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Health, Safety, and Environmental Responsibility

Posted by Mary on Jun-20-2010

Health, Safety, and Environmental Responsibility This is a 9-week elementary school course, designed to be done twice a week.


Materials Downloads

For this project, you will need to download the following:

R.B.’s Activity Book
You can either download this workbook or order it free online. The ordered version is a high quality coloring book, and I believe it’s worth the wait!
Free Download: A Child’s Book of Recycling
This book and more can be ordered from Noteworthy.
Free Download: Clean & Green
This book and more can be ordered from Noteworthy.
Free Download: Say No To Drugs
This book and more can be ordered from Noteworthy.
Free Download: Fitness Is Fun
This book and more can be ordered from Noteworthy.
Free Download: A Child’s Guide To Dental Care
This book and more can be ordered from Noteworthy.
Free Download: You’re Special Because You’re You
This book and more can be ordered from Noteworthy.
Free Download: Safety-Skills-For-Children
This book and more can be ordered from Noteworthy.

Healthy Eating

Day 1

  1. Read and complete R.B.’s Activity Book, page 4.
  2. Print off the My Pyramid For Kids Poster. Attach it to the wall at a height the students can easily read it.
  3. Read and complete R.B.’s Activity Book, pages 5-6.
  4. Play the MyPyramid Blast Off Game on mypyramid.gov. Keep trying until you make it all the way to the planet. (You can print the certificate for record keeping or to display.)

Day 2

1. Print off and complete the MyPyramid for Kids Coloring Page. 2. Read and complete R.B.’s Activity Book, page 6-7. 3. Download MyPyramid for Kids Worksheet and complete.


Food Safety

Day 1

  1. Download and read the Clean Separate Cook Chill Poster.
  2. Complete R.B.’s Activity Book, page 8, Kitchen Safety At Home
  3. Play the Food Safety Mobile Game online.

Day 2

  1. Read and complete R.B.’s Activity Book, page 9-11.
  2. Cut some vegetables into bite-sized pieces and store in zip lock baggies. Make sure to use the safe food principles learned here. (You may want to take a picture of the project for record keeping and discard the project so you don’t clutter up your workspace!)

Germs

Day 1

  1. Open the website: Clean Freak Patrol.
    • Click on the Learn button.
    • Click on The Book of Germs.
    • Read and listen to the book.
  2. Download the Clean Freak Patrol Coloring Book.
    • Each student can choose one of the Always Keep Your Hands Clean pages to color and complete.

Day 2

  1. Read and complete R.B.’s Activity Book, pages 19 – 21.
  2. Download and complete the Illustrate Washing Hands worksheet.
  3. Play the Hygiene Hotspots game at Domestos.

Tooth Care

Day 1

  1. Read and complete R.B.’s Activity Book, pages 22-25
  2. Answer the question: What are some good ways to take care of your teeth?

Day 2

  1. Read and complete A Child’s Guide To Dental Care.
  2. Complete the Dental Pledge Worksheet at the end of the book.

Exercise

Day 1

  1. Read and complete Fitness Is Fun.

Day 2

  1. Teacher: Read It’s Time To Play and Why Exercise Is Cool out loud to the class.
  2. Why Exercise? Assignment

Personal Safety

Day 1

  1. Read and complete R.B.’s Activity Book, pages 12-14.
  2. Print and sign McGruff’s Internet Safety Pledge.

Day 2

  1. Read and complete R.B.’s Activity Book, page 15-18.
  2. Download and complete the My Information worksheet (page 2 in Safety Sills for Children).
  3. Write an essay on the following topic: How can you stay safe? Name some ways you can keep yourself safe.

Drugs

Day 1

  1. Watch the videos at Drug Free World.
  2. Download and complete Say No to Drugs booklet.
  3. Drug Abuse Journal Assignment. Finish the following thought.
    • If someone offered me drugs, I would…

Day 2

  1. Design a poster at the P.D. Kids: Fun Stuff: Design a Poster website. Write a sentence about how you are not going to use drugs and use it in the poster. Use your name in the sentence. (Click on the panda poster to see an example that my preschool child made with help.) Print the poster to pdf for your records.

Environment

Day 1

  1. REDUCE
    • Read and color pages 1&2 in the Clean & Green Coloring Book.
  2. REUSE

Day 2

  1. RECYCLE
    • Read and color pages 5&6 in the Clean & Green Coloring Book.
    • Read the book: A Child’s Book of Recycling. (Give the book to the students to color during quiet times when they have nothing else to do for a few minutes.)
    • Watch the Conversionator video together. The teacher may need to read some words.

Healthy Me

Day 1

  1. Read and complete R.B.’s Activity Book, pages 26-27.

Day 2

  1. Download and complete the You’re Special Because You’re You workbook.
  2. Optional: Scan the student’s favorite page from the You’re Special Because You’re You workbook and print for your records.

Completion

Print and complete a completion certificate for each student. Take a photo of the student with the award for your records and them let them keep it.

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