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Fireworks Safety
Sixth graders read and discuss the firework code and look at the relevant fire safety issues involved in planning a fireworks party. They then plan an organized fireworks party at the school or in the community considering all the...
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Firefighters: Community Helpers
Students, after reading the book, The Fire Station Book, discuss how a firefighter helps people in a community. They also participate in songs and games about firefighting.
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Recognizing Signs in Public Places
Learners explore symbols by identifying public signage. In this public safety instructional activity, students view flashcards of everyday road, fire and food signs while discussing their function and purpose. Learners record and...
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Fire Emergency Call
Students discuss what they would do if they see a fire, including what information they would need to give during an emergency phone call. They listen to a few local examples of calls and practice describing local landmarks for others to...
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ESOL Safety and Security
Students review a list of vocabulary words needed in emergency procedures at home and work. They discuss safety procedures for each work emergency; choking, Heart Attack, and Chemical burn.
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Cloze Activity: Ned Kelly
In this bike safety cloze procedure worksheet, students review a brief selection that is missing 14 words and then attempt to fill in each blank with a word they think the author might have used. A word bank is provided.
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Hoax Calls
Sixth graders discuss what they know about hoax calls and discover that they are illegal and can endanger lives. They also note that hoax calls can be traced and are recorded. They discuss why some people might want to make a hoax call...
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Are You an Animal Safety Sleuth?
Students complete activities to investigate natural disasters and the impact on animals. In this natural disaster and animal safety instructional activity, students discuss the importance of safety procedures. Students use a map of their...
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Keeping Pets Safe in an Emergency
Students discuss what ifs with relation to their pets. In this keeping pets safe lesson, students create lists of pet items needed in case of disasters. Students complete worksheets related to pet safety in emergencies.
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Separation Techniques
Wow! Expose your chemistry class to every method of separating mixtures by showing this slide show. Learners will view diagrams and graphic organizers that support notes about filtration, chromatography, distillation, centrifugation, and...
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The Power of Graphene
When you think electric circuits, your pencil probably isn't the thing that comes to mind. A simple experiment lets learners test whether the graphene in pencil lead is a conductor or an insulator. If the LED bulb lights up, a conductor...
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Activity #1 Reactions: Chemical or Physical?
Students distinguish between physical changes and chemical changes. They comprehend that chemical reactions produce new substances with compositions and properites which are different than those of the starting materials. Pupils also...
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Firefighters
Students read books, learn about the letter f, and eat ice cream all to learn about firefighters. In this fire fighters lesson plan, students also string beads to look like fire hose and visit a fire house.
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Crawl Low Under Smoke
Students participate in a lesson that is about finding an escape route when faced with an emergency fire situation. They read about the hazards of fire and smoke inhalation. The concept of crawling low under smoke is emphasized and...
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Rest for Wildfire Firefighters
Students are challenged to construct a shelter that allows each firefighter to take a break from their work. They research wildfire safety and the structures used by wildlife firefighters. Students must construct a shelter that is...
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Fire Starters
Students participate in an activity to create a fire starter. In this creating fire lesson students use products to create a fun fire-starter.
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Lesson Plan: ABC's of Electricity
Students are able to identifty items that use electricity. They identify 10 household items that run on electricity. Students understand and articulate that electricity is to be respected. Electricity is helpful, but it also can cause...
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Activity #4 What Do Equations Mean?
Students practice with writing and balancing simple chemcial equations. they comprehend that chemical equations are a method of using a set of univeral symbols to represent what happens experimentally in chemical reactions. Pupils...
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Activity #3 Are Particles "Real?"
Students verbalize a simple particle theory, They apply their particle theory to explain what happens during chemical reactions and how this theory supports the law of conservation of matter. Pupils comprehend that the atomic theory,...
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Let's Learn About Firefighters!
Students explore the world of the firefighter through various activities and wrap up the day by writing and illustrating a sentence about firefighters.
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Fire Drill Line-Up
Students take a class list posted by the door as they exit for a fire drill. Teacher can check list to ensure student safety.
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ESOL Safety and Security
Pupils discuss preparation and procedures for natural disasters. They discuss safety procedures for each natural disaster and then share their own personal experiences with natural disasters.
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Activity #19 The Density of Alka Seltzer Gas
Middle schoolers (teachers) complete the activity, they should not come in contact with Alka-Seltzer. They comprehend that the density of a gas can be calculated from its mass and volume. Pupils calculate the volume of gas generated by...
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Help Cody Install the Smoke Detector
In this fire prevention and safety maze, learners assist Cody by tracing a line from his picture to the smoke detector. There is also an important safety message regarding placement of smoke detectors on this worksheet.