Water Safety Teacher Resources
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KidsHealth in the Classroom: Personal Health Grades K-2
21 lessons make up a personal health series for kindergarten through second-grade learners. Topics covered include fitness and fun (e.g. fitness, safe and healthy summer, screen time, and sportsmanship), hygiene (e.g. germs and head...
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KidsHealth in the Classroom: Personal Health Series Grades 6-8
The Personal Health Series is designed to teach middle schoolers how to improve their own health. The 22 lessons address the CASEL competencies and are divided into five categories: Fitness and Fun; Hygiene; Nutrition; Puberty, Growing...
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KidsHealth in the Classroom: Personal Health Series Grades 9-12
The KidsHealth in the Classroom: Personal Health Series for grades 9-12 includes 21 lessons divided into 5 topics: fitness, hygiene, puberty and growing up, and safety. Each lesson has two hands-on activities designed to engage teens and...
Nemours KidsHealth
Water Safety: Grades 6-8
Taking care of younger children is often the first job for many middle schoolers. Learning how to keep themselves and their young charges safe, especially around water, is essential. Two activities teach teens, and tweens water safety...
Nemours KidsHealth
Water Safety: Grades 9-12
Make a big splash with a lesson 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 then use an...
Nemours KidsHealth
Water Safety: Grades 3-5
Two lessons remind scholars of the importance of water safety. In the first instructional activity, pupils create posters highlighting three safety rules for a pool, beach, pond, or lake. The second instructional activity...
Curated OER
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.
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...
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Safety And Water Safety
Students investigate the concept of safety in and out of the water. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students focus upon the role of police officers in the keeping of safety and then discuss the different types of...
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Water Safety Spelling Sheet
In this spelling activity, students read several tips about water safety and write the water safety spelling words four times each. There are five words to practice spelling.
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Water Safety Spelling Worksheets
In this water safety worksheet, learners read paragraphs about water safety and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Water Safety Spelling Worksheets
In this water safety instructional activity, students read paragraphs about water safety and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
Nemours KidsHealth
Water Safety: Grades K-2
Students identify bathtub and pool safety rules. In this water safety lesson plan, students create a bathtub safety book and water bottle label that contain pool and water safety rules.
US Lifeguard Association
Beach and Water Safety
Nothing is more relaxing than a nice, sunny day at the beach. Make sure your visit to the beach remains relaxing with a list of summer safety tips for the beach, including using sunscreen with a high SPF, handling jellyfish and stingray...
Safe Kids Worldwide
Home Safety Tips
Stay safe all year long with a list of safety tips for the home. With pointers about preventing burns, water safety, keeping medication away from children, and poison prevention, among others, the resource is valuable for anyone invested...
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Water Safety Checklist
Pupils discuss water hazards and how to stay safe. In this safety lesson, students read handouts and complete a water safety checklist to help themselves and their families.
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Water Safety Spelling
In this spelling worksheet, students read short paragraphs about water safety and practice writing highlighted words 3 times each.
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Seahorse Tag
Pupils 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.
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Selecting the Tap: Water Safety
Examine water as a scarce natural resource instead of taking it for granted. Middle schoolers identify the traits of potable water, and research local water sources to determine if they are impaired or not.
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Boat Safety and Water Sports, Lesson 2: Personal Flotation Devices
Lesson 2 is part of a twenty-two lesson unit on boat safety and water sports. The focus in this lesson is on personal flotation devices. There are reasons why the law requires PFDs. Click on the resource link at the bottom of the page to...
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Keeping Safe in School
Discuss personal safety at school, near the water, or when there is a fire. This resource provides several scenarios intended to encourage class discussion related to staying safe and making good choices.
American Chemical Society
Is Fluoride in Drinking Water Safe?
Protect your teeth with fluoridated drinking water. A short YouTube video from the ACS Reactions playlist explains how fluoride is a safe substance to add to drinking water. It highlights some common myths and debunks them.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Water Supply
Participate in three activities that look at the earth's limited water supply and the changes water goes through as it enters each phase of the water cycle. The resource is complete with three activities that demonstrate the changing...
TED-Ed
When Is Water Safe to Drink?
How safe is the drinking water you have access to? Colors, smells, and other factors may lead you to finding out if your water is safe. Watch a video that explains the ways water becomes filtered and ways to know when water is contaminated.
