splint techniques for in-line stabilization with a partner.
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...
Curated OER
Wild Water Trivia
Students demonstrate proper swimming skills in an authentic environment. They use proper technique for whichever stroke is chosen while retrieving answers. They then bring it back to the shallow end and place it in the hula hoop.
Curated OER
Aquatic Exercise - Object Retrieval
Students are introduced to a variety of exercises to do in the water. In groups, they swim in the deep part of the pool to retrieve objects at the bottom. To end the lesson plan, they practice techniques to help them breathe and grab...
Calvin Crest Outdoor School
Survival
Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...
Curated OER
Physical Education: Tag - You're Wet!
Learners play a version of water tag under close adult supervision. In waist high water, several students are "it" and the remaining class members have to get to the other side of the pool without being tagged. The first student to...
Curated OER
Outdoor Survival
Young scholars are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Swimming
This resource provides information about how to swim safely, and maintain water safety all the time.
Other
Live and Learn: Swimming Pool Safety
Find a comprehensive list of things that can be done around household pools to prevent injuries and accidents.
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Swimming Teachers' Association
Founded in 1932, the Swimming Teachers' Association has a charitable status and aimss to preserve lives by teaching swimming, life-saving and survival techniques.
PE Central
Pe Central: Swimming Life & Death Situations
Teach your students how to transform a pair of jeans or other piece of clothing into a life preserver while swimming. Learn how one teacher helps his students create their own life-saving flotation devices.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Staying Safe While in the Water
In addition to providing tips to help you stay safe when playing in or near a swimming pool, lake, or water park, this website includes statistics about pool-related injuries and drowning.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Water Safety
Going to a beach or a pool can make for a great time if one is conscious of potential hazards that are associated with these locations. This site covers important considerations necessary for an enjoyable yet safe experience.
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Bridges: Applied Lesson Plans: Sink or Swim
This is an applied lesson plan for water safety. You are a lifeguard and must communicate the rules to children and their parents so that they can have a fun, safe, birthday party. This and other applications are given in this lesson.
PE Central
Pe Central: Swimming Survivor Challenge Ii
Students able to swim should learn and practice basic first aid. Swimmers learn and discuss skills shown on the "Survivor Chllange" task sheet and spinal injury checksheet. Then they learn how to properly use a spinal injury backboard...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Swimming
Look here to can get expert advice on swimming. Find out what gear you'll need, safety tips, games to play, and the basics you'll have to master in order to learn how to swim.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Snorkeling
Meet an expert at snorkeling and learn some basics on how to play. Find out what gear you'll need, safety tips, and fun facts.