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Bike Safety: Grades 6-8 Lesson PlanBike Safety: Grades 6-8 Lesson Plan
Publisher
Nemours KidsHealth
Resource Details
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Physical Education
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Internet Access
Year
2017
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Lesson Plan

Bike Safety: Grades 6-8

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This Bike Safety: Grades 6-8 lesson plan also includes:
  • My Bike Tag
  • Safety Dance
  • Quiz
  • Quiz: Answer Key
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Two activities teach tweens and teens about bike safety. After reading articles about bike safety, class members design tags with important safety reminders that can be attached to bikes. Groups then create a dance video that demonstrates bike hand signals and incorporates bike safety rules.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

healthy habits, bicycle safety, self-awareness, social-emotional learning, safety rules

Instructional Ideas

  • To save copying cost, load the articles on computers, divide the class into four groups, and assign each group a different article to read, discuss, and share the information with the whole class

Classroom Considerations

  • Groups need access to computers with internet
  • Requires copies of the "My Bike Tag" handout, the "Safety Dance" handout, video cameras, and CD players

Pros

  • Includes templates for the handouts, discussion questions, and a comprehension quiz and answer key

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.6.1 RI.6.7 RI.6.8 RI.7.1 RI.7.7 RI.7.8 RI.8.1 RI.8.7 RI.8.8 RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.7 RI.9-10.8 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.7 RI.11-12.8

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