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Water Safety: Grades K-2
Learners identify bathtub and pool safety rules. In this water safety activity, students create a bathtub safety book and water bottle label that contain pool and water safety rules.
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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...
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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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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 17 - Review Starts, Introduce Cross-Overs
How do you cross that gigantic wake behind the boat? Lesson 17 covers the basic techniques of how to cross-over the wakes. Lesson 17 is part of a 22 lesson unit on boat safety and water sports. There are links at the bottom of the page...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 21 - Wake Boarding Review
In boat safety lesson 21, the class reviews the basic techniques of wakeboarding. They review the skills and perform them in the pool with a partner. There are many resource links associated with this lesson.
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 13 - Two Foot Deep Water Start
Lesson 13 is part of a twenty-two lesson plan unit on boat safety and water sports. The focus in this lesson plan is water skiing and using a two-foot start to be able to get up and out of the water. Click on the resource link at the...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 15 - One Foot Deep Water Start
Lesson 15 is part of a 22 lesson plan unit on boat safety and water sports. The focus in this lesson plan is on getting up on the water ski using one foot. It is suggested to click on the resource link at the bottom of the page to view...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 12 - Pool, Deep Water Starts
Lesson 12 is part of a unit on boat safety and water sports. The focus in this instructional activity is getting up on the water ski using a one-foot start and a two-foot start. It is suggested to click on the resource link at the bottom...
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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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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 22 - Unit Exam
Lesson 22 is part of a 22 lesson unit on boat safety and water sports. This last lesson is an assessment of what the pupils have learned. Each of them is to demonstrate how to put on a life vest, put on water skis, explain the basic...
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Water Safety: Grades 3-5
Two lessons remind scholars of the importance of water safety. In the first lesson, pupils create posters highlighting three safety rules for a pool, beach, pond, or lake. The second lesson challenges partners to roleplay water safety...
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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.
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Catch of the Day: Electric Eel
Students identify and work to eliminate electrical safety hazards in the home. They identify items that use electricity. Students use a fishing game that allows students to cut pictures of items from magazine; glue the items on the 3" x...
NASA
Newton’s Cool in the Pool
Pupils work together to investigate the cooling of NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. Using data collected as the pool cooled, groups determine the values needed in Newton's Law of Cooling equation to model the situation. They...
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Fire Safety
Students investigate fire safety. In this safety activity, students identify the fire exits in the school building and draw a floor plan of their house to create an emergency escape route.
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Accidents Happen: Seat Belt Laws, Enforcement, and Usage
Start with a NOVA video about car crashes, crash test dummy footage, or other video about seat belt use. Or have groups review attached data about seat belt usage (by state) and share their conclusions. Learners then devise a method to...
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Safety Lesson
Learners review or introduce personal safety concepts in a variety of areas common to the lives of students.
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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.
Perkins School for the Blind
Safety Skills
Learning how to stay safe in a dangerous situation is of utmost importance, especially when you have a visual impairment or special need. The teacher makes up a set of dangerous scenario cards based on the provided set of guiding...
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Electrical Safety Situations
Students determine appropriate responses to electrical emergency situations such as a downed power line. They examine an image of a fallen power line before discussing reasons that a line might be down and how to handle the situation....
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Water Safety Checklist
Students 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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Marine & Aquatic Habitats Activities - Tidal Pools
Students analyze the survival needs of different organisms and the conditions in a particular area that can affect these survival rates.
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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.
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Bacteria Pool Party
Students investigate the organisms of bacteria. They are given a culture of bacteria that can be observed under a microscope. The students make observations that are recorded. The lesson includes the mention of specific safety...