PERSONAL SAFETY 6
Goal 4: Understand and develop personal safety and survival skills.
4A Acquire personal safety skills.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Health/Safety / This is the main page for Educators Reference Desk for Safety
SFY0011 Winter Survival / Students will learn what to do when faced with a winter related crisis./ Educator's Reference Desk
It's My Life . Family . Home Alone | PBS Kids GO! This web page talks to students about being home alone and how to stay safe. There is a spanish version linked to this page.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Health/Mental_Health / This is the main page for Educators Reference Desk for Mental Health
It's My Life . Body . Eating Disorders | PBS Kids GO! This page includes a list of common symptoms of eating disorders. It also includes discussion questions for students to bring up with adults, and a journal page for student reflection about their own perceptions of beauty.
Who's in the Bag? - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan This lesson teaches students how to introduce themselves to one another; helps to develop self esteem and positive social skills.
4 B Learn about differences between appropriate and inappropriate physical contact.
4C Demonstrate the ability to use violence prevention skills in personal, school, and community contexts.
4 D Demonstrate the ability to deal with bullies in appropriate ways.
itsmylife.cpb.guide interactive bullying guide for students.
Education World ® Lesson Planning: Kids Bullying Kids Students will share their experiences with bullying in an anonymous survey. Students will determine the percentages based upon the results of the survey.
It's My Life . Parents/Teachers . Bullies . Discussion Questions | PBS Kids GO ! This site includes discussion questions for students, journal pages for students, and strategies for students to use when confronted with a bullying situation.
elemlesson2 A lesson using the book The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes, a story about courage and standing up for someone who is bullied.
lesson017 Using Literature to Teach About Bullying / The Bully, by Judith Casely; Lily's Secret by Imou Miko; Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester; and Crickwing by Janell Cannon.Education World
4E Learn about the emotional and physical dangers of substance use and abuse.
It's My Life . Parents/Teachers . The Dangers of Drug Abuse . Lesson Plans | PBS Kids GO! This lesson introduces students to relevant facts about drug abuse, it includes a journal page and a page that will help children know how to talk to adults about drug abuse. Students will learn about the health hazards of drug usage, evaluate why it is important to stay drug-free, and describe both short and long term affects of drug use.
It's My Life . Parents/Teachers . Smoking Scavenger Hunt . Lesson Plans | PBS Kids GO! This lesson introduces students to relevant facts about smoking, it includes a journal page and a page that will help children know how to talk to adults about smoking issues. Students will be able to evaluate the health hazards of tobacco usage, practice refusal skills, and describe the short and long term effects of nicotine and tobacco on the body. Students will explain the motives behind peer pressure, why young people defer to it, and determine when they feel peer pressure as well as how to deal with peer pressure.
Magic Bullets - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Students will participate in the class reading of the play Magic Bullets, retell the story by writing or by telling the story to younger children, and by actually performing the story for an audience, using all of the components of an actual production process.
Substance Abuse Influences - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Students will be able to identify the differences between the external and internal influences that affects one's choice of behavior, and learn the impact of a variety of influences that exert themselves on decision making on a daily basis.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Health/Consumer_Health / This is the main page for Educators Reference Desk for Consumer Health
Talking About Family Changes - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan This lesson talks about the stresses children feel that are related to changes that take place in families due to death, divorce, illness, birth and remarriage.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Health/Nutrition /This is the main page for Educators Reference Desk for Nutrition
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Physical_Education/Skill_Related/SRF0002.html/Catching Fitness Fever/ Students will understand what being physically fit can do for them. Students will achieve this by comparing and contrasting how they feel before and after a month long fitness project. Grades 4-6
4F Learn about internet safety.
www.cybercitizenship.org Computer Ethics K-6 Teacher Resource
http://www.cybercitizenship.org/4kids/4kids.html K-6 activities Internet Safety for Kids
http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/safety2.htm / This lesson introduces internet safety strategies for children.
4G Learn about the relationship between rules, laws, safety, and the protection of individual rights.
SFY0004 Bicycle Safety Obstacle Course / Educator's Reference Desk
SFY0016 First Aid Kit / Students will learn what is contained in a first aid kit, what each item is used for, and work in cooperative groups with items. Educator's Reference Desk
SFY0006 Survival Kit / Students will learn about survival skills in nature; the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is used to connect to the idea of developing survival strategies. Educator's Reference Desk
Emotional Intelligence This site is devloped by ThinkQuest, and teaches children that being emotionally intelligent is just as important as being intellectually intelligent, because a student that is emotionally intelligent will be more successful in life. This lesson offers students the opportunity to learn to trust in themselves, control themselves, to care for others, and to not give up on themselves.
The Path You TakeThis page offers a fun way to help a character make choices that will help him be more successful.
The Hero WithinThis page has links people who have made a difference in the world they live in, they range from Nobel Prize Laureates and their thoughts to everyday heroes and their thoughts.
Peer Pressure Utah Education Network Students will collaborate with other students to solve a problem. Students will learn valuable refusal skills to combat negative peer pressure and role play possible scenarios.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/firetheme.htm K-6
Activities and Resources for National Fire Prevention Month
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