Standard of Learning

1.3 The student will explain the need for specific rules and practices to promote personal safety and injury-free situations. Key concepts/skills include:

1. bus and automobile safety;
2. pedestrian safety;
3. playground safety;
4. fire safety;
5. home safety;
6. Internet safety;
7. water safety;
8. bicycle, in-line skating, skateboard, scooter, and other self-propelled vehicle safety;
9. the need for protective gear.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will be able to describe how to be safe when riding a bicycle, scooter, skateboard, or other non-motorized vehicle.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• identify bike safety rules.
• describe scooter safety rules.
• identify skateboard safety rules.
• describe how to fit and wear a helmet properly.
• identify safety equipment that helps to prevent injuries when using non-motorized vehicles. (helmet, wrist guards, elbows and knees joint padding, and proper footwear)
• identify safe areas to ride. (smooth surfaces, safe from traffic, adequate lighting, etc.)

Sample Lessons

Be Smart, Be Safe!
Grade 1-12
In this lesson plan, students are asked to generate lists of safety rules in an assigned area of safety concern (bus safety, automobile safety, etc). Once complete, the teacher will work with the class to expand the lists, allowing the students to take part in establishing the safety rules they are expected to know.
http://www.dunebrook.org/lessons/be_smart_be_safe.htm
Sponsor: Dunebrook
Free

Bicycle Safety
Grades 1-2
Through this lesson children will learn the importance of bicycle safety. This lesson will show them safety tips and information for safe bicycling.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Safety/SFY0003.html
Sponsor: The Educator’s Reference Desk
Free

Bicycle Safety Rodeo
Grade 1-5
A bike rodeo skills course should provide a fun and safe environment for a third grade class to learn various skills and practice them until they can ride with confidence and experience. This rodeo will consist of a driving course designed to simulate actual road conditions. It will be an effective way to help a class learn how to ride safely.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Safety/SFY0005.html
Sponsor: The Educator’s Reference Desk
Free

Everyday Hazards: Safety Lessons
Grades K-2
VDFP Kids focuses on four broad safety themes: installing and testing smoke alarms; planning and practicing escape routes; bicycle safety and hunting for home hazards. Each theme addresses major safety concerns for children in grades K-6. These lessons are correlated to the Virginia Standards of Learning.
http://www.vafire.com/fire_safety_education/vdfpkidsk-2.html
Sponsor: Virginia Department of Fire Programs
Free

Follow the Rules, Get Safely to School
Grade 1
Although school buses are one of the safest ways to travel to and from school, injuries do occur. In this lesson plan, students will learn about bus safety from many different school subject areas. Six activities are outlined in this lesson.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson022.shtml
Sponsor: Education World
Free

Road Safety Education
Grade 1
These six road safety objectives give teachers the key points to cover in their classrooms. Included in this list of objectives are both an outline of information to be discussed and sample activities to help student fully understand each topic. 
http://www.essortment.com/family/roadsafetyeduc_sugl.htm
Sponsor: Essortment
Free

Safety City
Grade 1
It is important for students to be aware of the rules citizens must obey to stay safe and function normal in society, so this lesson plan outlines the basic information that students should be familiar with.
http://www.abilenepolice.com/safetycity/lesson%20plan.htm
Sponsor: Albilene Police
Free

Safety First
Grades K-1
Teaching safety is as important as living day-to-day, they go hand-in-hand. Children can learn to take responsibility for themselves in school, at home and on their own. Given different situations, children can learn the basic fundamentals of safety and how it comes first.
Sponsor: Ask Eric
Contact: http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – safety)
Free

SunSmart
Grades: K-1
In this lesson, students learn how to protect themselves from the dangers of the sun. Although aimed at students living in Australia, this activity can be adapted by teachers worldwide.
Sponsor: Ask Eric
Contact: http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – safety)
Free

Lesson Ideas

• Ask the students how many of them have bicycles, how often they ride them, and if they know the safe way to cross streets, watch for cars, etc. Emphasize the helmet's role in protecting the head and preventing injury. Tell the students that helmets that have been in bicycle crashes should be sent back to' the manufacturer to be tested and possibly replaced.
• Have the students examine the helmet and discuss how it protects the brain.
• Additional activity: Invite a local bicyclist (individual/Optimist Club, bicycle retailer) to demonstrate the use of a helmet, how it should fit the head and be strapped, and how to take care of it.
• Discuss how a helmet helps to protect the head and brain during a fall. Tell the students that you will demonstrate how a helmet protects the head. Hold one of the melons next to a student's head and drop it. Strap the other melon into the used helmet and drop it. Explain to the students that the helmet can protect the head like it did the melon.

Additional Instructional Resources

• American Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_584_,00.html
• Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute - http://www.helmets.org
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc and http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/cmprfact.htm
• Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) - http://www.cpsc.gov/kids/kidsafety/index.html
• The Educators Reference Desk- School Safety - http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Health/Safety
• Health Teacher (membership fee) - http://www.healthteacher.com
• Kids Health For Kids- Watch Out - http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/
• Local police departments
• National SAFEKIDS Campaign - http://www.safekids.org
• RISK WATCH - http://www.riskwatch.org
• Safe Kids Organizations - http://www.safekids.org
• Safe USA - http://www.safeusa.org
• Safety – http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/(health & fitness k-2)
• Safety Advice from EMS "Bike Safety for Children"
• Safety City - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids
• VDH, Center for Injury & Violence Prevention (CIVP) - http://www.vahealth.org/civp
• Bike Smart, Virginia! Resource Guide
• Ride Smart It’s Time to Start Video - http://www.vahealth.org/civp/orderform.pdf
• Virginia Center for School Safety - http://www.dcjs.virginia.gov/vcss/index.cfm
• Watch Out - http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• participate in a Bike Rodeo.
• complete a worksheet where they circle the activity and match it with the proper safety equipment.
• create a non-motorized vehicle safety poster.

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